Coercive & Controlling Behaviour: A One-Hour Online Training
About this session:
Join us for a one-hour online training session, delivered via Microsoft Teams, focusing on coercive and controlling behaviour (CCB)—a form of domestic abuse that can be deeply damaging and difficult to detect. This session is suitable for professionals in all sectors who want to improve their understanding of the legal definition, lived experience, and appropriate responses to this form of abuse.
What you’ll learn:
We will explore what coercive control looks like in practice, how the tactics are used to isolate, intimidate, and manipulate, and how the law in the UK addresses this behaviour through the offence of Controlling or Coercive Behaviour. You’ll also gain insight into how victims may be affected and what safe, appropriate responses look like.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Define coercive control and recognise the tactics involved
- Understand the criminal offence of Controlling or Coercive Behaviour under UK law
- Explore the statutory guidance framework
- Appreciate the psychological, emotional, and practical impact on victims
- Understand how coercive control distorts victims’ sense of reality
- Consider how to manage such cases as a professional or agency
- Discuss safe and unsafe responses, and where to signpost for specialist support
This training is ideal for anyone working in health, social care, education, housing, criminal justice, or community roles who wants to enhance their ability to identify and respond to coercive and controlling behaviour.
