Enhancing Expertise in Family Violence Practice For Professionals

Parallel Journeys Consulting provides training and consultations to enhance professionals' skills and expertise in family violence intervention practice, specialising in engaging men who abuse women.

Course Design and Delivery

Training programs and workshops designed for professionals to address family violence and to engage male perpetrators effectively

Individualised consultation services for professionals addressing family violence in case management and for engaging male perpetrators

Therapeutic services for men and professional training workshops to address family violence in Indigenous communities in Australia

Services for Indigenous Men

Consultation

*Indigenous men is a term used here that also refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men in Australia. This website will sometimes use the terms Indigenous and Aboriginal which both refer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

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Ryan Greenwell

------SOCIAL WORKER, TRAINER AND COURSE DESIGNER------

Ryan is the founder of Parallel Journeys Consulting and has 16 years experience as a qualified Australian social worker in the areas of family and youth services, men's behaviour change programs and child protection in various roles.

Ryan offers expert consultation and facilitation of specialised courses in family violence intervention, focusing on engaging men who use violence toward women for safer family environments.

In 2014, Ryan completed a Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His published thesis was written in the specialised area of engaging men who use family violence using 'Troublemaker Cards' to support behaviour change. Ryan has continued to develop innovative approaches and activities to engage men effectively for men's behaviour change programs and in one-to-one accountable conversations in all organisational contexts. Known as the 'Ethical Inquiry', the steps outlined guides the worker during the first interview for assessment which promotes a respectful and accountable context for the man to begin the journey of behaviour change prioritising his family's safety. Furthermore, the perpetrator's responses to these questions give the worker and organisation a more accurate assessment of the level of responsibility, level of insight and potential for future danger.

Ryan lives and works in Perth, Australia, and provides services globally through online platforms and in person. See below for more information on courses, consultation services and innovations. Ryan partners his work with Aldo Macale who designs and delivers the Our Way Workshop for Indigenous men in Australia.

Course design and delivery

Ethical Inquiry Webinar Series

Ethical Inquiry 2-Day Workshop

The Ethical Inquiry Webinar Series is an online interactive course that is delivered over 6 individual sessions for one hour each that teaches practical skills and the right mindset to effectively engage men who use family violence towards women.

The Ethical Inquiry Workshop is delivered over two days in a training room setting that delivers the theory, the questioning skills and the right mind-set for professionals who require specialised guidance to engage men who use family violence towards women, in any intervention context.

The two day Our Way Workshop is delivered face-to-face to professionals for engaging Indigenous men for cultural healing and behaviour change. This workshop is designed and delivered by Aldo Macale, a Jaru/Gija man from the East Kimberley, Western Australia. Aldo is also delivers the Our Way Program, a therapeutic service to Indigenous men in various locations around Australia.

Our Way Workshop

Using an online audio-visual platform, Ryan provides individualised professional consultations in the following areas:

• Engaging men who use family violence

• Family violence case management

• Engaging women who experience family violence

• Innovative activity design for men's behaviour change

• Narrative Practice

Professional Consultation