Domestic and Family Violence: Conversations

Explore how to initiate and maintain a trauma-informed conversation with victim-survivors of domestic and family violence.

This skills-based workshop covers how you can engage victim-survivors in conversations about domestic and family violence. 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 and the multitude of ways people resist and respond.

You’ll also learn:

• How to initiate and maintain trauma-informed conversations about domestic and family violence
• How and when to name domestic and family violence within these conversations
• The key features of trauma-informed responses
• Key conversational elements to explore with people subjected to domestic and family violence.

AIMED AT: Professionals who work closely with women and/or families.

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: Foundational knowledge and skills in recognising and responding to domestic and family violence needed.

DURATION: 6 hours (plus break)

ALTERNATIVE DATE: This course will also run on 7 October 2026.