Episode 151: Roz Davidson on her work to help mothers and children experiencing coercive control

10/07/21 • 62 min

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Roz Davidson, Director of The Positive Parenting Company Ltd and a National Consultant and Trainer in the UK implementing "CODA" a 12-week therapeutic program for women and children recovering from domestic abuse which focuses on providing skills to the Mother to support the child, and addresses self-blame, attachment, what abuse is, and emotional regulation across themed sessions. We speak with Roz today about coercive control, its signs, impact, and what she and other advocates in Britain are doing to ensure that domestic abuse is taken seriously and perpetrators are held to account. Roz is currently enrolled in a program to receive her Masters in Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence at Goldsmiths University.

During our conversation, Roz and I referenced the following resources:

Roz Davidson’s interview Episode 133: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Community Conversation on Domestic Abuse and Child Abuse
How Roz uses “CODA” to help children exposed to domestic abuse by addressing their behavior instead of the cause.
Britain’s “Domestic Abuse Bill”
Safety planning
Objectives of the CODA program
The “Timekeeper” PSA and training tool on coercive control of children Roz served as an advisor on
The “Freedome” Program, “Caring Dads” Programs
Domestic abuse is and as coercive control and intimate partner terrorism
Timekeeper’s “Grounding” techniques and trauma-informed content

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During our conversation, Roz and I referenced the following resources:

Roz Davidson’s interview Episode 133: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Community Conversation on Domestic Abuse and Child Abuse
How Roz uses “CODA” to help children exposed to domestic abuse by addressing their behavior instead of the cause.
Britain’s “Domestic Abuse Bill”
Safety planning
Objectives of the CODA program
The “Timekeeper” PSA and training tool on coercive control of children Roz served as an advisor on
The “Freedome” Program, “Caring Dads” Programs
Domestic abuse is and as coercive control and intimate partner terrorism
Timekeeper’s “Grounding” techniques and trauma-informed content

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Trailer: International Coercive Control Conference and Call for Volunteers

Greetings Podcast listeners...I’m your host, Teri Yuan.

You’ve probably been wondering why the podcast has been on pause for the past several months. Well, rather unexpectedly, I had to deal with some personal stuff and more importantly, members of the Engendered Collective rallied to organize and plan the first International Coercive Control Conference. We will be launching tomorrow this all virtual two-day event that will feature luminaries from around the world, from a variety of sectors ranging from health and medicine, academia, law, advocacy, and government, to name a few. This conference was entirely conceived and executed by our tireless members and our awesome intern, Abbie. There is still time to sign up. If you can’t make all the sessions, register anyway and access the recordings later. We will also be publishing the sessions as future podcast episodes. Use the code “PODCAST2021” when you check out to get a 40% discount. In the meantime, we are working with a great intern, Linda, to help us launch our podcast episodes. If there are any listeners out there who want to volunteer to edit the podcast and help us keep to a regular publishing schedule, please reach out to me at [email protected].

Stay tuned for a whole bunch of new episodes and guest hosts interviews coming out soon. In the meantime, see you at the conference!

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Episode 152: Karen Williams on helping doctors better understand violence against women

On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Dr. Karen WIlliams, a psychiatrist based in Australia, with an interest In PTSD and cPTSD , social justice and public health. Karen is the Founder of Doctors Against Violence Towards Women, a group of 700 plus doctors from across Australia and New Zealand committed to combating domestic abuse against women, in all of its forms. We speak with Karen today about her work, her organization’s mission, and its advocacy to reform the health care system including lobbying the government to provide better, evidence-based support for the domestic violence sector and coordinating with other advocacy groups in the child welfare, education, and/or legal sectors.

During our conversation, Karen and I referenced the following resources:

How Karen came to found Doctors Against Violence Towards Women
The gendered difference in how society and the medical industry treats men with trauma versus women with trauma
The pathologization of women’s trauma
The Dirty John Netflix series
The abuser disinformation tactic of “PAS” or responding to victims’ claims of abuse by counterclaiming “Parental Alienation”
The lack of regulation of forensic evaluators not just in Australia, but all over the English-speaking world (Listen to our interview with Nancy Erickson for more on this crisis)

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