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Many practitioners feel at a loss when working with people who use violence or aggression. In this episode, Peregrine Research Associate Dr Caitlin Miller talks to Dr Lisa Warren, a forensic and clinical psychologist and Clinical Director of Code Black Psychology, about working with people who use aggression or violence as a mental health practitioner. They talk about identifying and intervening with risks of harm to mental health practitioners and to others, and practical strategies practitioners can use today and in the future when working with this population.


Helpful resources:

  1. Recognising clients who may pose a risk of violence (attached – Warren 2017)
  2. Code Black website www.codeblackpsychology.au
  3. Psychological violence: The impact of stalking behaviours https://psychology.org.au/for-members/publications/inpsych/2019/august/psychological-violence
  4. The invisible cage: Psychology’s role in the criminalisation of coercive control https://psychology.org.au/for-members/publications/inpsych/2021/april-may-issue-2/the-invisible-cage  
  5. Psychology Students’ Training in the Management of Potentially Violent Clients (attached – Gately Stabb 2005)
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