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Justin Vernon, who wrote Skinny Love, has been reluctant to talk about the story behind the song, beyond confirming that the term ‘Skinny...

A sign saying 'Difficult Roads Lead to Beautiful Destinations'

Counselling practitioners working within domestic abuse can often see clients who are going through family court processes. These cases...

I spent some time reflecting on whether to write this blog or not. When we work in domestic abuse, the narrative is often about the lack...

Hope is an important part of who we are - learn about the positive and negative aspects of hope.

It seems no time at all since this time last year when the supporters for domestic abuse got great national coverage of the plight of...

People who experience domestic abuse are much more likely to experience depression than the general population. Such a simple statement...

Domestic abuse can sometimes be seen as the most hopeless of circumstances, where someone being abused is trapped in a relationship. We...

After I wrote my first book on domestic violence counselling my Dad, then aged 88, decided to read it. Later, he mentioned how...

What happens in a healthy relationship When we are in any kind of relationship there is a certain level of expectation about that...

Last Friday, Laura Viliardos and Jeannette Roddy presented the findings from DACS at the University of Salford to the BACP Research...

This short blog has been written by David, one of our counsellors at Dactari, and provides some useful insight in how this resource can...

For those of you who are wondering what it might be like to do counselling for domestic abuse, one of our therapists, Karen, has written...

Here at Dactari, we work on the basis that it is possible to recover your mental health after domestic abuse if the right support is in...

It has been a busy January for us as we started to add training dates for our short courses to support domestic abuse counselling...

As we start 2023, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! With a new year comes a new start, and this is the first in what...