Peel deep dive - understanding coercive control in intimate partner relationships

Areas covered;

• Identifying what constitutes coercive and controlling behaviours in the context of intimate partner relationships and the importance of identifying and responding to disclosures of coercive control.
• Helping clients to understand ways of increasing their safety.
• Exploration of the therapist’s internal responses to clients in abusive relationships, and the importance of understanding our own process in relation to these clients.
• An exploration of the common feelings and symptoms experienced by people in abusive relationships.

The aims of the workshops are to;

• raise awareness of how to identify coercive control in relationships
• introduce ways of responding to disclosures of coercive control
• explore our own internal responses to clients in DA relationships
• increase awareness of the process of how domestic abuse develops, and the importance of early intervention and risk management in these cases