Haven Horizons
@havenhorizons.bsky.social
National DSGBV Prevention Centre. We are working to end domestic abuse and coercive control through education, research, and collaborative partnerships.
https://linktr.ee/havenhorizons
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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)
Read about coercive control - how to recognise the warning signs, how to navigate the legal system or how to reform it. (1/3)
July 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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)
Read about coercive control - how to recognise the warning signs, how to navigate the legal system or how to reform it. (1/3)
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)
June 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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)
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:
Research indicates high levels of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in LGBT relationships:
June 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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:
Research indicates high levels of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence in LGBT relationships:
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
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
June 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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
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
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)
June 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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)
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)
June 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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)
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)
This project was designed to start an all-island conversation on DSGBV and coercive control. (1/3)
June 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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)
This project was designed to start an all-island conversation on DSGBV and coercive control. (1/3)
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)
June 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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)
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.’
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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.’
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)
This is something echoed by the Hart brothers in their book, ‘Remembered Forever’, a memoir about (1/2)
May 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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)
This is something echoed by the Hart brothers in their book, ‘Remembered Forever’, a memoir about (1/2)
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)
May 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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)
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.’
May 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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.’
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.’
May 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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.’
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’
May 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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’
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)
May 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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)
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, &
May 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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, &
"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)
May 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"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)
It's time for the #DSGBVEndgame
Haven Horizons went to the Dáil last week to call on our representatives to recognise DSGBV as a public health emergency above party politics. We believe it is time for proactively preventing domestic abuse, rather than just reacting to it. (1/3)
Haven Horizons went to the Dáil last week to call on our representatives to recognise DSGBV as a public health emergency above party politics. We believe it is time for proactively preventing domestic abuse, rather than just reacting to it. (1/3)
May 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's time for the #DSGBVEndgame
Haven Horizons went to the Dáil last week to call on our representatives to recognise DSGBV as a public health emergency above party politics. We believe it is time for proactively preventing domestic abuse, rather than just reacting to it. (1/3)
Haven Horizons went to the Dáil last week to call on our representatives to recognise DSGBV as a public health emergency above party politics. We believe it is time for proactively preventing domestic abuse, rather than just reacting to it. (1/3)
Thanks to the TDs, Senators & Cllrs who met with us in the Dáil yesterday. DSGBV is a public health crisis that cuts across party politics. We need a radical new approach, comparable to how we tackled tobacco. It's time to focus on prevention - it's time for the #DSGBVEndgame.
May 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thanks to the TDs, Senators & Cllrs who met with us in the Dáil yesterday. DSGBV is a public health crisis that cuts across party politics. We need a radical new approach, comparable to how we tackled tobacco. It's time to focus on prevention - it's time for the #DSGBVEndgame.
If we don’t prevent DSGBV, we permit it: a thread on why Haven Horizons will be presenting to TDs and Senators tomorrow, May 7, at 3pm in Dáil Eireann's AV room (1/4)
May 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If we don’t prevent DSGBV, we permit it: a thread on why Haven Horizons will be presenting to TDs and Senators tomorrow, May 7, at 3pm in Dáil Eireann's AV room (1/4)
Our book club is currently discussing 'Invisible Chains: overcoming coercive control in your intimate relationship' by psychologist and criminologist Dr Lisa Aronson Fontes. This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding and overcoming #CoerciveControl. (2/3)
April 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Our book club is currently discussing 'Invisible Chains: overcoming coercive control in your intimate relationship' by psychologist and criminologist Dr Lisa Aronson Fontes. This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding and overcoming #CoerciveControl. (2/3)
Haven Horizons is working with our Shared Island partners, @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social and @womensaidbellis.bsky.social, to change the DSGBV conversation and promote zero tolerance of DSGBV. For this, cross-party support is needed. (3/3)
April 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Haven Horizons is working with our Shared Island partners, @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social and @womensaidbellis.bsky.social, to change the DSGBV conversation and promote zero tolerance of DSGBV. For this, cross-party support is needed. (3/3)
Our Research, Training & Development Director Madeline Mc Aleer spoke to key figures, including Senators Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Nina Carberry and an Taoiseach Micheál Martin, at the recent Shared Island Forum. (1/3)
@micheal-martin.bsky.social @ninacarberrymep.bsky.social
@micheal-martin.bsky.social @ninacarberrymep.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Our Research, Training & Development Director Madeline Mc Aleer spoke to key figures, including Senators Cynthia Ní Mhurchú & Nina Carberry and an Taoiseach Micheál Martin, at the recent Shared Island Forum. (1/3)
@micheal-martin.bsky.social @ninacarberrymep.bsky.social
@micheal-martin.bsky.social @ninacarberrymep.bsky.social
Ireland ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, in 2019 - which placed legal obligations, for the first time, on governments to address DSGBV (1/8)
April 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Ireland ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, in 2019 - which placed legal obligations, for the first time, on governments to address DSGBV (1/8)