An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse & Their Allies
Join author, psychotherapist, and lecturer Jeremy Sachs for the launch of his first book, An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Their Allies. He will be joined in conversation by Thomas Garrod-Pullar, Director of MenAsWell, the Dutch expertise centre for male+ survivors of sexual assault. Together they will explore how the book was shaped by survivor testimonies, years of group work, the different and overlapping needs men from different identities and backgrounds. They will discuss paths to healing beyond traditional statutory systems.
(This event will not be recorded and we ask audience members not to take pictures of anyone other than the speakers to ensure confidentiality)
Met in dit programma Jeremy Sachs integrative and Narrative Exposure psychotherapist, Writer Thomas Garrod-Pullar Director of MenAsWellBiographies
Jeremy Sachs is an integrative psychotherapist and lecturer from London, now based in Glasgow. He has worked across many areas of care, including adolescent HIV services, homelessness support, ex-offender programmes, and long-term health conditions. For more than a decade, his main clinical focus has been creating group programmes for men, teenage boys, trans men, and non-binary people recovering from sexual abuse. He is the course Director of the COSRT-accredited Diploma in Trauma at the NAOS Institute, London. Alongside this, he hosts The Trauma Talks podcast and writes for BACP Private Practice Journal, Therapy Today, and Happiful Magazine. He has also served on the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists Research Committee and is currently a trustee at Wellbeing Scotland, a charity that provides trauma-informed support to individuals and communities affected by abuse, neglect, and adversity. www.jeremysachs.com
Thomas Garrod-Pullar is Director of MenAsWell, the Dutch expertise centre for male+ survivors of sexual assault. Thomas advocates for inclusive, trauma-informed approaches to tackling sexual violence. His work has been important to the discussion of male victims of sexual violence in the Netherlands, bringing a combination of lived experience, strategic advocacy and driving structural and societal change. He is particularly active within LGBTQIA+ communities and has appeared Dutch media in NPO, RTL, NOS, BNN Vara, Het Parool, and Volkskrant, as well as The Thompson Reuters Foundation (Openly). Thomas has delivered a TEDx speech at Vienna Pride, he works with various agencies in Kosovo including on the topic of conflict related sexual violence, and is Men’s Victim Expert on the Dutch National T@CKLE taskforce.
