On October 26, 2015 Dr. James Dobson, highly acclaimed Christian psychologist and founder of “Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk” and author of over 30 books that are dedicated to the Christian family, posted his response to a victim of domestic violence on his blog. The full article can be found here.

As an expert in the field of domestic abuse, I was beyond appalled at his directive to this woman whose husband was a leader in the church, a prominent lawyer, and well respected in their community.

With a heart-wrenching letter to Dr. Dobson, she wrote about her recently loosened teeth and the fact that, “The beatings are becoming more frequent and more violent as time goes by,” (which, by the way,  is a statistical fact).

The writer feared her husband would “blow up” if she asked him to seek counseling and as a Christian she did not “believe in…