Domestic violence’s danger that has been catalogued in Finding Jenn’s Voice is a haunting reality and reminder about how far we have not come societally in the ability to squelch this form of violence and often fatality.  

I’m Sandra L. Brown, M.A. and I have spent the last 30+ years of my career working with survivors, developing awareness and treatment approaches, and even research, on a particular focus within intimate partner violenceâ??abusers that are the most LIKELY to reoffend, don’t benefit from Batterer Intervention, and are most likely to seriously or fatally injure. 

The sad fact is, we have known exactly which abusers and what disorders they have that are likely to be the most dangerous of all.  Lots of research points to the types of personality configurations and other co-existing mental health issues that make them the most impulse-riddled and dangerous of all partners.  But you don’t hear a lot about that, do you?  Abusers tend to get lumped together as if all abusers are the same, that they all can have the same treatment outcomes, and carry the same risk, or non-risk.  

But research has shown us who we need to be most concerned with, and why; and which survivor partners are at higher risk with these abusers than others; and why public pathology awareness is critical for identifying the most unsafe amongst us.  

My work has been focused on educating the public on what research has repeatedly shown us:

Those most likely to not benefit from treatment, not change, harms to a higher injurious level (even fatal level), perpetrates the most ‘psychological’ harm and is insidiously unrecognized are the disorders of:

Narcissism, Anti-Social Personality Disorder and Psychopathy.

My years in this work has led me to study the survivor’s of these pathological partners, catalogue the depth and breadth of their trauma, differentiate it from other types of ‘situational’ abusers, and research who is targeted by these predatorial types, and why. 

My blog on this site will focus on what we call ‘pathological love relationships’ (often referred to as narcissistic or psychopathic abuse). I will share survivor recovery information, public pathology educational information, and information on survivor’s ‘trait targeting.’  

My hope is that we will continue to draw awareness to the fact that all abusers are not created equal and who are the ones society needs to be the most concerned about and teach others how to spot them.  

Sandra L. Brown, MA

The Institute for Relational Harm Reduction & Public Pathology Education

Saferelationshipsmagazine.com