I know this has taken a while. Things have been very busy at Peninsular Psychology. We have moved into a new sunny little house with polished floor boards and lots of room. We are all in love with it - our clients especially.
So back to work.
I was confronted only recently with the dilemmas of leaving a violent marriage. She put up with his controlling violence for years. Ended up sleeping with the kids in one room with a chair against the door. He gave her no money and no access to the car. They lived on a country property and he cut off the phone. Eventually she was discovered by a community service. The women who came to her rescue assisted her to leave with her kids. The settled her in a new house - happy days.
So the interesting twist is that she has no more access to anything in her previous home. her ex changed the locks and it has now become "a civil matter" so of no interest to police. She and the kids had to leave with nothing. They are safe but destitute. he of course pays no child support and she has to deliver the kids to him once a week, despite their tears.
I'm left thinking, there has got to be a better way. They must be a way to remove the offender and leave the family in the home. There must be a way to do this immediately through he criminal justice system without relying on the often two year process of family law. There must be a way to avoid this mess.
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