{"id":9436,"date":"2025-03-13T11:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/counseling\/?page_id=9436"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:26:26","slug":"relationships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/counseling\/relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Everyone deserves healthy relationships!&nbsp; <\/strong>Whether with a friend, family member, partner, or colleague, healthy relationships are built on mutual respect, trust, and communication. <strong>Key elements include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Trust and Safety:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Everyone should feel secure and valued.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Open Communication:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Honest dialogue and active listening help resolve conflicts and build understanding.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Boundaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Respecting each person&#8217;s space, needs, and individuality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Equality and Support:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Ensuring everyone feels heard, valued, and able to contribute equally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Encouragement and Growth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Supporting each other&#8217;s goals and development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Kindness and Forgiveness:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Fostering empathy and resolving issues with compassion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These elements create a strong foundation for meaningful, positive connections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even healthy relationships can occasionally show extreme behaviors, <strong>but multiple warning signs<\/strong> <strong>may indicate abuse<\/strong>.<strong>&nbsp; Examples include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Jealousy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Demanding your full attention and getting angry when you spend time with others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Control<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Dictating all aspects of your life, making you feel like a possession.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Isolation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Limiting your contact with family and friends.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Privacy invasion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Checking your phone, emails, and texts without permission.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Disrespect:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Blaming, shaming, and putting you down.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Blame:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Making you feel responsible for their bad behavior.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Threats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Threatening harm to you or themselves.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Destruction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Damaging your personal possessions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Lack of compassion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Showing no empathy for your feelings or situation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Self-serving:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;Forcing you to prioritize their interests over your own.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recognizing these signs can help you identify and address unhealthy relationship dynamics.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship,<\/strong> please seek out help from the sources listed on our <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/counseling\/randsv\/\">Relationship and Sexual Abuse Support<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional online resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinonelove.org\/\"><b>One Love<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dedicated to eliminating abuse, One Love can help you identify healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors, know if it\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinonelove.org\/learn\/how-to-know-when-its-time-to-break-up\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">time to end your relationship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, how to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinonelove.org\/learn\/help_a_friend\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">help a friend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> who may be in an abusive relationship, how to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinonelove.org\/learn\/how-to-help-a-friend-who-may-be-abusing-their-partner\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">help to a friend who may be abusing their partner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinonelove.org\/?s=safety+plan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">safety-planning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and more.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myplanapp.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The Myplan app<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Are you seeing red flags in your relationship or in your friends&#8217; relationship(s)? MyPlan is a free app offered in English and Spanish to <strong>help with safety decisions<\/strong> if you, or someone you care about, may be experiencing abuse in an intimate relationship. It\u2019s private, secure, personalized, backed by research, and informed by survivors of domestic violence.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone deserves healthy relationships!&nbsp; Whether with a friend, family member, partner, or colleague, healthy relationships are built on mutual respect, trust, and communication. Key elements include: Trust and Safety: Everyone should feel secure and valued. Open Communication: Honest dialogue and active listening help resolve conflicts and build understanding. 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