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Karen McAndless-Davis, RCC
Karen comes to this work through personal experience. Her story is somewhat unique in that her husband sought out appropriate counselling, did the work, changed and they remain married. She is a Registered Professional Counsellor with a private practice in New Westminster, BC. The focus of her work, for almost 30 years, has been supporting women impacted by abuse.
As well as individual counselling, she leads support groups for women and trains professionals in best practices in the field of VAW. She and Jill Cory are the authors of When Love Hurts: A Woman’s Guide To Understanding Abuse in Relationship (Penguin Random House, 2016).
Podcast episodes
Episode 8: Understanding the healing journey
In this episode, we explore the healing journey for women who have experienced abuse.
Episode 7: Mothering, post separation abuse, and the legal system
How men’s abuse profoundly impacts mothering and how that abuse so often continues after separation through the legal system.
Episode 5: Why abusive men are abusive
In this episode, we take on the question women ask again and again: Why is he abusive?
Welcome to Episode 4: The impacts of abuse for women
We want to thank you for joining us for this heavy, but essential, conversation. Be gentle with yourself as you listen; grab your coffee or tea and give yourself the space and time you need. Why we need to shift…
Episode 3: Understanding the power and control wheel
In this episode of the When Love Hurts podcast, we unpack the realities of power and control in abusive relationships.