RESOURCES  

National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224

What Is Domestic Violence?

“Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner. Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, psychological, or technological actions or threats of actions or other patterns of coercive behavior that influence another person within an intimate partner relationship. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone”

Quoted from the Office of Department of Justice (2024)

What is Emotional Abuse?

“Emotional abuse includes non-physical behaviors that are meant to control, isolate, or frighten you. This may present in romantic relationships as threats, insults, constant monitoring, excessive jealousy, manipulation, humiliation, intimidation, and dismissiveness, among others. Sometimes emotional abuse is more obvious, like a partner yelling at you or calling you names. Other times it can be more subtle, like your partner acting jealous of your friends or not wanting you to hang out with someone of another gender. While these emotionally abusive behaviors do not leave physical marks, they do hurt, disempower, and traumatize the partner who is experiencing the abuse.”

Quoted from The National Domestic Violence Hotline (2024)

Links to Crisis lines & Help Now - Click on link to visit website or to start a phone call

W.O.M.A.N., INC. (877) 384-3578

San Francisco Women Against Rape (415) 647-7273

National Domestic Violence Hotline (800) 799-SAFE (7233)

SF Bay Area Domestic Violence Resources

SF Sheriff’s Office - Domestic Violence Resources and Support

SF & Bay Area Legal Support - Click on link to visit website or to start a phone call

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (415) 567-6255

Bay Area Legal Aid   (800) 551-5554

Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic (415) 969-6711

Immigration Center for Women and Children (415) 861-1449

Justice & Diversity Center of the San Francisco Bar Association 415) 982-1600