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Dr Thien Trang Phan – Capa Community Connections

 

We recently hosted our latest free networking event (online, so people could join regardless of location!) for professionals who work with families experiencing CAPVA. The event has now taken place, but we’re sharing a recording for anyone who couldn’t join us, which you can watch below. Our guest speaker for this event was Dr Thien Trang Nguyen Phan. Dr Thien has over 13 years of experience working in the field of domestic abuse and violence against women as, among others, Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA), Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) Coordinator and Manager, Training Lead, and Criminal Justice Project Officer helping coordinating the Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts at Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse (Standing Together). This experience helped inform her doctoral research focusing on mothers’ experience of abuse by their adult children. She has drawn on her professional and academic expertise to further research and practice in domestic homicides and domestic homicide reviews. 

During this session Dr Thien, joining us from Vietnam, led the attendees through her doctoral research, undertaken at Anglia Ruskin University and titled “Mothers abused by their (now) adult children”.  In her presentation she acknowledges that this area is ‘an invisible problem’. Also covered were different patterns of abuse that are often seen in children who display these behaviours, such as domestic abuse and elder abuse. Dr Thien’s talk was engaging and eye opening, and there was a Q&A session afterwards. For anyone who was unable to attend or who would like to know more you can watch a video of the Community Connection Event below on YouTube.  A huge thanks to Dr Thien for the time taken to prepare and present to us. 

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Read about past networking events here.

Sarah Fisher #CapaCommunityConnections

Sarah Fisher #CapaCommunityConnections

by | Nov 7, 2025 | , ,

As an adoptive mum supporting her son through some challenging times, Sarah Fisher learnt about non–violent resistance (NVR) and adapted it to develop a more holistic approach – Connective Parenting NVR. She now shares the approach with families from across the UK and beyond and also trains other professionals working with families in this approach.

Sarah joined us for our latest #CapaCommunityConnections event to share information about NVR and answer questions. We had a great turnout for this online event, but for those who missed it we recorded it so that everyone can benefit from Sarah’s advice and knowledge in this area.