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Patricia Gordon Stevens
Australian-based counselor and author of "Madness in Memphis," a debut novel drawing on her own escape from domestic abuse.
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Oct 14, 2026
Life after Domestic Violence- Healing from the Psychological Effects of Coercive Control
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23:59So that meant I still worked, and that meant I would go to night school at the University of Memphis.
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24:05Well, one evening, and this is in the book, he walks into my classroom, and he grabs my arm, and he picks up my briefcase and picks up my books.
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24:15And the classroom is huge, huge, and the professor is giving a lecture And the professor's going, "What are you doing? I'm giving a class." And he said, "Well, you're one person down.
393. Patrica Gordon Stevens - Leaving: The Fear, Shame & Coercive Control Follow After You Escape
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Bill MitchellHOST
Patricia, where do you think we should start your story in those things you want to tell us about today?
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4:06I think the best place is knowing that I was married at a very young age and I had two children really young.
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4:18So we were divorced and I was raising two precious young children, which was already monumentally hard and difficult.
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4:29And I really thought, I remember thinking, Bill, it's time for us to become an all-American family again.
19 MINS LATER
393. Patrica Gordon Stevens - Leaving: The Fear, Shame & Coercive Control Follow After You Escape
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4:01Bill MitchellHOST
Patricia, where do you think we should start your story and those things you want to tell us about today?
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4:06I think the best place is knowing that I was married at a very young age and I had two children really young.
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4:18So we were divorced and I was raising two precious young children, which was already monumentally hard and difficult.
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4:29And I really thought, I remember thinking, Bill, it's time for us to become an all-American family again.
19 MINS LATER