Family Violence

Family violence is a complex and challenging area for us as practitioners. Having proven resources when working with those who have been abusive can dramatically enhance safety of those victimised, particularly women and children.

Information & activity sheets

• Abusive practices checklist (PDF .4mb)
• Case study activity – Mr Jones (PDF .4mb)
• Core beliefs (schema) that support family violence (PDF .3mb)
• Defining family violence (PDF .4mb)
• Family violence based cognitive distortions (PDF .4mb)
• Working with family violence based cognitive distortions (PDF .4mb)
• Pathways model of family violence (PDF .4mb)
• The process of change for family violence offenders (PDF .5mb)
• The stories of four men who decided to change (PDF .3mb)
• Why do people act the way they do (PDF .5mb)

Media

• 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman (Video 1:56)
• Pathways model of family violence (Video 7:01)
  • Cobra pathway (Video 8:39)
  • Pit bull pathway (Video 6:01)
  • Family violence only pathway (Video 4:13)
• Protection orders (Video 3:32)
• The abuse (men) (Video 10:44)
• The abuse (women) (Video 5:22)

Further reading

• Domestic violence and Polynesian families (PDF .1mb)
• Group work with men who abuse (PDF .1mb)
• Wananga Whakamana – An intensive marae based semi residential programme for high risk offenders and their whānau (PDF .1mb)
• Working with violent father (PDF .1mb)