A female client experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) presents at a local healthcare facility for counseling. The nurse learns that the client is in the binding phase of the IPV cycle
Which of the following would the nurse identify as characteristic of the binding phase?
A) Client justifies her partner's reaction.
B) The client begins to lose her identity.
C) Conflicts between the couple get physical.
D) Client focuses on self-survival.
D
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Trusting relationships are formed during infancy
True False