Pat Craven

I have produced this manual in response to requests from hundreds of practitioners who have asked for a different approach to working with men who use violence against women. I am Pat Craven a former probation officer who ran perpetrator programmes for Merseyside Probation Service in the UK between 1996 and 1998. I concluded that the programmes could have been much more successful if they were run in a different style and by a different agency which was not subjected to the same constraints as a statutory body. This manual provides detailed instructions which are simple and easy to follow. This programme is aimed at men who have volunteered to attend and many of whom have never come to the attention of authorities.

A Manual for Facilitators

Freedom Programme for Men

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A Book about the Freedom Programme

Living with the Dominator

Scott Nickel

Ciera Lovitt

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Downloading Disaster!

A Garfield Guide to Safe Downloading

Many women who are subjected to abuse from their partners or children do not understand what is happening to them. The do not need therapy but they do need the information they are given when they attend the Freedom Programme. This is a rolling group work course which informs and empowers women in this situation. It can also help to identify warning signs in a new relationship. It also explains how children are affected by domestic abuse and how their lives can improve after the abuser is removed. also It must be used in conjunction with Pat Craven's book 'Living with the Dominator'. This manual contains details instructions on how to facilitate the Freedom Programme which is based upon the author's experience in working with violent offenders when she was a probation officer in the UK. "I love life now thanks to the Freedom Programme ." "Our lives are so much better now Mummy " "Life is looking good again thanks to the Freedom Programme." "I know I can succeed in my life now. I have found two new social work positions and I love being a working emancipated mother again. Instead of self medicating, I now live a healthy contended and happy life. I have a future." "The Freedom Programme is now going into schools to give young girls information which could save their lives." Kelly Mattison Guardian 2009.

A Training Manual for Facilitators

The Freedom Programme

This book explains violent and abusive behaviour and places it in a social context. It can help readers of any age and sexual orientation to change their own behaviour and to recognise when they are being controlled. "I can honestly say that without reading this book (9 times no less !) I don't think that I would be here today, relaxed in my own home with my children that I love so much."

Pat Craven

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