The Grimmest of Fairy Tales

Tammy Casselson, Anastasia Sagris-Desmond

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Hope Publishing Company (IL)
22 May 2025

Memoirs; Violence in society; Social, group or collective psychology; Coping with personal problems

The Grimmest of Fairy Tales, a collaboration between Tammy Casselson and Anastasia Sagris-Desmond, combines lived experience and professional voices to elevate, amplify and legitimise Family Violence survivors' experience (in particular coercive control) so that it is seen and heard.

Tammy shares a harrowing, and sadly too familiar, story of a promised fairy tale life that turned into a complete nightmare. This book offers hope, healing and resources for Family and Domestic Violence Survivors. It is a reminder that recovery is possible, even though the path isn't always linear.

This lived experience exposes the manipulative tactics of abusers, including coercive control (financial, emotional, legal, systems, religious) and post-separation abuse, emphasising that the perpetrator alone is responsible for their choices. It highlights red flags and supports the reader to recognise them, offer true allyship, and understand the devastating impact of secondary trauma when survivors are not heard or believed.

Intimate Partner Violence affects everyone - regardless of background, religion, or community. We all have a role to play in ending it. It's time to shatter the silence and the shame.

By: Tammy Casselson, Anastasia Sagris-Desmond
Imprint: Hope Publishing Company (IL)
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 186g
ISBN: 9781764025706
ISBN 10: 1764025709
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 22 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tammy Casselson, is an advocate for education, awareness building and social justice change. She is an educator, author and advocate. She has designed and led a Mindfulness-Based Wellbeing Program to improve mental health, resilience and performance. She is the author of The Grimmest of Fairy Tales - a lived experience voice that offers hope, healing and resources for victims of intimate partner violence, survivors and community allies. She delivers engaging workshops, providing actionable tools in an informed, compassionate, and caring manner. Her vulnerable approach helps create a strong connection with participants.www.tammycasselson.com For 29 years, Anastasia, a psychologist, has provided support to and worked alongside people from all walks of life experiencing a wide variety of psychological pain and suffering. She has borne witness to many life stories, and it has been a privilege for her to assist individuals, couples, and families seeking to heal from their trauma. She has provided counseling and support to people affected by gambling harm and worked with the legal sector to educate lawyers and magistrates about gambling disorder. In recent years, she has become an advocate for system-wide change to assist victim-survivors of family and domestic abuse.As a proud feminist and advocate for equality and justice for unheard voices, Anastasia works hard to elevate issues such as women's safety at home and at work. This role has included being a Board Member of March4Justice and also contributing to publications and petitions to the Federal Government about much-needed systemic reforms.