The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency has conducted support and healing group therapy sessions for over 50 male perpetrators of domestic violence.
The Executive Secretary, Lagos State DSVA, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, during a session at the Novel House Office in Alausa Ikeja, said the objective of the intervention programme was hinged on psychosocial wellness of the citizens in the state following the alarming increase of sexual and gender-based violence cases, a statement said on Tuesday.
Vivour-Adeniyi noted that the support and healing group sessions aimed to psycho-educate the perpetrators on better ways to manage their emotions when triggered.
She said, “Further research showed that most perpetrators were victims of similar traumas as children and there was a need to help the perpetrators heal from their childhood traumas that may have contributed to their abusive behaviour in adulthood.”
She further stressed that the sessions would make perpetrators accountable, and ensure they take responsibility for their actions instead of blaming their victims for their actions.
She further revealed that the session would “assist perpetrators in unlearning unhealthy negative coping skills that have led to violence in the past and equip them with healthy coping skills to manage their anger, communicate effectively and maintain peaceful and harmonious relationships.”
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