
NVR: the Podcast
NonViolent Resistance Therapy and Practice (NVR) helps parents and others effectively care for children who harm. NVR combines compassion, defiance and community action to help caregivers cope with their own distress, despair and disempowerment, as well as that of their children and resstore their agency.
This podcast is meant mainly for professional and lived-experience practitioners wishing to learn more about NVR Therapy and Practice. It is delivered by four leading psyhotherapists in the field : Psychotherapists Peter Jakob, Kerry Shoesmith, Dan Dulberger and Mary-Jo Land.
This Podcast is also a co-production between Center of NVR Therapy and Practice (www.nvrt.ca) and Connective Strength (https://www.connectivestrength.co.uk/)
Podcasting since 2025 • 9 episodes
NVR: the Podcast
Latest Episodes
NVR Outside of Parenting
In this episode, Dr Peter Jakob and Kerry Shoesmith discuss how Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) is used outside of parenting. The conversation focuses on how professionals can apply NVR principles when working directly with young people, the...
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33:12

Combining NVR with other therapies
In this episode, Combining NVR with Other Therapies, Dr Peter Jakob, Mary-Jo Land, and Kerry Shoesmith explore how Non-Violent Resistance can be effectively integrated with other therapeutic approaches. Drawing on their clinical ...
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39:35

Rethinking Care: Blocked Care & NVR
Welcome to Rethinking Care, where we explore fresh ideas in parenting and support through Non-Violent Resistance.In this episode, Dr Peter Jakob and Kerry Shoesmith talk about blocked care — what it means, how the conce...
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33:13

Adoption, Complexity & Finding Support with NVR
In this powerful new episode, Kerry Shoesmith sits down with Mary-Jo Land, an adoptive parent, to explore the deep complexities of adoption. Together, they discuss the real challenges families can face and how NVR (Non-Violent Resistance)...
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30:40

Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) in Residential Childcare
Welcome to NVR The Podcast. this episode explores Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) in residential childcare. Hosted by Mary-Jo Land, Dr. Peter Jakob, and Kerry Shoesmith, who examine the shift from behavioural approaches to trauma-informed and thera...
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