Season 3 Episode 9: Coercive Control in Children's and Mother's Lives: An interview with author and academic Dr. Emma Katz

In this episode, David & Ruth discuss with Dr. Emma Katz in her new book, “Coercive Control in Children’s and Mother’s Lives.” Dr. Katz shares the story behind the development of this groundbreaking book, where she shares her learnings from interviews with 15 groups of mothers and their children.  In this far ranging conversation, David, Ruth and Dr. Katz discuss: 

• How she was inspired to write the book by identifying how the literature was ignoring the experience of children in homes impacted by coercive control
• The “magic” question that unlocked the stories of adult and child survivors 
• How children and their mothers are impacted by perpetrators’ coercive control 
• How an emphasis on physical violence can blind professionals to key aspects of the experience of children 
• The similarities between the experiences of adult and child survivors
• How children’s agency is minimized and adult survivors are blamed through the use  of the term “parentification” 
• How mental health approaches are deficient in their identification of protective efforts 
• How the use of the term “historic abuse” rarely useful 
• How adult and child survivors heal from coercive control 

To buy Emma Katz's book Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives (Oxford University Press, 2022) Use the discount code ASFLYQ6 to get 30% off

To buy Amazon Kindle of Emma Katz's book Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives (Oxford University Press, 2022)

Emma Katz's popular, free to download 2020 article 'When Coercive Control Continues to Harm the Children Post-Separation' 

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Emma Katz's previous podcasts

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Listen to these related Partnered with a Survivor episodes 

Season 2 Episode 12: How Coercive Control Harms Child Safety & Wellbeing: An Interview With Researcher Dr. Emma Katz

Season 2 Episode 8: “I Spiraled Down To A Dark Place:” An Interview With A Young Survivor Of Officer-Involved Domestic Violence And His Mum

Season 1 Episode 1: Coercive Control And Consent