It’s not a problem that can be ignored. It affects and hurts everyone. It causes physical and emotional injury. It teaches children to be afraid and to abuse power. It causes men and women to feel shame and to wonder if they can ever change. It damages relationships and destroys trust. It brings police into homes to provide protection. It violates the fabric of society and ruins individual lives. It must stop.

You might have a problem with anger or violence. Maybe you tell yourself that it’s okay to verbally abuse your partner or push her or him around. Maybe it’s the way you were brought up. Maybe you think it’s the other person’s fault for “making you lose control.” Maybe you know it’s wrong but don’t know how to stop. It’s scary to lose control.

If you depend on physical or emotional force to interact with your partner or children, you have a problem that needs attention. You are risking the safety of those you say you love.

MEN IN CRISIS can help you understand this problem and take positive steps to change your attitude and behavior.