Intimate Partner Violence

Michael Brown MSC, LMFT who is the CEO of Happy Couples Healthy Communities came on the show to explain Intimate Partner Violence. He explains that Intimate Partner Violence is violence that occurs between intimate partners. It is a little different than Domestic Violence. Michael Brown gives us the 4 different types of Intimate Partner Violence. Surprisingly, he said that women are the ones that are more likely to initiate violence with a push, slap, or hit. Michael says research shows that 70% of violence is situational and 30% is character logical. The character logical is one that a woman is in the most danger. He gives us great ways that a man and couples can use to bring the heated argument back down to a healthy level. He gives the three things that women really want and desire in a relationship.