trauma bonding

Episode 48: Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox of Women Count USA on femicide as a national crisis

May 9, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Media and Culture, Podcasts, Policy, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Dawn Elizabeth Wilcox, a domestic violence survivor, activist and educator. Dawn has been working as a registered nurse for 23 years and runs Women Count USA, a national database that compiles data on femicides in the United States.  Dawn began this project in 2017 out of her…

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Episode 47: Dorchen Leidholdt on incarcerated women and survivors of gender-based violence

May 2, 2019 Children, Domestic Violence, Feminism, Gender (Justice), Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts, Policy, Prevention, Rape and Sexual Assault, Sexism and Misogyny, Trauma and Abuse

Today’s guest is Dorchen Leidholdt, the Legal Director of the NYC domestic violence agency, Sanctuary for Families.  In her main role, Dorchen heads the agency’s legal services for survivors of gender-based violence, including providing support for obtaining orders of protection, immigration, sex trafficking. In addition to this important work, Dorchen also leads the “Incarcerated Gender…

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Episode 46: en(gender)ed Reflections on systemic responses to trauma in domestic violence

April 25, 2019 Children, Divorce and Custody, Domestic Violence, Gender-Based Violence, Podcasts, Prevention, Trauma and Abuse

In this “Reflections” episode,Teri and Michael reflect back on Episodes on systemic responses to trauma in domestic violence – Episode 38: Dr. Tanja Jovanovic on how witnessing abuse is just as bad for children as being abused, Episode 39: Trauma therapist Julia Hochstadt on working with survivors of abuse and violence, and Episode 40: Kathleen…

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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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