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NVR: the Podcast

NVR: the Podcast

By: Dan Dulberger Peter Jakob Mary-Jo Land Kerry Shoesmith
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NonViolent Resistance Therapy and Practice (NVR) helps parents and others effectively care for children who harm. NVR combines compassion, defiance and community action to help caregivers cope with their own distress, despair and disempowerment, as well as that of their children and resstore their agency.
This podcast is meant mainly for professional and lived-experience practitioners wishing to learn more about NVR Therapy and Practice. It is delivered by four leading psyhotherapists in the field : Psychotherapists Peter Jakob, Kerry Shoesmith, Dan Dulberger and Mary-Jo Land.
This Podcast is also a co-production between Center of NVR Therapy and Practice (www.nvrt.ca) and Connective Strength (https://www.connectivestrength.co.uk/)

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Episodes
  • When There's Something Missing in the System

    When There's Something Missing in the System
    Jun 26 2026

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    In this episode, Dr Peter Jakob and Kerry Shoesmith turn think about the system around the child and to the place for emotions in our responses and in our work. We talk honestly about what those emotions tell us, and most importantly, how useful they can be

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    25 mins
  • The Boys We Cannot Give Up On: Our Duty

    The Boys We Cannot Give Up On: Our Duty
    Jun 5 2026

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    In this episode, Dr Peter Jakob, Mary-Jo Land and Kerry Shoesmith turn to the boys who worry us: those who withdraw inward, and those whose behaviours are becoming dangerous. We talk honestly about the pull to look away or predict dark futures, and how NVR helps us stay present and stand against the risk, never giving up on the boy.

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    32 mins
  • Which Pathway Do We Take?

    Which Pathway Do We Take?
    Apr 24 2026

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    In this episode, Dr Peter Jakob, Mary-Jo Land and Kerry Shoesmith explore a question that sits at the heart of therapy within families: how do we decide the right path forward?
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    32 mins
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I Like how the podcast offers unfiltered reflections and shared expertise on NVR techniques and approaches and how it links to interventions and practice in the real world.

It is a great podcast to hear reflections on NVR in practice

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