Restorative justice: Practice standards for family violence cases 2019 [pdf, 1.5 MB]
...includes indirect abuse such as putting them at risk of seeing or hearing abuse of a family member. Emotional abuse Psychological abuse can also involve emotional abuse including behaviours such as playing mind games, manipulating someone by appealing to feelings of guilt, shame, and worthlessness, verbal putdowns and ridicule, non-verbal actions, such as withdrawal, refusal to communicate, and rude or dismissive gestures. Emotional abuse can be the most difficult form of abuse to...