Tag: Response-Based Practice

The Trouble with Trauma Talk — a conversation between Donni Riki, Allan Wade and Cathy Richardson

Barbara Roberts4 Comments

"Why are we not talking about the neurological consequences of failed and malicious state responses? If we were really thinking about the brain, shouldn't that be part of the discourse?" — Allan Wade Some quotes from the video: (15:59) The trauma industry sits alongside the colonial code in the helping relations. (19:30) ...brain science is… Continue reading The Trouble with Trauma Talk — a conversation between Donni Riki, Allan Wade and Cathy Richardson

Exodus 21 authorises an abused wife to divorce a hard-hearted husband

Barbara Roberts4 Comments

Exodus 21:7-11 spells out some of the obligations of a male head of household in Ancient Israel. If he had a young indentured maidservant in his household, and he married her to his son, he must provide her with food, clothing, and ʿônâ, even if the son took a second wife. If the male head… Continue reading Exodus 21 authorises an abused wife to divorce a hard-hearted husband