Dr Brian Sullivan
DV Intervention Consultant
Sicura
Brian has over twenty years’ experience as an academic, professional practitioner, trainer, supervisor, and educator in the domestic violence sector. Initially, he was trained in the Duluth coordinated community approach to working with perpetrators and has been a facilitator of men’s programs for many years. His PhD research, completed in the USA, explored the effectiveness of court-mandated programs for male DV offenders.
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From intervention to prevention: Strengthening culturally safe models for accountability and healing
The need for clinical, cultural, community and justice responses
Exploring how prevention, healing, and accountability can coexist in culturally strong frameworks
Moving from punitive to restorative and healing-centred responses
Dr Brian Sullivan, DV Intervention Consultant, Sicura
Henry Leafa, Outreach Engagement Advisor, Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)