NVR: the Podcast
NonViolent Resistance Therapy and Practice (NVR) helps parents and others effectively care for children who harm. NVR combines compassion, defiance and community action to help caregivers cope with their own distress, despair and disempowerment, as well as that of their children and resstore their agency.
This podcast is meant mainly for professional and lived-experience practitioners wishing to learn more about NVR Therapy and Practice. It is delivered by four leading psyhotherapists in the field : Psychotherapists Peter Jakob, Kerry Shoesmith, Dan Dulberger and Mary-Jo Land.
This Podcast is also a co-production between Center of NVR Therapy and Practice (www.nvrt.ca) and Connective Strength (https://www.connectivestrength.co.uk/)
Podcasting since 2025 • 21 episodes
NVR: the Podcast
Latest Episodes
Beyond Trauma Theory: What Helps and What Doesn’t
In this episode we step beyond the familiar language of trauma theory to explore where it genuinely helps us understand and support young people, and where it can start to limit our thinking. Joining the conversation are Dr Peter Jakob, Mary‑Jo...
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How We Stop Being Controlled
In this episode, we talk honestly about coercive control and why it isn’t easy to “just stop being controlled”. These patterns can be subtle, powerful, and condition us. We explore how we can draw on NVR to help us steady ourselves, think...
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32:34
NVR where does it Fit in Divorce, Separation and Finding Yourself
In this episode, Dr Peter Jakob, Mary-Jo Land and Kerry Shoesmith talk plainly about how Non-Violent Resistance can support children and parents through separation and divorce. They explore what actually helps hold boundaries and break patterns...
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