Working with Intimate Partner Violence: Facilitating Recovery

In this course, counselling psychologist Carmel O'Brien introduces a clinically grounded framework for facilitating recovery from intimate partner violence. The course explores coercive control, trauma responses, therapeutic language, grief, resilience, and the long-term psychological impact of abuse. Clinicians will learn how to use respectful, empowering, and trauma-informed approaches to support survivors while navigating issues of safety, accountability, resistance, and systemic barriers. Practical applications include symptom management, collaborative goal setting, recovery-focused interventions, and recognising when couples work may place survivors at greater risk.