Ep 365: Breaking Down Economic Abuse with Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, OBE, CF

Ep 365: Breaking Down Economic Abuse with Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, OBE, CF

Published: August 23, 2026

Duration: 1:00:49

You can earn your own money, pay the bills and have access to the joint account - and still be economically abused. 

Economic abuse is about far more than stopping someone from accessing money. It can involve restriction, exploitation and sabotage - and it can be so deeply woven into coercive control that victims may not recognise what is happening to them. 

Laura is joined by Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs OBE, CF internationally recognised expert on economic abuse, author and founder of Surviving Economic Abuse, for a deeper examination of how perpetrators weaponise money and economic resources to establis...