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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Get an overview suitable for a complete newcomer to the topic, or dive into the research, data and policy. Find the full list of books on our website. (3/3) @womensaidni.bsky.social @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social @tuslibrarymidwest.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

These books discuss many types of abuse - physical, emotional, economic, sexual, image-based & more. They also cover specific issues like the intersection of mental health, trauma, addiction, & domestic abuse, and how abuse can present in different age or minority groups. (2/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Looking for some summer reading? Try one of the 75 DSGBV books we've donated to libraries across Ireland & NI, including TUS and Women's Aid Fed NI. Read about coercive control - how to recognise the warning signs, how to navigate the legal system or how to reform it. (1/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

There is support available: National LGBT+ Helpline: 1800 929 539 Women's Aid 24 hour helpline: 1800 341 900 Men's Development Network Male Advice Line: 1800 816 588 (6/6)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

There can also be barriers to disclosing the abuse, seeking help, or leaving their abusive relationship. As we come to the end of pride month, we should be aware of the difficulties many LGBT people face. (5/6)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Such as the threat of outing, saying a "real" LGBT person would act as the perpetrator wants, invalidating your gender identity or expression, or claiming women cannot abuse women / men cannot abuse men. (4/6)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The Duluth Power and Control Wheel, a model for categorising the tactics of domestic abuse, has developed an LGBT wheel. In addition to the tactics of abuse used in straight relationships, there are specific tactics unique to LGBT relationships... (3/6)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

40% of females and 35.2% of males in LGBT relationships experience domestic abuse (Donovan et al, 2014). Transgender people are 1.7 times more likely to experience intimate partner violence than cisgender people (Peitzmeier et al, 2020) (2/6)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This #PrideMonth, it’s important to acknowledge that LGBT people can also experience coercively controlling behaviour / domestic abuse in their intimate relationships - a thread (1/6) Research indicates high levels of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in LGBT relationships:

“Societal prejudices against LGBT people make those who are victims of Coercive Control vulnerable in additional ways”
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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Did you know: Haven Horizons is on seven popular platforms? Join us in learning about how to identify coercive control, eliminate domestic abuse supportive behaviour, and end domestic, sexual, and gender based violence (DSGBV). Links to each platform in our bio. #DSGBVEndgame

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Róisín Shanahan (SETU) and Madeline Mc Aleer (Haven Horizons) presented at the Equitas Conference in Maynooth last week to discuss our work in confronting Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Domestic, Sexual, & Gender Based Violence (DSGBV) at third level (2/2)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Two years after first training one member of SETU staff, Haven Horizons are now actively collaborating with the university and have provided workshops for nearly 100 staff in understanding coercive control and domestic abuse, detecting red flags, and supporting disclosures. (1/2)

L to R: Madeline Mc Aleer (Haven Horizons), Róisín Shanahan and Ciara Byrne (SETU), standing in front of poster discussing the impact of the collaborative partnership between SETU and Haven Horizons

L to R: Madeline Mc Aleer (Haven Horizons), Róisín Shanahan and Ciara Byrne (SETU), standing in front of slides discussing the impact of the collaborative partnership between SETU and Haven Horizons

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This session is hosted on Teams as part of the ‘Lunch & Learn’ series on our Virtual Community of Practice. The platform was created to facilitate sharing of information, networking, & collaboration in the area of DSGBV. DM us for more info on the vCoP, or for a link to our book club. (3/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The book is an accessible deep dive into the lived experience of physical, financial, and psychological abuse, and how children can be both vulnerable to and weaponised by an abusive partner. (2/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This Thursday, our book club is discussing 'Brutally Honest' by former Spice Girl and coercive control survivor Mel B, one of our ‘Five Books That Could Save Your Life.’ (1/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The project will continue on 16 October 1-2:30pm, in the Atrium, Dept of Justice, Dublin - booking information to come. The project will conclude in November, with a webinar featuring some of the authors: bit.ly/3Z9A6yr

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'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' webinar with authors

Prof Jane Monckton-Smith, Prof Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Prof Sandra Walklate, Dr Lisa Aronson Fontes and Luke Hart discuss their books.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We believe public awareness is crucial to challenge domestic abuse supportive attitudes and behaviours. With the help of Reclaim The Agenda (@reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social) and Belfast & Lisburn Women's Aid, we have brought this discussion on an all-island tour.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Thank you to all who joined us at 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast, last night. This project was designed to start an all-island conversation on DSGBV and coercive control. (1/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Last chance: join us on Wednesday, 6-8pm, at the Seamus Heaney Centre QUB for 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life'. Our panel will examine the destructive impact of coercive control through five key DSGBV books. Book now: bit.ly/3GTP7xT #dsgbvendgame #domesticabuse #coercivecontrol

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Five Books That Could Save Your Life

Please join us as we discuss five life-changing books that could literally save your life, examining the impact of coercive control.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

There are still spaces available to join us on 11 June at the Seamus Heaney Centre, QUB. Book here: bit.ly/3GTP7xT Or follow us for further information on other upcoming 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' events (3/3)

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Five Books That Could Save Your Life

Please join us as we discuss five life-changing books that could literally save your life, examining the impact of coercive control.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

We have had great feedback from our first two 'Five Books That Could Save Your Life' events. Our panel sparked discussion on the hidden nature and destructive impact of coercive control. We want to change the all-island conversation on domestic abuse and coercive control. (2/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

If you couldn't make it to our event at the Women's Aid Belfast & Lisburn Anniversary Conference last week, join us at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast on 11 June 6-8pm organised by @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social (1/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We’re going to finish the live tweets here, as we move to the Q&A session. If you were unable to join us in the Titanic Museum today, the ‘Five Books That Will Save Your Life’ tour will continue: (1/2)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Noelle: ‘An ex-partner leaving flowers on the doorstep can be dismissed by friends or professionals, even if there is a barring order in place. However, this type of action is often intended to intimidate the victim and to send a message that their abuser can still reach them.’

