Media and Press Kit
MEDIA AND PRESS KIT
Press-Ready Resources
Use this page for bios, speaker links, logos, ribbon information, book context, and inquiry paths for interviews, podcasts, conferences, panels, and professional education.
QUICK OVERVIEW
Thrivers Speak® at a Glance
Thrivers Speak® is a survivor-informed professional education platform centered on adult survivor intelligence, child psychological abuse related to “parental alienation” and abduction, coercive control, criminology, clinical research translation, and survivor representation in professional spaces.
Core Language
Child psychological abuse related to “parental alienation” and abduction, coercive control, CPA-PAA, survivor-informed education, and Nothing About Us, Without Us.
Current Priority
Supporting survivor representation at PASG 2026 and future professional spaces where adult survivor evidence and expertise belong.
Media Fit
Podcasts, conferences, trainings, survivor-informed panels, professional education, family-system harm discussions, and book/media interviews.
SPEAKERS AND BIOS
Featured Speakers
Dawn McCarty
Dawn McCarty is a criminologist, cybersecurity professional, survivor advocate, #1 international bestselling author, and founder of Thrivers Speak® Events. Her work examines child psychological abuse related to “parental alienation” and abduction through coercive control, criminology, cybersecurity-informed threat modeling, cult dynamics, and forensic behavioral intelligence.
Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler
Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler, PhD (Twin), MCAP, is a PACFA-registered clinical psychotherapist, specialist trauma clinician, researcher, clinical supervisor, author, and international speaker. Her doctoral research informs the Healing Qualia Treatment Protocol for adult survivors of child psychological abuse in contexts of “parental alienation,” familial abduction, estrangement, and coercive control.
TOPIC AREAS
Interview and Presentation Topics
The Child’s Mind Is the Crime Scene
Forensic criminological threat assessment, coercive control, survivor testimony, and professional blind spots.
Healing Qualia Treatment Protocol
Phase-based specialist clinical treatment for adult survivors of CPA-PAA and related family-system harm.
CPA-PAA and Survivor Representation
Why adult survivors belong in professional, legal, clinical, research, and policy conversations.
Beyond Behavior and TraumaWise Response
Felt safety, co-regulation, dignity, repair, and humane response for educators and youth-serving professionals.
VISUAL ASSETS
Logos, Ribbon, and Book Covers
SPEAKING FEES AND REPRESENTATION SUPPORT
Survivor Expertise Is Professional Expertise
Dawn McCarty is available for paid keynotes, featured presentations, panels, professional trainings, interviews, and survivor-informed education events. After more than a decade of unpaid advocacy and public education, Dawn no longer treats her lived experience, professional analysis, or survivor expertise as free labor.
Speaking invitations are evaluated according to audience, event scope, preparation time, travel, emotional labor, professional value, and the purpose of the platform.
Professional and Conference Requests
Dawn does not pay out of pocket to provide survivor expertise in professional spaces. For conferences, universities, clinical trainings, legal education events, policy conversations, or international appearances, organizers are expected to provide appropriate compensation and cover required participation costs, including travel, lodging, meals, ground transportation, and registration.
Nothing About Us, Without Us requires more than an invitation. It requires access, respect, and resources.
Support May Include
- Speaker fee or honorarium
- Travel and lodging
- Registration waiver
- Per diem or meal support
- Ground transportation
- Sponsorship, scholarship, grant, or crowdfunding pathway
- Paid workshop or training add-on
Community and Awareness Events
Dawn may consider select reduced-fee or no-fee appearances for aligned survivor education, Mental Health Awareness, CPA-PAA awareness, nonprofit education, podcast interviews, or public-interest conversations. These decisions are made case by case and do not apply to professional conferences or organizations that have budgets, registration income, institutional funding, or paid presenters.
MEDIA INQUIRIES
Request an Interview, Quote, or Speaker Bio
For podcasts, articles, interviews, conferences, trainings, panels, and professional events, use the contact page or speaker invitation forms.
