Meeting the needs of male victims of domestic and family violence - Part 1 of 7
Channel: OneInThreeCampaign
Date: 2011-08-03

This is a broadcast of a Panel Session called Meeting the needs of male victims of domestic and family violence, presented at the Australian Institute of Criminology's Meeting the needs of victims of crime conference held in Sydney on 19 May 2011.

Part 1 of the Panel Session features Dr. Elizabeth Celi, a psychologist in private practice specialising in men's mental health. Since releasing her first book in 2008, "Regular Joe vs. Mr Invincible -- The battle for the True Man", Elizabeth has grown in her own awareness of the silent phenomena of male victims of domestic abuse. Astounded at the oppressive personal impact on men and the social blind spot on this sector of our community, she now actively advocates for this much needed area of men's mental health.

As you can imagine, Elizabeth has never been short of stimulating discussions and debates on this issue and broader issues affecting men's identity. With regular appearances on TV, several radio interviews and keynotes in Parliament for men's health summits, Elizabeth sheds light on misperceptions surrounding men's psychology. She facilitated, along with the panel, some healthy and robust discussion on developing awareness, understanding and services assisting male victims and female perpetrators of intimate partner abuse and violence.

In this part of the podcast, Elizabeth introduces the topic for discussion and sets the scene for the speakers to come.