Resisting Collusion & Motivating Change: Working with Men who use Intimate Partner Violence

About event organiser

Anchor Collective (Ada Conroy and Kelly Finch) are Family Violence Training, Framework and Groupwork Specialists. Both bring 20+ years of experience in the family violence sector, including as Men’s Behaviour Change Facilitators, as well as working with victim survivors across the continuum of family violence response, from crisis support through to recovery.

Event information

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Dates and location
25
March
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25
March
2026
11:30 am
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5:30 pm
29
April
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29
April
2026
11:30 pm
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5:30 pm
20
May
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20
May
2026
11:30 am
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5:30 pm
23
June
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23
June
2026
11:30 pm
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5:30 pm
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Format
Online
In person
Online & In-person
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Cost
AUD249

About the event

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This interactive, online training module will assist professionals to effectively identify, understand and resist invitations to collude with men who use family violence.

Participants who attend this training will be able to:

  • Explain the causes, mechanisms, and purpose of family violence
  • Explore perpetrator accountability
  • Identify core beliefs held by men who use violence
  • Identify 'smoke screens' used to conceal violence
  • Use invitational approaches to build rapport and enhance reflection
  • Understand the nature of collusion and how to resist invitations to collude
  • Examine shame and values
  • Motivate change and referral readiness
  • Understand safety planning and referral pathways

Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.

For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

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