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Pandora Musings Blog
The Pandora Musings Blog is the space for guidance and reflections on trending issues written by Tori as additional reflections for consideration – feel free to distribute the blog to others in your teams to use as part of group practice reflections or individual reflective practice in your supervision or leadership coaching.
Recent Blogs
A Response to #notallme
As the 16 Days of Activism draws to an end, I wanted to address a common but divisive conversation starter: the phrase hashtag#NotAllMen. On the plane back from Albany after numerous discussions with amazing practitioners, I jotted down some ideas about how we can explore how this phrase, often invoked defensively, derails meaningful conversations about violence, accountability, and change. Read on for an important call for action that takes us in a different direction!
Pandora Discussion Paper: A Rogerian Lens: Exploring accountability in family violence change work with men
“Accountability is a cornerstone in men’s family violence change work, particularly when addressing the complex choice to use violence and abuse in relationships. The journey for each client toward accountability is often complicated by deep-seated beliefs, defensive responses, and for some, a lack of emotional regulation. Rogerian theory, with its person-centred approach, can provide a valuable framework for assisting men to move forward into accountability and change practices in their family violence change journey.”
Ethical Leadership
How you foster a culture of ethical behavior can determine and inform the culture of your team and the organisation. This blog explores ethical leadership and particularly the requirement for a commitment to continuous self-reflection and the need to model a continuous improvement mindset.
Musings “Imposter Syndrome”
Musings "Imposter Syndrome"AuthorTori CookePandora Enterprise ProjectsThis month's blog is one of a two-part musing on what is commonly called "ImposterSyndrome" and my unashamedly anecdotal reflection on the role of patriarchaldiscourse as underpinning and...
Parallel process in family violence practice and systems
Parallel process in family violence practice and systemsAuthorTori CookePandora Enterprise Projects July’s Pandora musing is a response to the intellectual invitation from Carolyn Cousins (2018) in her paper: Parallel Process in Domestic Violence Services:Are we doing...
