Hi from the No To Violence Conference in Adelaide

Hi from the No To Violence Conference in Adelaide.

I am enjoying the opportunity to meet in person with old friends, meet new ones, and engage in thoughtful conversations around the changing nature of intervention practice in the DFV space. Shifting the burden, the conference theme, is designed to spotlight the users of violence and take the load off those impacted.

I had the pleasure of facilitating a panel on Motivational Interviewing and Investment in Change with Steve Booth (NTV), Dr Yvonne Maxwell (Sal consulting) and Stephen Smith (FamilyLife). We engaged in a wide-ranging discussion around the importance of front-end engagement and program readiness. We know these translate directly into better depth of work during program time, more adherence to takeaway tasks, and better program retention. It also supports longer-term help-seeking behaviour. In other words, it does not prevent men from seeking further assistance later in their change journey.

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