Today's episode, the final one of series 3, is all about a topic which doesn't get spoken about enough: coercive control. We've specifically chosen to release it today, Valentine's Day, because we know that underneath the public face of all too many "happy" relationships there's a darker story at play.
Victoria Cilliers' chilling memoir I survived is the story of what many of us will remember from the press as "the parachute jump attempted murder". It is the story of a physio, a mum, a wife whose husband charmed everyone, tried to kill her and her children and did it in such a way that she, a professional, capable, intelligent woman, had no real awareness of what was happening to her.
SOME USEFUL RESOURCES IF SUPPORTING PATIENTS IN A SIMILAR CONTEXT
https://www.freedomprogramme.co.uk/
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/
https://dasd.org.uk domestic abuse support specifically for doctors run by Dr Kathryn Hayman
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
https://www.mankind.org.uk/
https://galop.org.uk/
Emma specifically recommends the book Why does he do that? by Lundy Bancroft https://lundybancroft.com/