Blame Changer: Understanding Domestic Violence

Blame Changer by psychologist Carmel OBrien former head of Clinical Services at Victorias Doncare provides straight forward answers to common questions and aims to debunk pervasive myths around what Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last year called one of Australias greatest shames domestic violence. But Blame Changer is much more than the definitive rebuttal of some of societys most damaging ill-informed and pervasive attitudes about domestic violence. It sounds a clarion call for a change in the way we talk - at the dinner table on social media and in national conversation at the highest levels - about women and the violence they experience. Whats more its also a practical guide that will help victims of abuse: Blame Changer also shows friends and family how to help a victim of abuse and challenges how the Family Court system responds to allegations of abuse. This is the definitive guide to domestic violence in Australia by a woman who has worked with countless victims over many years.