Family Violence: Spotlight on Coercive Control

Empowering service providers to recognize and effectively respond to those experiencing coercive control within family violence. This workshop is ideal for front-line service providers who want to better understand these aspects of family violence, or would like a refresher beyond the basics. Topics include: • learn to recognize the types of abuse and cycle of violence • consider emotional and psychological abuse tactics and their impacts • discuss the dynamics of Coercive Control and it's role in maintaining family violence and sexualized violence • develop effective responses to disclosures of family violence • recognize barriers to leaving or accessing supports • discuss current developments in criminalization of coercive control • share community and provincial resources A tour of our centre is offered after the training to anyone who wishes to participate!