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Dr. Lenore Walker comments on betrayal and identity in abusive relationships and how it relates to Gisèle Pelicot as she reckons with the brutal memories of sexual violence in her memoir “A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides.”...

Dr. Lenore Walker was asked to comment on the application of battered woman syndrome (BWS) to the Menendez brothers when leaving a Miami, Florida courthouse after testifying in a separate case. ...

Legendary licensed psychologist, Dr. Lenore Walker, author of The Battered Woman, discusses details of the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial, like Cassie Ventura’s testimony, trafficking, and recovering from sexual assault. ...

Jewish-American psychologist Dr. Lenore Walker, who coined the term “battered woman syndrome,” came to Israel to participate in a conference initiated by the President’s Office. In an interview, she talks about antisemitism, trauma, and her disappointment with colleagues around the world....

Dr. Lenore Walker, the groundbreaking expert behind the book on battered spouse syndrome, discusses the Suzanne Simpson murder case and why men kill their wives. ...

Dr. Walker was featured in Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project, where she was interviewed to give her expert opinion on why battered women and rape victims kill their abusers....

In a seminal paper written in the late 1970s, psychologist Lenore Walker coined the phrase “battered women” and proposed that learned helplessness was the psychological rationale for why these women became targets....