DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE: CONVERSATIONS

For Who:

For professionals who work closely with women and/or families.
Prior Knowledge:
A foundational knowledge of domestic and family violence principles
Duration:
6 hours
Explore how to initiate and maintain a trauma-informed conversation with victim-survivors who disclose domestic and family violence.

This skills-based workshop covers how you can engage people in conversations about domestic and family violence, specifically in the context of concern for their safety.

This session is practice-based, with plenty of opportunities for you to fine-tune your skills through role-play and case studies.

We’ll delve into the complexity of lived experience of domestic and family violence, the multitude of ways people resist and respond, along with barriers to disclosing abuse. You’ll also learn about…

•    How to initiate trauma-informed conversations about domestic and family violence, and how to keep them going
•    How and when to name domestic and family violence within these conversations
•    The key features of a trauma-informed response
•    Key conversational elements to explore with people subjected to domestic and family violence

  • Understand coercive control as a context and course of conduct in domestic and family violence
  • Understand the complexity of lived experience and the ways people resist and respond to domestic and family violence
  • Understand key features of trauma-informed responses
  • Understand key conversational elements to explore with people subjected to domestic and family violence

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 000

Women’s Safety Services are not able to attend to emergency situations. 

In case of emergency call 000
24h Domestic Violence Crisis Line 1800 800 098
24h 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732