Toxic Love: Breaking The Patterns of Domestic Abuse eWorkshop-21-Aug-2025
The workshop is for community services and non-for profit organisations, domestic violence organisations and charities, health, welfare and community workers who want to gain deeper insights into the mechanics behind sustained patterns of abuse, or improve skills in working with victims and domestic violence perpetrators.
The workshop is for community services and non-for profit organisations, domestic violence organisations and charities, health, welfare and community workers who want to gain deeper insights into the mechanics behind sustained patterns of abuse, or improve skills in working with victims and domestic violence perpetrators.
The workshop is for community services and non-for profit organisations, domestic violence organisations and charities, health, welfare and community workers who want to gain deeper insights into the mechanics behind sustained patterns of abuse, or improve skills in working with victims and domestic violence perpetrators.
e-workshop based on the book: Toxic Love: Breaking the addictive patterns of domestic abuse.
Clinical psychologist Indira H. Novic and men’s health expert Dean Quirke shed new light on the epidemic of intimate partner violence (IPV). They examine IPV in the context of a behavioural addiction paradigm and highlight strategies to help recognise and respond to this behaviour.
Reaching out to men motivated to stop abusing their partners, the authors draw on a psychoeducational approach and offer strategies to break free from the cycle of violence. They invite the men to explore the nature of repetitive patterns of abusive behaviours, and the reasons the patterns tend to escalate in frequency and severity. By dismantling the dangerous aspects of the perpetrator’s personality – that may have become addicted to abusing their partners, perpetrators feel freer to create healthier relationships.
The authors also help the victims to understand what drives an abuser to repeatedly abuse them. Equally important goal is to assist victims to heal from the trauma of abuse.
Toxic Love: Breaking the addictive patterns of domestic abuse
Authors: Indira H. Novic and Dean Quirke Info about the book on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com.au/Toxic-Love-Breaking-Addictive-Patterns-ebook/dp/B08YCYNWLN
In attending our 3-hour workshop:
You’ll learn the difference between situational couple violence and sustained pattern of violence (sustained pattern of violence: 95-98% of abusers are men). These two types of domestic violence have different root causes and consequences for the victims.
You’ll better understand Cobra vs. Pit Bull typology. You’ll also learn why men using Cobra type of abusive behaviours rarely benefit from attending Men’s Behaviour Change Program.
You’ll learn about coercive control and why it is referred to as intimate terrorism. You’ll hear why criminalising coercive control makes sense
When: Thursday 21st August from 9.30am to 12.30pm. (AEST)
Where: Online eWorkshop via Zoom. You will receive the Zoom details when payment is received.
Cost: The early bird booking is $195.00 (GST incl) if registered before 7th August 2025. If registering after 7th August 2025 then the Full Price is $250.00 (GST incl). Payment is required prior to attending the eWorkshop.
To register: Register and complete payment. A Tax Invoice will be emailed to you. The payment needs to be completed before the workshop occurs, for the registration to be fully confirmed.
Facilitator: Dean Quirke
Dean Quirke specialises in men's health and wellbeing, primary prevention education and community development. His area of expertise is in the use of behavioural science and prevention strategies to help empower boys and men. He has worked and partnered with key stakeholders within the community to tackle a variety of social issues that impact the lives of young men, including domestic violence, youth violence, suicide, social isolation, addictions, unemployment and lack of purpose and direction. In 2015, Dean founded the Young Men's Group and Empowering Youth; Changing Lives Program. These initiatives have since made an impact in the lives of over 500 young men from all walks of life across Sydney, including Fairfield, Bankstown, Canterbury, Mosman, Maroubra and Botany.
His skills in facilitating workshops are highly sought after in the areas of youth and men's wellness and community development.