Therapist develops secret app to assist abuse victims
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ictims of home abuse can secretly collect proof in opposition to their abusers on a brand new app which disguises itself on their telephones.
The app – known as MyNARA – has been developed by therapist Emma Davey after she escaped an abusive ex-partner.
Ms Davey, 34, mentioned it could permit different girls to interrupt freed from their abusers and collect proof to prosecute them at courtroom.
MyNARA cloaks itself as one other app and customers can secretly add video, image, and audio proof to a cloud which is inconceivable for abusers to entry.
Neither the sufferer or their associate can delete the proof as soon as it has been despatched.
MyNARA, which stands for My Narcissistic Abuse Recovery App, additionally permits victims to maintain a journal to report on their abuse.
Narcissism is a persona dysfunction characterised by an extreme want for admiration and a scarcity of empathy for others.
Ms Davey’s former associate, property developer Ashley Southgate, was jailed final November for coercive and controlling behaviour.
She claimed he “charmed” her therapist into believing she was at fault and that she “failed to get justice for years” as he would destroy her telephone and hack her laptop to delete proof that he had attacked her.
She escaped her six-year relationship and moved to Australia in 2020 the place she certified as a therapist earlier than founding her personal counselling enterprise, MyTraumaTherapy.
Ms Davey mentioned: “As a victim I struggled to get support – abusers isolate their victims from friends and family.
“NARA gives victims expert support, as well as addressing other common challenges.
“I failed to get justice for years because my abuser, like many, would destroy my phones and hack my computer to delete the evidence, if I was brave enough to risk storing it, and without evidence the police would not prosecute.”
Teresa Payne, managing associate of legislation agency Parfitt Cresswell, which works with victims of home abuse, mentioned MyNARA would make it “so much easier” to prosecute abusers.
The app, developed by expertise consultancy agency Bigspark, just isn’t but obtainable on app shops however could be downloaded on the MyNARA web site.