Simple soul, passionate psychologist, granny. Finding my voice & living (well!) with #vulvalcancer. Itinerant van dweller & sometime house guest. Good enough!
Mar 1, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
I have worked with refugees & war survivors, men & women. Important to recognise both men & women are subject to sexual violence in war & conflict. Men's experience is often systemically under reported, denied & not acknowledged ...
This 2011 @guardian
article: 80% concentration-camp inmates in Sarajevo reported being raped; El Salvador - 76% male political prisoners described at least one incidence of sexual torture; 21% Sri Lankan in treatment reported sexual abuse in detention. theguardian.com/society/2011/j…
Feb 18, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Discussion with colleagues about shared parenting. What is the evidence base? Some key studies in this thread. Please do add to the thread with other studies. 👇👇👇
Bergstrom et al (2015) jech.bmj.com/content/69/8/7… Children in joint physical custody suffered from less psychosomatic problems than those living mostly or only with one parent but reported more symptoms than those in nuclear families.
Feb 12, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Imagine you are a 6 yr old child. Your mum and dad have separated. You are confused; you don’t understand what is going on. You love your mum – and you love your dad. You just want to give them both a hug. (1)
You want to play with both of them; you want both of them to take you to school. Your mum is upset; your dad is upset. You wonder “have I done something wrong?” What can I do to stop mummy or daddy crying? (2)
Nov 13, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
This highlights a child protection issue I come across daily in my work. When anyone has concerns about a child being harmed - physically, emotionally, sexually, or through neglect - they should inform Children' Services. Anybody. (1) ... amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/n…(2) In my experience, when separated fathers report their concerns they are more often dismissed without due investigation. When worried fathers continue to report concerns, they are often viewed as exercising controlling behaviour.
Jul 18, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Research into DA is important. Findings of commissioned studies such as this shape policy & service provision. Yet they continually fail to use non-biased sampling and only capture the experience of largely female victims & survivors, selected by their caseworkers.
When 1/3 of victims of DA are men, majority of whom are heterosexual, how can this report of interviews with 62 women, 3 men in same sex relations, 2 straight men provide objective results? Selection of respondents by caseworkers, when so few exist for men, contributes to bias.
