I am saving this article and will use it in court to explain to my child what she is being used to do by my ex. Once again Dr Katz distills complicated social transactions into language that a five year old can understand - perfectly executed explanation xx
This has been exactly my experience! Abusers also seem to like to target people who grew up with childhood trauma, and exploiting those vulnerabilities, as well. My abuser tried to convince the world I had bipolar disorder, and then had me forcibly taken to a psychiatric ER one night. He started building his case against me even before I escaped. I left over 11 years ago and have never been diagnosed with anything other than PTSD.
Well done Emma, please know that your work is groundbreaking, partly because you present it in such a clear-minded, well-evidenced and intuitively reasonable manner. It is also globally significant as it speaks to an aspect of domestic abuse that is crucial for individuals, communities, and whole societies to understand as this scourge is finally coming to light in many countries across the globe. It seems for all the variation in cultural norms and circumstances that there are key underlying principles that are common to all. This gives immense opportunity for collaboration and collective progress globally.
The same can be said for Jess Hills' seminal work "See What You Made Me Do", which has now been published in many countries. Work of such high calibre, by individuals who are intelligent as well as objectively positioned (i.e. who do not have a personal axe to grind), has the most extraordinarily transformative potential to shine light on this problem that has destroyed so many innocent lives.
I'm sure that you know this (as comments have shown), but for the avoidance of doubt , the effort you make to write this blog for perhaps a relatively small audience, will grow and flow outwards for the very reasons I mentioned above. So keep this wonderful resource steadily growing as it will be key to keeping the momentum and progress going! The work you are doing can inform practice, influence non-victims in their understanding, as well as save the sanity, and perhaps most poignantly give hope in the often dark reality of their lives to the many already victim-survivor children and mothers.
Well done Emma, please know that your work is groundbreaking, partly because you present it in such a clear-minded, well-evidenced and intuitively reasonable manner. It is also globally significant as it speaks to an aspect of domestic abuse that is crucial for individuals, communities, and whole societies to understand as this scourge is finally coming to light in many countries across the globe. It seems for all the variation in cultural norms and circumstances that there are key underlying principles that are common to all. This gives immense opportunity for collaboration and collective progress globally.
The same can be said for Jess Hills' seminal work "See What You Made Me Do", which has now been published in many countries. Work of such high calibre, by individuals who are intelligent as well as objectively positioned (i.e. who do not have a personal axe to grind), has the most extraordinarily transformative potential to shine light on this problem that has destroyed so many innocent lives.
I'm sure that you know this (as comments have shown), but for the avoidance of doubt , the effort you make to write this blog for perhaps a relatively small audience, will grow and flow outwards for the very reasons I mentioned above. So keep this wonderful resource steadily growing as it will be key to keeping the momentum and progress going! The work you are doing can inform practice, influence non-victims in their understanding, as well as save the sanity, and perhaps most poignantly give hope in the often dark reality of their lives to the many already victim-survivor children and mothers.
I am saving this article and will use it in court to explain to my child what she is being used to do by my ex. Once again Dr Katz distills complicated social transactions into language that a five year old can understand - perfectly executed explanation xx
This has been exactly my experience! Abusers also seem to like to target people who grew up with childhood trauma, and exploiting those vulnerabilities, as well. My abuser tried to convince the world I had bipolar disorder, and then had me forcibly taken to a psychiatric ER one night. He started building his case against me even before I escaped. I left over 11 years ago and have never been diagnosed with anything other than PTSD.
Another very useful piece thanks Emma - you are making such a huge difference globally with your work in this area!
Well done Emma, please know that your work is groundbreaking, partly because you present it in such a clear-minded, well-evidenced and intuitively reasonable manner. It is also globally significant as it speaks to an aspect of domestic abuse that is crucial for individuals, communities, and whole societies to understand as this scourge is finally coming to light in many countries across the globe. It seems for all the variation in cultural norms and circumstances that there are key underlying principles that are common to all. This gives immense opportunity for collaboration and collective progress globally.
The same can be said for Jess Hills' seminal work "See What You Made Me Do", which has now been published in many countries. Work of such high calibre, by individuals who are intelligent as well as objectively positioned (i.e. who do not have a personal axe to grind), has the most extraordinarily transformative potential to shine light on this problem that has destroyed so many innocent lives.
I'm sure that you know this (as comments have shown), but for the avoidance of doubt , the effort you make to write this blog for perhaps a relatively small audience, will grow and flow outwards for the very reasons I mentioned above. So keep this wonderful resource steadily growing as it will be key to keeping the momentum and progress going! The work you are doing can inform practice, influence non-victims in their understanding, as well as save the sanity, and perhaps most poignantly give hope in the often dark reality of their lives to the many already victim-survivor children and mothers.
With humble thanks, Fiona
Well done Emma, please know that your work is groundbreaking, partly because you present it in such a clear-minded, well-evidenced and intuitively reasonable manner. It is also globally significant as it speaks to an aspect of domestic abuse that is crucial for individuals, communities, and whole societies to understand as this scourge is finally coming to light in many countries across the globe. It seems for all the variation in cultural norms and circumstances that there are key underlying principles that are common to all. This gives immense opportunity for collaboration and collective progress globally.
The same can be said for Jess Hills' seminal work "See What You Made Me Do", which has now been published in many countries. Work of such high calibre, by individuals who are intelligent as well as objectively positioned (i.e. who do not have a personal axe to grind), has the most extraordinarily transformative potential to shine light on this problem that has destroyed so many innocent lives.
I'm sure that you know this (as comments have shown), but for the avoidance of doubt , the effort you make to write this blog for perhaps a relatively small audience, will grow and flow outwards for the very reasons I mentioned above. So keep this wonderful resource steadily growing as it will be key to keeping the momentum and progress going! The work you are doing can inform practice, influence non-victims in their understanding, as well as save the sanity, and perhaps most poignantly give hope in the often dark reality of their lives to the many already victim-survivor children and mothers.
With humble thanks, Fiona