COUNTDOWN TO PERTH
PASG 2026 begins October 11, 2026
REGISTERED BRAND
Thrivers Speak® is the survivor-led home for this work.
Thrivers Speak® is the registered brand anchoring this survivor-led platform. Nothing About Us, Without Us (NAUWOU™) Conferences sit within the Thrivers Speak® brand family as survivor-inclusion conferences of adult survivors.
PASG 2026
Survivor-informed criminological work is headed to Perth, Australia for an international professional audience.
Survivor Voices
Adult survivors bring evidence, pattern recognition, testimony, and lived context into rooms where decisions are made.
Representation Fund
Your support helps remove the barriers that keep survivor voices out of conferences and professional spaces.
CURRENT PRIORITY
Help Place Survivor Voices in the Room.
The Survivor Representation Initiative supports adult survivor participation in conferences, research spaces, policy conversations, and professional education opportunities.
This is not simply travel support. It is an investment in representation, credibility, and survivor-informed change.
CURRENT CORE VOICES
Survivor-Led Voices Guiding the Work.
Dawn McCarty
Founder of Thrivers Speak®, co-founder of NAUWOU™, survivor advocate, criminology and cybersecurity professional.
Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler
Clinical psychotherapist, MCAP, PhD researcher, co-founder of NAUWOU™, and insider researcher focused on adult survivors and the mental health professionals who work with them.
Andrew Folkler
Reunified adult survivor, writer, alienation expert, and Red Thread educator focused on targeted parent support, reconnection, and recovery.
SURVIVOR-INFORMED TRIFECTA
Parent Reconnection. Forensic Intelligence. Clinical Treatment.
Together, Andrew Folkler, Dawn McCarty, and Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler create a three-part professional bridge for understanding child psychological abuse related to “parental alienation” and abduction.
Andrew Folkler
The targeted parent and reunification lens: what helps, what backfires, and how parents can become a safe place for return.
Dawn McCarty
The forensic behavior and crime-scene lens: coercive control, abduction dynamics, red flags, evidence patterns, and institutional blind spots.
Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler
The clinical assessment and treatment lens: doctoral research, clinical formulation, practitioner education, and Healing Qualia treatment pathways.
GET INVOLVED
Choose How You Want to Support the Work.
Become a Sponsor
Support survivor representation at PASG 2026 and future professional spaces.
Explore Resources
Find ribbon materials, presentation resources, book companions, and survivor-led education tools.
Connect with Us
Reach out about sponsorship, collaboration, survivor participation, or speaking opportunities.
Representation Requires Resources.
Help ensure adult survivor-informed expertise is present where these issues are researched, discussed, and shaped.
