Domestic and Family Violence: Conversations
Explore how to initiate and maintain a trauma-informed conversation with victim-survivors who disclose domestic and family violence.
- Tuesday 29th April, 2025
- A foundational knowledge of domestic and family violence principles
- 7 Hour course
- For professionals who work closely with women and/or families
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
What will you learn
- 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
