Upcoming Trainings

Coercive control, more recently being understood as the foundation of domestic abuse, is based on one person exerting power and control over another. The intent is to diminish the victim’s personhood. Offenders wield their control through various strategies including psychological tactics, financial and legal abuse, sexual abuse and use of the children as weapons. Additionally, when the adult victim ultimately decides to exit the relationship, the coercive control often intensifies, known as Post Separation Abuse (PSA). The nuances of this abuse make it often difficult for even the most astute of us to recognize. Learning the red flags and supporting both adult and child victims of this abuse is the primary goal of this workshop.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

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• Develop an understanding of Coercive Control and the tactics used by coercive controllers [abusers] to harm adult and child victims.

• Clarify an understanding of the tactics of coercive controllers [abusers] utilized via the judicial system, including Post Separation Abuse.

• Examine the nuances of personality traits that lead to our [incorrect] association with “high conflict” cases.

• Create an awareness of the manifestations of trauma that we may see from victims-survivors.

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