Dr Christine M Cocchiola

Christine Marie Cocchiola, DSW, LCSW is an expert on the experiences of adult and child victims of coercive control/narcissistic abuse. She is a survivor and a protective parent and has been a social justice advocate since the age of nineteen, volunteering for a local domestic violence/sexual assault agency. She is a college professor teaching social work for over twenty years and received her doctorate in clinical social work from New York University working under the tutelage of Dr. Evan Stark. Her clinical work with protective parents is based in attachment theory. She presents nationally and internationally on the concept of coercive control with a focus on educating on the experiences of children and best intervention strategies for adult and child victims of coercive control/narcissistic abuse.