I'm taking part in the 'Reels and Rhymes' festival, where films inspire poetry. Sign up and join us. Final event is on World Poetry Day on the 21st March. https://www.lisarussellfilms.com/reelsandrhymes
‘Flow’ now with subtitles
Thank to The University of Sheffield my film 'Flow' about adults disclosing childhood sexual abuse #CSA is now available with subtitles in multiple languages here: https://player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/flow. The picture above shows Maasai subtitles. Languages available are: Albanian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, Filipino/Tagalog, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Maasai, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Urdu, Uzbek. If you... Continue Reading →
Women Deliver Conference and Arts & Film Festival
Really REALLY happy to share that our film 'Flow,' about the disclosure of childhood sexual abuse, has been selected for the prestigious Women Deliver Conference and Arts & Film Festival in Rwanda. We'll be (virtually) there at the screening and also listening to the amazing speakers including Stacey Abrams, Malala Yousafzai and former New Zealand... Continue Reading →
Fieldwork
I've been busy with fieldwork in the last month or so, either that or being on strike (a long story!). I'm working as a researcher on a Nuffield funded project looking at domestic violence and child protection. You can read a blog about it here. Some good news about the film Flow. I've been awarded... Continue Reading →
Research Article
The University of Sheffield has featured my research on their website. Read the article here: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/research/features/changing-support-practises-adults-experience-childhood-trauma
2022
I wanted to update you on all that's happened this year and what's coming up in my CSA research. What I wanted to do with my research was improve things, even a tiny bit, and it looks like it is happening. So this year we made a film 'Flow.' On the steering group were people with lived... Continue Reading →
Change?
This week I've training child psychologists on working with traumatised kids and presented to healthcare workers in Australia. On my mind now is this quote from Käthe Kollwitz and I finally feel like I'm doing it. How about you?
ISPCAN Webinar
People came from all over the world to see the film 'Flow' yesterday in our ISPCAN webinar. Watch it yourself
Flow
Please note: The film does not have any scenes of abuse but may be upsetting for people who have experienced trauma because it is about the struggle to be heard. https://youtu.be/ddkpNkjJXR8 Please tell me what you thought about the film. We also have a training resource pack. There are also further research based resources.
Flow at ISPCAN
On Thursday 27th October Chris Godwin, from Inner Eye Productions, and I will be running a webinar for the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (ISPCAN). More details at the ISPCAN home page.
Research into Recovering from Childhood Sexual Abuse 