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

their experience of coercive control and how their father killing their mother and sister seemed to come out of the blue. They tell us: “Do not interpret a lack of physical violence to mean that you are safe. It could well mean the opposite” (2/2)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Madeline: ‘Coercive Control is a pattern of behaviours in a relationship you don’t always recognise at the beginning. It does not always include physical violence.’ This is something echoed by the Hart brothers in their book, ‘Remembered Forever’, a memoir about (1/2)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Awareness and training are needed across all sectors, but especially for the media.’ (2/2) @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Danielle: ‘There’s a common trope often used in media reporting that domestic homicide is a crime of passion. This is fundamentally untrue and means many people do not recognise the danger posed to them by patterns of controlling behaviour. (1/2)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Self-assessment tools like those provided in ‘Invisible Chains’ are useful for showing those experiencing coercively controlling behaviour that what they are going through is abuse, and a crime.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Madeline: ‘There is no one model of a victim or a perpetrator. Perpetrators can present as pillars of their community. As Lisa Aronson Fontes explains in ‘Invisible Chains’ victims can be successful, professional, and highly educated; we must look deeper and recognise the warning signs.’

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Danielle: ‘Coercive Control is often something we don’t recognise without training. Mel Bs memoir ‘Brutally Honest’ shows the contrast between the public presentation of some victims as powerful, successful people and what goes on behind closed doors.’

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Noelle: ‘In refuges in the North, we use Jane Monckton-Smith’s book (In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder) as our bible – she really explains the progressive timeline of coercively controlling behaviour, and why and how it can end in murder’

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

As Kate Fitz-Gibbon says: “We cannot police and prosecute our way out of a social problem. We have to tackle the underlying beliefs that drive domestic, sexual, and gender-based abuse.” (2/2)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Madeline: ‘‘What is to be done about Violence Against Women’ addresses what has been done to combat DSGBV in the last 40 years and asks why what we are doing is not working.’ (1/2)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

‘What Is To Be Done About Violence Against Women’ by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Sandra Walklate. The five books were selected from the 75 books that Haven Horizons’ has donated to libraries across the island. More information, including the full list, is available on our website

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The five books being discussed are ‘Invisible Chains’ by Lisa Aronson Fontes, ‘Remembered Forever’ by Luke & Ryan Hart, ‘Brutally Honest’ by Melanie Brown, ‘In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End In Murder’ by Jane Monckton-Smith, &

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Noelle Collins, Danielle Roberts and Madeline Mc Aleer form our panel with Sarah Harte, Haven Horizons Communications Strategist and @irishexaminer.bsky.social columnist moderating. This event is kindly sponsored by the Shared Island Civic Society Fund, Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Our panel examines the destructive impact of coercive control and why ‘prevention is everyone’s business’ through the lens of five accessible books. The project is coordinated by Haven Horizons in collaboration with @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social and Belfast & Lisburn Women’s Aid.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Good afternoon! We’re live from the Women’s Aid 50th Anniversary Conference at the Titanic Centre, where our ‘Five Books that Could Save Your Life’ panel discussion is about to start. This all-island project seeks to change the conversation on DSGBV and coercive control.

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Join us on 30 May in the Titanic Centre: bit.ly/43wasGu Join us on 11 June in the Seamus Heaney Centre: bit.ly/3GTP7xT Follow us for more information about our 16 October presentation in the Department of Justice Or join us on 20 November for an online session with the authors: bit.ly/3Z9A6yr (5/5)

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’50 Years: Hope for the Future’ – Belfast & Lisburn Women's Aid

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

The project will continue in Autumn with an event in the Atrium of the Department of Justice, Dublin, on 16 October, and a concluding webinar with the authors on 20 November. Share in the next stage of this important all island project: (4/5)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Haven Horizons, Belfast and Lisburn Women's Aid, and @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social are coming together to discuss the destructive impact of coercive control and the changes needed to culture and law through the lens of "Five Books That Could Save Your Life". (3/5)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Belfast and Lisburn Women's Aid are celebrating their anniversary with a conference on 30 May, '50 Years: Hope for the Future.’ Our panel discussion will be the afternoon event. On 11 June, Reclaim the Agenda will be hosting us at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queens University Belfast. (2/5)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

"Five Books That Could Save Your Life" aims to change the all-island conversation on Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control. Join us in the next phase of the project in Belfast. (1/5)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We also run weekly lunch and learn sessions on our Virtual Community of Practice which spotlight professionals, topics of interest, and cutting-edge research. Express your interest here: bit.ly/DSGBA-vCoP (3/3)

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Domestic, sexual and gender-based abuse (DSGBA) is a major societal challenge. Working collaboratively is the best way to end DSGBA. To support this vision, Haven Horizons and Technological University...

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We believe that prevention is everyone’s business. Public awareness and training for frontline professionals is essential to understand and eliminate DSGBV supportive behaviours. (2/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Yesterday's coercive control training had almost 50 attendees. This indicates the level of interest in finding out more about the tactics and dynamics of coercively controlling behaviour. (1/3)

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Haven Horizons @havenhorizons.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Last chance to join our free Coercive Control training session, this Wednesday 21 May at 1-2pm. This introductory session will include terminology, legislation, and how to recognise coercive control. Book now: bit.ly/3S2W0PP

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Understanding Coercive Control

This is an introduction to the topic of Coercive Control. The lecture is open to all who are interested in this topic.

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