Patrick McIvor

Author: Patrick McIvor

  • Shock/Value: Media guide

    Shock/Value: Media guide

    This week saw the release of Shock/Value, a media guide to help journalists and content creators engage with cult survivors safely and ethically. SOCCHG asked me to write the guide to support responsible media reporting that accurately reflects lived-experience and avoids language or framings that misrepresent, stigmatise, or re-traumatise affected communities.

  • Beyond Belief

    Beyond Belief

    Beyond Belief: Responding to Cults and High-Control Groups in Victoria emerged from a participatory process involving 64 survivors and their supporters, each bringing their own history, insight and expertise. Together we traced how high-control groups operate in Victoria, where systems fall short, and what reforms are needed for prevention and justice. The report reflects months…

  • Conversion Practices in the Jewish Community: Community Forum

    I recently spoke at a community forum run by Jewish Care, exploring LGBTQA+ conversion practices within the Jewish community. The forum highlighted the different ways these harms appear in close-knit cultural and religious settings, and the questions communities are asking as the law evolves. More here