Domestic Abuse Breakthrough Show | Kate Beesley

In this deeply powerful and distressing episode of the  Domestic Abuse Breakthrough Show , Kate is joined by Tamsyn Raven, a mother turned advocate fighting for justice for her seven-year-old daughter, Kaylee. Kaylee is nonverbal, severely autistic, and medically vulnerable — and was assaulted while in the care of someone trusted to protect her. The incident was captured on CCTV. Yet nearly a year...

In this episode of  The Domestic Abuse Breakthrough Show , I’m joined by law enforcement specialist Captain Eric Threlkeld to explore one of the biggest failures in how domestic abuse is understood and investigated. Too often, cases are treated as isolated incidents — a single argument, a single injury, a single call-out. But domestic abuse is not an incident. It’s a pattern. And when professional...

In this episode, I break down one of the most misunderstood aspects of coercive control: Isolation that doesn’t look like isolation. Because the reality is— Perpetrators don’t always say: “You can’t go out.” “You can’t see your friends.” Sometimes, they do the opposite. They encourage it. And then punish you for it. Through personal experience, I walk you through how this plays out in real life: B...

Here’s a polished version you can use across Spotify, Apple, YouTube: In this powerful episode of the  Domestic Abuse Breakthrough Show , Kate is joined once again by youth worker and lived-experience advocate Wesley Owen Cunliffe. Together, they explore the growing and deeply concerning reality facing young people today — from knife crime and exploitation to coercive control, peer pressure, and t...

⚠️When we think about risk, most people focus on one thing: The risk of homicide. But that’s only one part of the picture. In this episode, I break down what I call the  three pillars of risk —a framework that challenges the way safeguarding, policing, healthcare, and social care currently assess danger. Because if we only focus on whether someone might take a life… we miss everything happening be...

In this episode, I’m joined by specialist psychiatric nurse  Nicola Noel  to unpack one of the most difficult but necessary conversations in safeguarding today— how risk is repeatedly missed, and why the consequences can be fatal. Using the findings from the Southport inquiry as a starting point, we explore the uncomfortable truth: the warning signs were there… and the outcome was preventable. Thi...

In this episode, I break down a form of risk that is often missed — not because it isn’t there, but because it doesn’t look the way people expect it to. We’re taught to look for clear threats, visible harm, or obvious warning signs. But what happens when the fear is real… and yet nothing “concrete” seems to explain it? Drawing on my own experience, I walk you through how perpetrators can create fe...

Most people are told to report abuse immediately. But what if reporting at the wrong time actually increased your risk? In this episode, I break down one of the most misunderstood aspects of domestic abuse— when to report, and when waiting could be the safer and more effective option . We explore the key legal differences between coercive control and stalking, why some cases struggle to meet crimi...

Welcome to the relaunch of the Domestic Abuse Breakthrough Show. In this episode, I share why this platform has moved, what you can expect going forward, and why understanding coercive control, trauma, and risk has never been more important. This show is for both survivors and professionals—because the gaps in understanding are still costing people their safety. If you are navigating abuse, you ar...