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Do you want to upskill to the national capability standards for family violence practice and response? ECLIPSE offers all national Entry to Expert (E2E)- Essential Level capabilities across our workshops

There are many ways in which primary victims resist the violence that is perpetrated against them. ​ This may not look like kicking and screaming or fighting back or arguing - it could look like and sound like silence, or stillness.

WANTED - Specialist Family Violence Trainers (Contract / Flexible Opportunities) Location: Aotearoa New Zealand (travel required) Are you passionate about actively increasing the workforce capability of the family violence sector and beyond? We are rapidly expanding and seeking Specialist Family Violence Facilitators to join our dynamic, driven and heart-led team.

When analysing risk and strategising safety in family violence, we have to explore all aspects of risk and barriers (internal and external) that restrict connection and engagement with services and support, and the possible reasons behind responses.

For a long time, I've been wanting to create a visual representation of the realities of the intentionality of coercive control. Unfortunately, coercive control is still actively mispositioned in practice response as an isolated, non-physical, often minimised dynamic, and as a direct result of this, lethality and risk indicators are missed

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Important new legislation to recognise and reduce the incidence of the Family Court system being used to perpetrate further acts of post relationship coercive control. Acts of court systemic coercion is often the only way for an abuser to retain control over a primary victim post separation. Court and Litigation abuse is merely another tool in the coercive control kete. This legislation recognises this abuse and highlights the need for change

Medsac have recently released their new Patient Information Pamphlet, to provide clear and concise information of the indicators and impacts of Restriction of Breath and Circulation. Medsac approached Debbs Murray (ECLIPSE) and she was proud to provide victim focused information and perspective to ensure that a lived experience voice was centered within the information.

What's the difference between primary victim and victim-survivor? How do these terms influence practice?

Technologically facilitated family violence is growing. Learn more about this form of family violence.

Learn more about the second Te Aorerekura Action Plan

Read ECLIPSE's submission on the Evidence (Giving Evidence of Family Violence) Amendment Bill

Download our free 2025 Professional Development Planner now!

Debbs reflects on the 2024 year.

Watch Debbs speak to CWK Nix as part of her Let Me Speak Campaign about Domestic Violence

Listen to Debbs speak to Moira Murphy on the Real Women, Raw Stories podcast.

Learn more about how to ask others if they are experiencing family violence.

Watch this video from our Family Violence Messages in a Minute series on the tactics of coercive control

Watch Debbs Murray talk about coercive control in our Family Violence - Messages in a Minute series

ECLIPSE featured in the Breaking Silence Series 3