Jaime’s Substack
Welcome to my Substack. I am a counsellor and academic in the Domestic Violence and Religious Trauma space and love chatting about all things healing from living in a coercive, controlling relationship or environment.
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DARVO (opens the original)
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My initial study in the domestic violence and sexual violence space introduced me to Jennifer Freyd’s concept of DARVO. At the time, I had not long come to terms with naming what happened to me as sexual exploitation and abuse.Being introduced to the concept of DARVO helped me significantly understand what I was subjected to by many in the community and the ongoing DARVO the pastor himself held over me. I could write a long list of statements used that made me realise how the use of DARVO and ev
Ethics in Therapeutic Practice: Why Boundaries Matter (opens the original)
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This substack was originally written back in November in response to allegations regarding dual relationships and a influential therapist. So, when I refer below to the “recent headline” it was recent at the time. Since then, there has been an increase in media reporting on therapeutic boundary violations. Sometimes it takes me more than six months to finish a post! I just never got back to it. Truthfully, I currently have around thirty unfinished Substacks sitting in my drafts folder. Tell me I
Using the Power & Control Wheel (opens the original)
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The Power and Control Wheel (full credit to the duluth model) has been one of the most influential tools in domestic violence education for decades and initally was quiet ground breaking - since, there have been more up to date models of the wheel, and other frameworks that all help contribute to survivors being able to name what has happened to them.These tools also have given practitioners a shared language for understanding abuse. Yet over the years, i’ve worked with many victim survivors who
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