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Episode 63: James Powell on the power of social work therapy to heal trauma

August 15, 2019 Gender-Based Violence, Healing, Podcasts, Rape and Sexual Assault, Trauma and Abuse

  Our guest today is James Powell, a social worker and practicing therapist at Jason Walter and Associates.  James believes that healing and self-actualization result from a life-long commitment to self-reflection—the constant pursuit of increasing congruency between one’s values and behavior. Her psychotherapeutic practice is rooted in Buddhism, 12-step philosophy, shamanic spirituality, humanistic psychology, and…

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Episode 62: #SurvivorStories series with Hunter Maxwell on witnessing domestic violence and surviving childhood sexual abuse

August 8, 2019 Children, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Men and Masculinity, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Survivor Stories, Trauma and Abuse

**Please note that this episode contains some explicit descriptions of child sexual abuse.** On this episode of en(gender)ed #SurvivorStories series, our guest is Hunter Maxwell, a survivor of childhood domestic violence and child sexual assault.  As a child, he witnessed his mother in several abusive relationships and he himself was sexually abused by an older…

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Episode 61: #SurvivorStories series with Kathy Picard, on her book, “Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Justice Over Childhood Sexual Abuse”

August 1, 2019 Children, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Men and Masculinity, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Survivor Stories, Trauma and Abuse

**Please note that this episode contains some explicit descriptions of child sexual abuse.** On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is Kathy Picard, a childhood sexual abuse survivor, author of the book, “Life with My Idiot Family: A True Story of Survival, Courage and Justice Over Childhood Sexual Abuse” and advocate for Massachusetts’ reform in…

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Episode 60: Gary Greenberg on the NYS “Child Victims Act”–activism and accountability in response to child sexual abuse

July 25, 2019 Children, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Men and Masculinity, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Trauma and Abuse

**Please note that this episode contains some explicit descriptions of child sexual abuse.** On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Gary Greenberg, childhood sexual abuse survivor, activist and founder of the Fighting for Children PAC, also known as Protect NY Kids, which was pivotal in helping NYS pass Child Victims Act legislation in 2019…

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Episode 59: #SurvivorStories series with “Ashley” on the dangers of technology–cyberstalking and surveillance

July 18, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts, Policy, Survivor Stories, Trauma and Abuse

On this #SurvivorStories series episode, our guest is “Ashley” a survivor of intimate partner violence and coercive control and a protective mom.  Ashley is here to speak with us today about the dangers of technology in domestic violence. In particular, Ashley believes that her husband, from whom she is currently separated, had been cyberstalking her…

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