Abuse Hidden Behind the Power

Episode 29: en(gender)ed Reflections on the needs and impact of domestic violence on survivors and children–a look back with our guest, Michael

November 8, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, en(gender)ed Reflections, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault

This is the fourth “Reflections” episode where I examine a series of interviews with my friend, Michael.  He joins me as we reflect back on episodes, 18 (Laura Fernandez of Sanctuary for Families on serving survivor needs and trauma from abuse) and 19 (Lisa Fischel-Wolovick on “Traumatic Divorce and Separation”),  20 (#SurvivorStories with Rosaura Torres Thomas…

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Episode 20: #SurvivorStories Series with Rosaura Torres Thomas, on abuse when your partner is a cop

September 6, 2018 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Image, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault, Survivor Stories

In this episode, we speak with survivor, Rosaura Torres Thomas, author of the book: Abuse Hidden Behind the Badge—a memoir of her life living suffering from the abuse and coercive control of two police officers–one a highly ranked Officer in Philadelphia and, another–a Pennsylvania state trooper.  Our guest, Rosaura, suffered two (2) retinal detachment surgeries stemming…

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