Danielle Black
128 episodes listed below
Child-focused clarity after abusive separation.
The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast is a serious, practical show about parenting, boundaries, and safety after abusive separation. Danielle Black frames court pressure, family reports, communication traps, and recovery through a child-centred lens.
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The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast is a grave, practical guide for parents living with the aftermath of abusive separation. Danielle Black treats separation not as a clean ending, but as a point where control can move into new channels. The show returns often to parenting arrangements, court processes, communication with a former partner, and the quiet pressure placed on protective parents to look calm while they are carrying fear. It is serious work. Episodes often begin by settling the body before asking the mind to engage with difficult material. That rhythm matters because the show is not only explaining concepts; it is teaching parents how to stay clear enough to use them. Family reports are one major focus. Black pushes against the idea that a report is a final verdict, and she explains why preparation, regulation, clear evidence, and grounded speech can matter inside systems with real blind spots. Another recurring thread is the difference between mutual conflict and coercive control. The show is especially wary of frameworks that flatten danger into a shared communication problem. It gives language for DARVO, gaslighting, narrative twisting, and the exhausting performance of reasonableness. It also makes room for recovery. Dating after abuse is handled without gloss, with attention to healthy skepticism, self-trust, and the slow work of choosing fit instead of chasing approval. The Good Girl Contract series widens the lens further. It connects early shaping, emotional attunement, people-pleasing, and boundaries to adult relationships and post-separation parenting. The result is intimate but structured. Personal history appears, but it serves the argument rather than becoming the whole show. The Blueprint is mentioned as a resource, and the larger mission is clear: better prepared, more credible, more child-focused parents moving through a system that too often rewards the wrong signals. This is not casual relationship talk. It is for listeners who need careful language, practical strategy, and a steady refusal to confuse cooperation with safety.
Made for: For protective parents navigating post-separation abuse, coercive control, family reports, parenting arrangements, and communication with a controlling former partner. It especially suits listeners who need steady guidance without minimising the risk to children.
What sets it apart: The show combines personal history, nervous-system awareness, and practical strategy without treating every separation as a mutual conflict problem. Its focus stays tightly on child safety, credible preparation, and boundaries under pressure.
The Post-Separation Abuse PodcastHosted by Danielle BlackA no-fluff, evidence-based podcast for parents navigating post-separation abuse, family violence, coercive control, and high-conflict separation and divorce - with a relentless focus on protecting children in a system that too often fails them.Hosted by Danielle Black, Australia’s leading specialist in child-focused post-separation parenting, this podcast is not about "amicable co-parenting at all costs", outdated ideologies, or adult notions of fairness. It is about understanding how abuse frequently continues through parenting arrangements after separation - and what genuinely child-centred decision-making looks like when risk, fear,…
A family report is not a verdict; Danielle Black helps you keep your nervous system in the room.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A steady, child-centered argument for boundaries and change from within.
The episode carries a restrained urgency that makes the personal material land without slipping into melodrama. It moves from a warning about court history, post-separation abuse, coercive control, and the cost of failing protective systems into a broader claim: sustainability…
A grounded look at dating after abuse that treats trust as discernment.
The episode looks at dating after abuse from a measured, human angle, especially the fear some women felt after hearing the anniversary episode.
A clear-eyed guide for parents who need to stay steady after the report lands.
This episode tracks the point at which a family report starts getting treated like a verdict before it has been tested against the rest of the evidence.
Danielle Black introduces AI Danielle, a digital resource trained on the frameworks behind the Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint and designed for protective parents navigating coercive control, family law, and regulation under pressure.
Episode 100 of the Post-Separation Abuse Podcast features host Danielle Black sharing her personal history for the first time: 17 years ago she was advised by a family law specialist to accept 50/50 shared care for her 12-month-old son with an abusive partner, a decision that led to CPTSD, a decade of keeping her phone on silent, and the eventual creation of her coaching practice and the Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint.
Danielle Black uses The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast episode 98 to describe dating after abuse, including fear, self-trust, and the decision not to stay stuck on the couch.
Danielle Black, host of the Post-Separation Abuse Podcast and a principal coach and advocate, argues that family reports used in custody disputes are not verdicts, despite how lawyers on both sides often treat them.
Host Danielle Black introduces herself and explains her motivation for creating the podcast to help people navigate post-separation challenges, particularly around protective parenting.
This episode discusses how to navigate communication with a controlling ex-partner by understanding tactics like DARVO and setting boundaries to break cycles of post-separation abuse.