This book explains violent and abusive behaviour and places it in a social context. It can help readers of any age and sexual orientation to change their own behaviour and to recognise when they are being controlled. "I can honestly say that without reading this book (9 times no less ) I don't think that I would be here today, relaxed in my own home with my children that I love so much."

Pat Craven while working as a probation officer ran courses for men who were violent to women. She used this experience to create the Freedom Programme to help and empower women and girls who may be involved with such men. The programme is also available for men who want to improve their behaviour. The programme includes information about the effects of domestic abuse on children and about how to recognise an abuser. It is available at hundreds of locations across the UK including several schools. Now this programme is available as a home study course for any adult who wishes to access it. It must be used in conjunction with Pat Craven's book "Living with the Dominator". It is not a stand alone publication. The course is easy to follow and contains no jargon.

Freedoms Flowers is a book about the effects of domestic abuse on children. It is composed of firsthand accounts from these children and their mothers. Some of the children write as adults from memory and some are male. The youngest contributor is eight years old. Their stories describe not only the abuse from the perpetrators but the dreadful collusion from the so called professionals who should have been protecting the victims instead of worsening the effects of the abuse. This book should be read by every teacher, social worker, solicitor, judge and member of the medical profession who comes in to contact with any aspect of domestic abuse. It should be read by every woman who is staying with an abuser for the sake of the children. Every woman whose children wet the bed, throw tantrums and attack other children should read this. Every woman whose children have been taken into care should also read this. The book also sends a strong message about hope. The contributors describe how their lives were saved when they attended the Freedom Programme. They did not need therapy or threats to save their children from abuse. They only needed information to enable them to make informed decisions. Knowledge is power

I have produced this manual in response to requests from hundreds of practitioners who have asked for a different approach to working with men who use violence against women. I am Pat Craven a former probation officer who ran perpetrator programmes for Merseyside Probation Service in the UK between 1996 and 1998. I concluded that the programmes could have been much more successful if they were run in a different style and by a different agency which was not subjected to the same constraints as a statutory body. This manual provides detailed instructions which are simple and easy to follow. This programme is aimed at men who have volunteered to attend and many of whom have never come to the attention of a

Many women who are subjected to abuse from their partners or children do not understand what is happening to them. The do not need therapy but they do need the information they are given when they attend the Freedom Programme. This is a rolling group work course which informs and empowers women in this situation. It can also help to identify warning signs in a new relationship. It also explains how children are affected by domestic abuse and how their lives can improve after the abuser is removed. also It must be used in conjunction with Pat Craven's book 'Living with the Dominator'. This manual contains details instructions on how to facilitate the Freedom Programme which is based upon the author's experience in working with violent offenders when she was a probation officer in the UK. "I love life now thanks to the Freedom Programme ." "Our lives are so much better now Mummy " "Life is looking good again thanks to the Freedom Programme." "I know I can succeed in my life now. I have found two new social work positions and I love being a working emancipated mother again. Instead of self medicating, I now live a healthy contended and happy life. I have a future." "The Freedom Programme is now going into schools to give young girls information which could save their lives." Kelly Mattison Guardian 2009.

A workbook for men who want to improve their behaviour. Must be used in conjunction with Living with the Dominator book by the same author. The workbook is suitable for one-to -one work by professionals with perpetrators of domestic abuse.

This book explains violent and abusive behaviour and places it in a social context. It can help readers of any age and sexual orientation to change their own behaviour and to recognise when they are being controlled. "I can honestly say that without reading this book (9 times no less ) I don't think that I would be here today, relaxed in my own home with my children that I love so much."