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I’m interested in how legal, therapeutic, sociological, and lived-experience knowledge can inform each other to improve practice and systems. This site includes selected research, writing, and projects. For my counselling work, visit www.steadyground.au
Recent posts
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It’s Not Laziness. It’s January.
If you feel lower in January and find yourself trying to “get going” without much success, it’s easy to assume something has gone wrong. You… *
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It’s Hard to Explain
In Victoria, a parliamentary inquiry is finally listening to what survivors of cults and high-control groups have been saying for decades. The testimony emerging is… *
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Why Don’t Cults Pay Tax?
At first glance, this seems like a simple question. If an organisation harms people, why does it receive charitable status and the tax concessions that… *
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Media Release
Survivors of cults and high-control groups across Victoria are speaking up in unprecedented numbers, many for the first time, and expressing genuine hope that change… *
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Briefing: Parliamentary Inquiry
Tomorrow I will be presenting evidence to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups. For anyone… *
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