Love Bombing: The Manipulator You Might Not See Coming
Love bombing — the offer of instant companionship— is when a person or an organized group showers attention, adoration, compliments, and/or gifts rapidly at the beginning of a relationship in order to build trust and intimacy. Learn about the signs of love bombing and methods that a love-bomber can use to win your trust, and then exert control over your decisions. READ MORE >>
A Message Everyone Should Read
Debbie Schleicher, PsyD
When it comes to dating and relationships, there are a lot of mixed messages out there. Today, I’m hoping one message can cut through above the rest: a healthy relationship never includes the use of power, manipulation, or control.
As a violence prevention specialist and therapist, I often share this message with my clients. This month, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I want to amplify it even further.
I know what you might be thinking: relationship violence only happens between married people or in long-term relationships. However, the truth is that we see intimate partner and dating violence in high volumes amongst college students. Read more.
Regarding Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Through a statement on social media from USC president Carol L. Folt, the university president confirmed that “When women’s reproductive rights are not protected federally, it can lead to harmful disparities that impact women’s health and wellbeing. In California, women will retain choice over the most private, personal, difficult decision of their lives, but that will not be true in many other states.
As a leading educational institution with a major healthcare system, we must continue to champion safe access to women’s reproductive healthcare through our advocacy, research and medical enterprise.” Medication abortion services, as part of the full range of conprehensive reproductive and sexual health services, are available to students through USC Student Health, and referrals to surgical procedures are available in California. Read the services summary.