by PartnershipProjects | September 29, 2026
My journey with Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) began during my final-year placement as a student social worker. At the time, my Practice Educator was an Advanced NVR Practitioner, and through our reflective conversations, I was introduced to the core strategies and philosophy of NVR—a concept entirely new to me, but one that instantly resonated on a deep level.
As someone who had lived through domestic violence and later experienced child-to-parent violence in my own home, our discussions often explored the emotional impact of witnessing domestic abuse, how trauma manifests in children’s behaviour, and my own feelings of helplessness as a parent. For years, I had searched for a way to understand and respond to the chaos around me. NVR felt like the missing piece I had been waiting for.
by PartnershipProjects | October 27, 2019
Two years ago, our granddaughter was a bright and happy nine year old. Then, seventeen months ago she began to get tummy pains. Visits both to her GP and then the hospital were unable to identify a physical cause or give her pain relief. The pains were put down to a physical manifestation of anxiety. Her anxiety increased as did her tummy pains and spasms. A subsequent referral to CAMHS resulted in a report identifying “anxiety” and “complex needs” but not in any immediate treatment or support. The family were left to cope on their own.
Our granddaughter became withdrawn and angry because she felt that nobody believed that she had tummy pains, and she felt let down by her mother and by us because neither we nor the doctors were making her better. Her anxiety increased further and she became verbally and physically abusive to family members, particularly her mother, and destructive to the family home and contents. In a quieter moment, she described herself as a monster and scared of what she had become.
