This week we hear from David Mandel and his work at the Safe & Together Institute around coercive control.With over 35 years' experience in the domestic violence and child welfare fields, David is the creator of the Safe & Together Model, a transformational approach to changing how systems and practitioners respond to domestic violence when children are involved. He has identified how a perpetrator pattern-based approach can improve the ability to partner with survivors, intervene...

Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.   Rebecca Glenn, founder and CEO of the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety (CWES), joins us this week to talk about the wide-ranging impacts of economic abuse in the context of coercive control.   Shownotes Introduction to Economic Abuse (23 min video, with Auslan translation) Financial Safety Checklist in 9 languages (links at bottom of...

Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening. Lisa Smith moved from the Coast to Country and spent time working at the Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Court Advocacy in Walgett. In this episode Lisa shares the complexities, challenges and impact of coercive control in regional NSW.   Shownotes Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy: Phone: 1800 WDVCAS (1800 938 227) Women's...

Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening. This week Penny Dordoy and Evie Rankmore from Supported Accommodation & Homelessness Services Shoalhaven Illawarra (SAHSSI) share their insights on coercive control from the frontline. Penny is CEO of SAHSSI and a director on the DVNSW Board and Evie is a DVRE outreach case manager at SAHSSI and member of the DVNSW Aboriginal and...

Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening.   This week Raylene Hassall, Senior Policy Officer at Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) joins as host for an incredible yarn with Ashlee Donohue, CEO of Mudgin-Gal Women's Centre and Kowana Welsh, Senior Project Officer at Womens and Girls Emergency Centre (WAGEC).    Shownotes:  Mudgin-Gal: https://www.mudgin-gal.org.au/ WAGEC: Women's...

Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening. This week we chat to Women’s Community Shelters CEO and Chair of Domestic Violence NSW, Annabelle Daniel. Annabelle has been a leader in the social sector for over 20 years, working in private enterprise, the Australian government and the community sector including as the Manager of Elsie’s refuge, Australia’s first women’s shelter. As...

Content warning: this episode discusses domestic and family violence and deals with distressing themes. Please use discretion and sensitivity when listening. In this first episode, we chat with award-winning journalist and author of See What You Made Me Do, Jess Hill. Join us as we unpack coercive control, what it looks like, its impacts and the dynamics of power and control. Show Notes:Jess Hill: https://www.jesshill.net/ See What You Made Me Do:...