International Women's Day:
A bruised mind, coercive control and women’s mental health
Free Members’ Webinar
Tuesday 8 March 2022
Overview of this webinar
We know that during the pandemic, domestic abuse has been the shadow pandemic. Domestic abuse isn’t always physical. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim.
This controlling behaviour is designed to make a person dependent by isolating them from support, exploiting them, depriving them of independence and regulating their everyday behaviour. Coercive control creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a victim’s life and it impacts on their mental health. This is however frequently not recognised or understood and the webinar is to help us increase our understanding.
Speakers
- Setting scene/context – Dr Beena Rajkumar
- Responding to coercive control – Dr Philippa Greenfield and Jessie See
- Introducing Professor Monckton Smith – Dr Claire Wilson
- Stages of Coercion and Control – Dr Jane Monckton-Smith
- Q+A from the audience – facilitated by Dr Violeta Perez
- Final comments – Dr Ruth Reed
Slides
- Responding to coercive control – Dr Philippa Greenfield and Jessie See
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