Unclenching Our Fists: Abusive Men on the Journey to Nonviolence is not primarily written for women who are recipients of abuse. I do not recommend it for women who are living in abuse and longing for their abuser to change. The author, Sara Elinoff Acker, says in the introduction: When I first started working in… Continue reading Unclenching Our Fists: Abusive Men on the Journey to Nonviolence — book review
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Don Hennessy on his book “Steps To Freedom” – interviewed by Irish radio
https://www.facebook.com/rteradio1/videos/1698186380239058 Don Hennessy speaks with wisdom and compassion. Much good info here. One thing I learned that I hadn't heard before was Don giving more details about the Cork Relationship Counseling Centre's experience of running groups for male perpetrators. After running those groups for a while, they realised that the groups were doing more… Continue reading Don Hennessy on his book “Steps To Freedom” – interviewed by Irish radio
6. How Chris Moles works with abusers
Chris Moles says he works with men who abuse their wives/girlfriends because he believes that "The most effective means of reducing violence against women is addressing the hearts of men." (C 22:45*) But he didn't get into working in this field because he believed that. His initial motivation was much more worldly. He often tells the… Continue reading 6. How Chris Moles works with abusers
“How He Gets Into Her Head” — an introduction to Don Hennessy’s book
Nearly four decades ago, Don Hennessy was working in the Irish city of Cork at the Cork Marriage Counselling Centre. They identified domestic violence as the underlying issue for about 30% of their clients. It was identified as a pattern of abusive and violent behaviour that allowed the offender to control his intimate partner. Thus… Continue reading “How He Gets Into Her Head” — an introduction to Don Hennessy’s book
My name is . . . and I have been abusive to my family
Occasionally we receive comments from abusers who claim they are trying to change. We usually respond privately to these types of comments, but decided that we would post this comment and make our response public. (Since this person knowingly made his comment on a public blog it is not a breach of privacy to reply publicly. However,… Continue reading My name is . . . and I have been abusive to my family
Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men — Lundy Bancroft video presentation
As many of you know we highly recommend Lundy Bancroft's seven part series titled "Domestic Violence in Popular Culture" (here is a link to our post that provides a YouTube link to each part). So we were excited when we recently found another YouTube video by Lundy Bancroft that is also excellent. We have put it on… Continue reading Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men — Lundy Bancroft video presentation
Men’s Behaviour Change — it’s not about doing therapy with the men
Victims of domestic abuse are often curious about how Men's Behaviour Change Programs work — what the programs do, and how the facilitators of those programs understand and go about their task. Part of our mission here at this blog is to awaken seminaries, pastors and Christian counselors to the need for more training on how to respond… Continue reading Men’s Behaviour Change — it’s not about doing therapy with the men
A Cry For Justice 