Rise Like the Phoenix: An Exploration of GBV and Systemic Abuse Across Multidisciplinary Domains

This book is an essential read, presenting an undiluted, uncensored case study of domestic violence at its worst - torture, manipulation and abuse (psychological, sexual, physical, emotional, financial).Written from the first-person’s perspective of the author - an Australian physician, psychiatrist, psychologist and academic - this biographical account will provide an authentic, ground-breaking clinical experience for all students, teachers, academics and practitioners. In this book, the author shares her harrowing experiences with gender-based violence (GBV), torture and multiple forms of systemic injustice.Once a single mother with a thriving private practice in Australia, Dr Langley’s life changed when she met Rob, a manipulative, sadistic, narcissistic abuser and member of a criminal network.Despite her efforts to leave him, she endured six and a half years of captivity, during which she was subjected to severe abuse, including rape, leading to the birth of her son, Cayden.After f