With family gatherings and increased tension adding onto COVID-related stress, how can we prepare and educate ourselves for the domestic violence we may encounter around family and friends during Christmas and New Years? So, is it true that the holidays are a particular cause or a time where we see a rise in domestic violence? According to Lisa Johnson, Manager of Direct Services at the domestic violence charity Women’s Aid, it’s not so much the holidays themselves as it is the circumstances around the holidays. What can escalate domestic violence by perpetrators is the lack of services that are typically
