Saturday, March 7, 2026

Angie Doel

Driven by a passion for empowering others, Angela Doel excels in diverse fields, including content creation, coaching, psychotherapy, and teaching. Angie's experience as a psychotherapist and coach enables her to craft compelling narratives that resonate deeply with readers seeking healing and growth. With her training as a rape crisis counselor and experience working with domestic abuse survivors, Angie offers thoughtful insight into the emotional and psychological aspects of abuse. As a published author of more than twenty mental health workbooks, she creates impactful content that inspires and motivates, making her an invaluable resource for anyone desiring a transformational journey.

How Abusers Use Loyalty Tests to Make You Prove Your Devotion

Loyalty tests are a common feature of coercive and controlling relationships. They often appear as real or hypothetical questions that place you in a...

Emotional Withholding: When Affection Becomes a Tool of Control

Abusive partners rely on many strategies to maintain power, and emotional withholding is one of the most harmful. It involves deliberately pulling back warmth,...

The Art of Boundaries: Building the Structure You Need to Thrive

I’m delighted to share this guest piece by Rayann Gordon on the art of rebuilding boundaries after abuse. Rayann is currently completing an MSc...

False Accusations and Control: How Abuse Turns Innocence Into Guilt

Accusations, especially those that are false or unfounded, are a hallmark of an abusive relationship. That’s mostly because hurling accusations at a partner allows...

10 Things Abusers Do When They Feel They Are Losing Control

Abusive behaviour grows out of a mindset that treats another person as territory rather than as an equal. Control becomes the organising principle, and...

When Abuse Rewrites Your Sense of Self: Marcella’s Story

Marcella’s experience of abuse did not begin with violence. It started the way so many abusive relationships do, with small insults, a gradual erosion...

10 Subtle Ways Abusers Disguise Control as Care

Control rarely announces itself as control. It usually arrives dressed up as concern, loyalty, sacrifice, and thoughtful attention. A partner might present rules as...

Family Court Abuse: When Survivors Discover the System Is Not on Their Side

Leaving an abusive relationship is often imagined as the turning point where life finally begins to improve. Many survivors hold onto the hope that...

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