Toxic Love: From Terrorised To Terrorising e-workshop 24-March-2023

The workshop is for domestic violence organisations, community services and charities; the frontline first-responders to incidents of domestic and family violence; for welfare workers who want to improve skills in working with victims and intimate partner abusers; and for mental health workers who want to gain deeper insights into the mechanics behind sustained patterns of domestic abuse.

WHO IS THE WORKSHOP FOR? 

The workshop is for domestic violence organisations, community services and charities; the frontline first-responders to incidents of domestic and family violence; for welfare workers who want to improve skills in working with victims and intimate partner abusers; and for mental health workers who want to gain deeper insights into the mechanics behind sustained patterns of domestic abuse.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN in attending our 3-hour workshop? 

• You’ll learn what distinguishes those abused in childhood who grow up to be non-abusive parents or partners from those who go on to become abusers.

• You’ll learn that the same three key factors:

  1) Perpetrators tend to deny and/or normalise their own childhood experience of abuse;

  2) They do not see how they have been damaged by their experiences of abuse, so they discount the damage they do to their victims;

  3) They link abuse with pleasure; can help us to understand transgenerational DFV.

• You’ll also learn about the Father Wound, and how men who perpetrate intimate partner violence – but recognise the impact of their violence and interparental conflict on their children – can reduce transmission of IPV across generations.

 When: Friday 24th March from 9.30am to 12.30pm. (AEDT)

Where: Online eWorkshop via Zoom. You will receive the Zoom details when payment is received.

Cost: The early bird booking is $195.00 (GST incl) if registered before 10th March 2023. If registering after 10th March 2023 then the Full Price is $250.00 (GST incl). Payment is required prior to attending the eWorkshop.

To register: Register and complete payment. A Tax Invoice will be emailed to you. The payment needs to be completed before the workshop occurs, for the registration to be fully confirmed.

Facilitator: Dean Quirke

Dean Quirke specialises in men’s health and wellbeing, primary prevention education and community development. His area of expertise is in the use of behavioural science and prevention strategies to help empower boys and men. He has worked and partnered with key stakeholders within the community to tackle a variety of social issues that impact the lives of young men, including domestic violence, youth violence, suicide, social isolation, addictions, unemployment and lack of purpose and direction. In 2015, Dean founded the Young Men’s Group and Empowering Youth; Changing Lives Program. These initiatives have since made an impact in the lives of over 500 young men from all walks of life across Sydney, including Fairfield, Bankstown, Canterbury, Mosman, Maroubra and Botany.

His skills in facilitating workshops are highly sought after in the areas of youth and men’s wellness and community development.