Ep 269: Coercive Control: The Pathology of the Abuser with Dr Christine Cocchiola, Part 2

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Laura shares unique insights regarding characteristics and behaviours to identify abusers early as well as why men abuse women and Dr Christine Cocchiola explains why you should never attempt couples therapy with a coercive controller. Understanding coercive control will save and change lives. Listen to this important conversation so you don’t fall into the trap abuser’s set. For more expert insight, in-depth conversations, extra episodes and videos, live monthly events with Laura and to be a part a fast growing, dynamic and empowering community join the Crime Analyst Squad: www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst    #CoerciveControl #Abuser #Psychology#PowerAndControl #DomesticViolence #CrimeAnalyst #TrueCrime #Podcast #HighRisk #DASH #WarningSigns #Manipulation #Trauma Clip https://youtu.be/AGCmvL0iXc8?si=M3s1wayZAinvrNN7 Sources   https://www.bwss.org/abusive-men-describe-the-benefits-of-violence/ https://www.genderviolenceinstitute.org/rose-thelen Framed: Women in the Family Court Underworld https://a.co/d/6NHAfDj www.dashriskchecklist.com   https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/coercivecontrol   https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/stalking https://www.thelaurarichards.com/resources/books https://www.thelaurarichards.com/my-two-cents/serial-and-high-risk-stalkers-and-domestic-abusers Thank You to Crime Analyst Sponsors Who Make the Show Possible. Support The ShowThrough the Sponsor: Save more with 20% off your first order at www.thrivecausemetics.com/CRIMEANALYST REGISTER For Laura’s 2025 Masterclasses – Profiling Behaviour, Preventing Murder and Suicide in Slow Motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, Coercive Control and Stalking: https://bit.ly/LRMasterclassRegistration   More Training Info: www.dashriskchecklist.com    www.thelaurarichards.com    Crime Analyst YouTube, Socials and Website   YouTube @crimeanalyst    Facebook Crime Analyst Podcast   Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999   Threads @crimeanalyst   X @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999    TikTok @crimeanalystpod  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, let me have them introduce you to them to you.
0:03.0	So do a brief version, do your name, what you did, and what group number you're on.
0:07.0	John, group number nine, ninth the week.
0:13.0	Had a little altercation with my wife and grabbed her arm,
0:17.0	which was, that's the physical abuse that I committed to my wife.
0:22.9	My name is Paul.
0:23.9	I'm on Class 19, and I'm here because I dumped my wife's purse out on top of her,
0:30.3	and she called the cops and didn't want to press charges,
0:34.4	but the DA picked it up as being a violent crime.
0:54.4	My name is Grant. I violated a restraining order. My name's Todd. I'm Mark. I'm Michael. I got in to find my wife and I slapped. I hoarded her and pushed the wall. Caught my wife cheating on me. Punched that guy several times. I did her a couple times. A lot of streaming and yelling, pushing and stuff.
0:55.6	Police got called.
0:57.4	I got arrested and now I'm here.
0:58.6	Okay.
1:00.3	Grant, introduce yourself to them and tell them what you did to get yourself here.
1:04.0	Uh, well,
1:05.3	I'm in a little bit of a trickier situation
1:10.1	in the sense that I didn't actually do anything physically
1:17.6	violent except break the grip that my mother had on my daughter, her grandchild, because she was
1:27.0	dragging my child along to the point
1:28.9	where I thought she was going to pull her arm out of her socket. I remember seeing red and
1:36.1	repressing every urge to just throw a haymaker and knock her out because when you hear your child
1:43.0	crying in pain
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