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

"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

Don Hennessy interviewed by Kerry McAvoy

My summary of the key points Don made in his interview with Kerry McAvoy Don describes how the the workers at the Cork Domestic Violence Project came to realise that men who abuse their female intimate partners operate in a similar way to pedophiles. The thing that's missing in the Power and Control Wheel is… Continue reading Don Hennessy interviewed by Kerry McAvoy