Let's TALK Trauma Abuse Love Kindness with LGBTQI+ advocate, therapist and victim-survivor Dr Andrew Thomas Cicchetti

In this podcast Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno of SHERA Research Group and University of Manchester talks to LGBTQI+ advocate, therapist and victim-survivor Dr Andrew Thomas Cicchetti about his experiences as a gay man who has been subjected to coercive control*, his work as a Gestalt therapist/trauma coach, so-called 'parental alienation', domestic violence, his ground-breaking supreme court case in Brazil, his meeting with Maria da Penha, why the women's movement needs male allies, healing for women and children in the family court, his love of Christmas music and much more. His twitter can be accessed here: https://twitter.com/AndrewCicchett1. The paper on the health and trauma experiences of mothers in the Brazilian family court, led by Dr Dalgarno and team can be accessed freely here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09649069.2023.2285136 Follow SHERA Research here: https://twitter.com/SheraFamily SHERA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherafamily_/ *Dr Cicchetti adds he alleges this