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Article: A Mindset Changes to Break Cycle of Domestic Violence

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October 11, 2003
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By PAULETTE CHU

YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

Five years ago, April Kaupilla was on a downward spiral of self- destruction. She was a young mother living with an abusive boyfriend, the father of her 3-month-old baby.

One day, at home with the kids, she received a phone call: Someone had spotted her boyfriend with another woman. Furious, she hunted them down and publicly assaulted them, just blocks from a police station. Within minutes, she was arrested and charged with perpetrating domestic violence. A court ordered her to get treatment.

"As a woman, being a perpetrator myself, I was going to hit him first," says Kaupilla, 30, of Yakima. "I lacked so much self- confidence that I believed I couldn't ...

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