A 2.5-hour professional training exploring coercive control, manipulation and perpetrator behaviours to better support victim-survivors.

Understanding the Tactics of a Perpetrator – Professional Domestic Abuse Training

Domestic abuse is not always visible. Perpetrators can use subtle, complex and deliberate tactics to maintain power and control over victim-survivors, while manipulating professionals, agencies and systems to avoid accountability.

This specialised 2.5-hour training session, delivered by Future Female Society CIC, aims to deepen your understanding of perpetrator behaviours and help you recognise the patterns and tactics that can often go unnoticed.

Designed for frontline practitioners, professionals, community workers and anyone working with individuals and families affected by domestic abuse, this session will explore how perpetrators operate and how we can respond more effectively to support victim-survivors.

What you will learn

During this training, you will explore:

Coercive control and manipulation: Recognising patterns of gaslighting, psychological manipulation and controlling behaviours.

Isolation and power imbalances: Understanding how perpetrators restrict victims' independence, relationships and access to support.

Financial and technological abuse: Identifying non-physical tactics used to monitor, restrict and control.

Risk and warning signs: Exploring high-risk behavioural indicators and factors associated with escalating abuse and potential lethality.

Trauma-informed responses: Developing a better understanding of how to respond to victim-survivors in ways that promote safety, understanding and effective support.

Manipulation of professionals and systems: Recognising how perpetrators may present themselves differently to professionals, undermine victims' credibility and avoid accountability.

Who should attend?

This training is suitable for professionals and organisations working across a range of settings, including:

Domestic abuse and violence support services

Charities and community organisations

Social care and family support services

Healthcare and mental health services

Education and safeguarding

Housing and homelessness services

Frontline practitioners and other professionals supporting vulnerable individuals and families

Why attend?

Understanding perpetrator tactics is essential to recognising the wider patterns of domestic abuse, responding to concerns effectively and ensuring that victim-survivors are heard, believed and supported.

Whether you are looking to build your knowledge or strengthen your professional practice, this session will provide valuable insight into perpetrator dynamics and the importance of informed, trauma-aware responses.

Event details

⏱️ Duration: 2.5 hours

💷 Cost: £75 per person

🎓 Certificate included

Book your place

To book your place or enquire about training for your organisation, please contact:

Stacey

stacey@futurefemalesociety.org

Delivered by Future Female Society CIC, supporting women and girls and working towards safer, more empowered communities.

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