Known and Trusted with Anna Sonoda, LCSW
Grooming doesn’t look like danger. It looks like trust.
Known and Trusted is the podcast that exposes how child predators gain access to kids, focusing on how they do it, not why they do it.
Hosted by Anna Sonoda, LCSW, a former therapist to convicted offenders turned grooming prevention authority, this series equips families, parents, and professionals with clear tools to recognize grooming behaviors before harm occurs. Through real survivor stories and expert insights, each episode reveals the hidden patterns predators use and shows how adults can build stronger safety around children. Because when families understand grooming, they can stop it. And that’s how we start a movement to end child sexual abuse, one story, one strategy, one conversation at a time.
Who should listen? Parents who want to raise confident, safe, and aware kids. Educators, coaches, and youth leaders looking for clear, practical tools. Therapists, advocates, and policymakers committed to prevention and seeking consultation and training on this critical issue.
What will you gain? Real-world insights into how grooming behaviors work and how they hide in plain sight. Survivor stories that reveal patterns others miss. Clear strategies to strengthen your family’s safety net without fear-based messaging. A new lens on trust-how to recognize it, protect it, and teach it to kids.
Why share it? Because grooming prevention is the next parenting revolution. Every download, every share, and every conversation helps shift our culture from silence to safety. Together, we can make grooming visible before harm occurs.
Known and Trusted with Anna Sonoda, LCSW
Welcome to Known and Trusted - the podcast that transforms how we think about grooming prevention and child safety.
Hosted by Anna Sonoda, LCSW, a grooming prevention expert and former therapist to convicted offenders, this series takes listeners inside the world of trust, influence, and safety in families and communities.
Who should listen?
Parents who want to raise confident, safe, and aware kids.
Educators, coaches, and youth leaders looking for clear, practical tools related to child sexual abuse prevention.
Therapists, advocates, and policymakers committed to prevention through consultation and training.
What will you gain?
Real-world insights into how grooming behaviors work, and how they often hide in plain sight.
Survivor stories that reveal patterns others might miss.
Clear strategies to strengthen your family’s safety net without fear-based messaging.
A new lens on trust, how to recognize it, protect it, and teach it to kids.
Why this podcast?
Because grooming prevention is the next parenting revolution.
Every download, every share, and every conversation helps shift our culture from silence to safety.
Together, we can make grooming visible before harm occurs.
Call for Stories
If you are a survivor of child sexual abuse, a parent, a professional, or someone whose life was affected by grooming, I invite you to share your story anonymously.
Why share?
Your voice can:
Show how grooming behaviors really work.
Help parents, kids, and professionals see patterns earlier.
Shift the culture from silence to safety.
Your choice, your voice.
You decide how much or how little you share, and the way your story is told.
👉 Please use the attached PDF for contributor instructions to share your story your way.
Together, these stories can build a world where grooming is visible and preventable.
Podcast Contributor Instructions (docx)
DownloadAnna Sonoda, LCSW
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