24 Hour Crisis Line
701-845-0072
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm Office phone: 701-845-0078
160 - 2nd St NW, Valley City ND 58072
Confidential Crisis Intervention, Advocacy, Support, Counseling, Emergency Shelter
Regardless of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political beliefs or affiliations, disability, marital status, public assistance status, or class.
Domestic violence is a pattern of many behaviors directred at achieving and maintaining power and control over an intimate partner, such as: physical violence, forced sexual relations, emotional abuse, isolation of the victim, finanical abuse, intimidation, and coercion and threats.
Identifying Abusive Relationships
Does your partner:
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Embarrass you with bad names and put-downs?
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Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
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Control what you do, who you see or talk to, or where you go?
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Stop you from seeing or talking to friends or family?
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Take your money or Social Security, make you ask for money, or refuse to give you money?
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Make all the decisions?
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Prevent you from working or going to school?
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Threaten to committ suicide if you leave?
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Tell you you're a bad parent or threaten to take away or hurt your children?
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Act like the abuse is no big deal, it's your fault, or even deny doing it?
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Destroy your property or threaten to kill your pets?
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Intimidate you with guns, knives, or other weapons?
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Shove you, slap you, strangle you, or hit you?
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Force you to have sex?
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Force you to drop charges?
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Threaten to kill you?
If you answered YES to even ONE of these questions, you may be in an abusive relationship.
If you need to talk, call APOC at
701-845-0072
