For those who have some experience of domestic abuse counselling work already, we can offer

separate, stand-alone training on topics that are likely to be of interest to practitioners working in this area. This training can be designed to specifically meet the needs of the organisation and can include topics such as:

• Understanding Domestic Abuse and Mental Health;

• Using the Domestic Abuse Counselling Model with clients;

• Therapeutic skills for Domestic Abuse Counselling;

•  Working with Complex Trauma

• Creative Approaches for Working with Complex Trauma

• Developing strong Therapeutic Relationships with people who have experienced abuse;

• Coercive Control;

• The Effects of Domestic Abuse on Children and Young People;

• Domestic Abuse and Court: supporting clients;

• Domestic Abuse work and Counselling Ethics.

The training is given by people who research and/or teach in the area and can be seen as experts in their field and can last from half a day to several days.

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We offer the training is this way to provide a more cost effective way to train larger numbers of staff, or employees, who need specific training in one or more aspects of the work.

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