healing

Episode 142: #SurvivorStories Series with Karen Gosbee on her memoir, “A Perfect Nightmare:  My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life”

April 1, 2021 Children, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts, Sexism and Misogyny, Survivor Stories, Trauma and Abuse

On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is Karen Gosbee, domestic abuse, coercive control survivor, advocate for policy and system reform, and author of her memoir, A Perfect Nightmare:  My Glittering Marriage and How It Almost Cost Me My Life.  The book chronicles Karen’s journey to consciousness about her abuse, the roles her family and…

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Episode 138: Caitlin Garvey on navigating grief through “The Mourning Report”

March 4, 2021 Feminism, Gender (Justice), Healing, Podcasts, Sexism and Misogyny

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Caitlin Garvey, author of The Mourning Report, a memoir of her “grief journey” interviewing six people involved in her mother’s dying process.  Following her mother’s death from breast cancer at the age twenty, Caitlin suffered major depression and anxiety.  Through these conversations, Caitlin learns about…

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Episode 45: Nicole Perry on being a feminist therapist

April 18, 2019 Body Literacy, Feminism, Gender (Justice), Healing, Podcasts, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of engendered, our guest is Nicole Perry, a Registered psychologist with a practice in Edmonton, Canada.  For the past ten years, she has worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and uses an approach called Somatic Experiencing, a body-based therapy, for healing trauma.  She is known for her work as…

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Episode 41: en(gender)ed Reflections on healing from abuse

March 21, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, en(gender)ed Reflections, Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on the past six #SurvivorStories – Episode 30, with Anita Gera and the misuse of the Hague Convention to harm children, Episode 31, with “Caitlin” and the danger of shared parenting with an abuser, Episode 32, with Lana and her “Sophie’s Choice” to protect her daughter from…

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Episode 39: Trauma therapist Julia Hochstadt on working with survivors of abuse and violence

March 7, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, en(gender)ed Reflections, Gender-Based Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Trauma and Abuse

Our guest today is Julia Hochstadt, a therapist with over twenty years of expertise in working with victims of crime, trauma and interpersonal violence, including child abuse, rape and sexual assault and domestic violence. Before working in private practice, Julia led New York Presbyterian’s Victim Intervention Program (VIP) providing acute emergency room support, counseling, and…

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