Conversations about domestic abuse are often focused on what’s visible—physical violence, bruises, the tangible evidence of harm. However, physical violence is an instrument used to enforce regimes of coercive control in which victim-survivors are carefully groomed from subjugation using a pattern of psycho-emotional manipulation called coercive control. Over time, the cumulative effects of this type of abuse lead to the…
The Narcissistic Abuse Rehab Podcast
The Narcissistic Abuse Rehab Podcastis about the dynamics of abusive power and control. Created by recovery coach Manya Wakefield, the podcast aims to provide a trauma-informed, evidence-based perspective on this topic. The first episode, The Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse, was published on October 9, 2019. In 2021, the series ranked among the Top 100 Apple Podcasts in the Mental Health genre in the USA. It was #36 in the UK and #15 in Sweden. In January 2022, The Narcissistic Abuse Rehab Podcast was named one of Feedspot’s 10 Best Narcissistic Abuse Podcasts.
In Episode 21 of the Narcissistic Abuse Rehab Podcast, we delve into the topic ‘Julie Levine: A Coercive Control Advocate Battles A Rare Form of Cancer,’ and the disturbing similarities between Julie and Catherine Kassenoff’s experiences of coercive control, child custody in the Westchester Family Court, and adverse health outcomes. Like Catherine, Julie has allegedly suffered from years of cruel post-separation abuse from…
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and divorce coach Amy Polacko joins us to unpack the alleged post-separation abuse of Catherine Kassenoff.
Attorney Derek Jacques, Esq. shares expert tips for parents navigating divorce and child custody cases with narcissistic co-parents.
Conflict resolution with high conflict personalities and lessons from ‘Succession’, ‘Dirty John,’ and Tina Turner with Samantha Drum, Esq.
An outline of a brief history and intention for the upcoming season of The Narcissistic Abuse Rehab Podcast.