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Useful Resources for Therapists

Canadian briefing for professionals working with gender-based violence on Faith sensitivity

This podcast was recorded for the International day to end Violence Against Women and Girls for the Bishops Conference of England and Wales. A pastoral response to Domestic Abuse.

Safe in Faith has worked with the Caritas Social Action Network to produce this Do Justice worksheet on Domestic Abuse. There are more Do justice worksheets available at www.csan.org.uk

Sexual harassment in public spaces in London Forward UK – Forward have published important research about harassment in public spaces in London

Project Didl ‘A Roadmap for Integrating Cultural and Religious Diversity in UK Domestic Violence and Abuse Services

ACP Good Practice Resource on working with DA in the therapeutic professions – BACP members only (2021)

Project Dldl research on working with faith and abuse in counselling and psychotherapy (2022)

Religious Arbitration of Marriages Involving Domestic Abuse: Symposium Report — University of Bristol

Understanding Suffering & Forgiveness through a VAWG lens: a talk for Holy Week by Nikki Dhillon Keane

Please see above a link for the report summarising proceedings of the Zutshi-Smith funded public symposium held at Bristol in September 2024, which explored the religious arbitration of marriages involving domestic abuse in the Jewish, Muslim and Catholic faiths.

Competency Framework