Healthy Relationships

Power and Control Wheel


What IS a Healthy Relationship?

A healthy, loving relationship means that you:

  • Trust one another.
  • Respect each other's bodies, opinions, friends, family and belongings.
  • Accept each other for who you are .
  • Are able to be yourself.
  • Support one another's goals and interests.
  • Encourage each other to do and be your best.

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Everyone deserves to be loved
and to feel safe and secure in their relationships.


What Is NOT a Healthy Relationship?

An unhealthy relationship involves:

  • One person trying to exert power and control over another.
  • Physical, emotional, verbal, financial or sexual abuse among others.
  • People of every race, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion and income level.
  • The use of fear or intimidation to control how someone talks and acts both now and in the future.

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Abuse is never okay and no one ever deserves to be abused.

How to Help a Friend or Family Member
Recognize the Signs and See What You Can Do

Contact(s)

Region of Waterloo Public Health
General Inquiries
99 Regina Street South, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 4V3

Phone: 519-883-2000
TTY: 519-575-4608

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