Individual Coaching/Support with Dr. C & her Associates provides protective parents with validation and support along with strategies to support the process of dealing with all too  often unending coercive control by the abuser and the experiences of our children, victims themselves. 

I am a licensed clinical social worker and a trauma-trained clinician & coercive control expert. I have supported both adult and child victims of abuse my entire career. For my Doctorate in Clinical Social Welfare, I researched topics related to child and adult victims of coercive control and the impact this abuse has on victims and survivors. I have been an advocate, child protective services (CPS) social worker, and a social worker for various populations, including young people. I have been a full-time college professor teaching social work and specifically educating on the topic of domestic violence and sexual assault for over 20 years. 

I am honored to introduce my Associate's to you!

Denise Venuto, LPC & Julie Nee, Clinician in Training

Denise and Julie are coercive control trauma-trained trained clinicians and clinicians in training and have completed both the The Coercive Control Trauma-Informed Clinician Certification Training offered by Coercive Control Consulting and The Protective Parenting Program.  They understand the nuances of coercive control because they are survivors and protective parents. Denise and Julie want to support you through these challenging circumstances of escaping the coercive controller, parenting our harmed children, and working towards healing from this horrifying abuse. 

Denise holds a Master of Science in Clinical Counseling Psychology and her license in professional counseling. She specializes in trauma, relationships, and anxiety, including Trauma-Informed Movement Therapy & Attachment-Based Parenting. She launched and facilitated The National Network to End Domestic Violence's Economic Justice & Empowerment Program at a local domestic violence advocacy center. Denise has hosted a grief support group for families of loved ones who have lost their lives at the hands of an abuser. She is also a Doula and engaged in regular self-care practices of meditation and retreats.  

Julie is currently working on her second Master’s Degree in Social Work at Simmons University, and leveraging her 20 years of experience in executive coaching and leadership development. She specializes in helping victims-survivors overcome the trauma of abuse through techniques like healing from within and harnessing this personal power in the family court system. She is uniquely adept at understanding the family court system and the unimaginable pain that can be caused by a coercive controller’s use of the judicial system to further inflict harm. She supports clients in harnessing the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in navigating effective communication with abusers, courts, lawyers, and providers. This focus on AI-powered communication helps showcase the healthy parent as the collaborative participant when the court mistakenly sees "high conflict" instead of abuse.

I have no doubt that you will feel supported by either Denise or Julie or myself. Please feel free to set up a 15 minute consult if you'd like to meet with one of us before purchasing the service.

Education is my #1 priority. Education will prevent future generations from suffering intergenerational trauma. I have created programming for over 30 years on the topics of child abuse, trauma, & coercive control. Most importantly, I am a Survivor and a Protective Mom. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out via email to admin@drcocchiola.com. 

Dr. C.