Walk Alongside Me: Safe and Respectful Ways of Working with Survivors of Coercive Control
About event organiser
Anchor Collective (Ada Conroy and Kelly Finch) are Family Violence Training, Framework and Groupwork Specialists. Both bring 20+ years of experience in the family violence sector, including as Men’s Behaviour Change Facilitators, as well as working with victim survivors across the continuum of family violence response, from crisis support through to recovery.
Event information
About the event
For more information and to register, visit the Anchor Collective training page.
The topics covered in this training are:
- Definition, nature and dynamics of Family Violence
- Defining and recognising Coercive Control behaviours
- Tech-Facilitated & Post Separation Abuse
- Key Practice approaches in partnering with survivors
- Asking about Family Violence: Sensitive Enquiry
- Responding to disclosures of Family Violence
- Identifying risk
- Safety planning and referral pathways
- Practitioner wellbeing
Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.
For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.
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