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Originally Posted by MsLady
Abusers are often skilled manipulators that can use a therapist's word against their victims.. and use it as documentation, if it were ever to get legally involved. So for that, be careful.
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Like you, I got physical with my husband last week. While drunk. And I called the police. I could have been arrested, but he didn't press charges. I tried to grab his phone from his pocket. This was the only time in three years that this has happened. Otherwise, it's all been him (never getting physical with me).
Could that be used against me in couples therapy? How can that be used against me legally if it's discussed in therapy?
I would need to explain to the therapist that that was an anomaly in my behavior - that it was a first and only time in nearly three years that I had behaved that way. Whereas with my husband, he had been abusive towards me for the first 18 months of our marriage on and off, but consistently, yelling at me numerous times.