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This chapter outlines some approaches to intimate partner violence across the four nations of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Although the legal infrastructures vary somewhat across the United Kingdom, as practitioners, we all face similar challenges and opportunities. Although our specialist IPV services remain somewhat patchy, our greatest resource is in the enhanced awareness of IPV and family violence among legal, social care, and health practitioners. In particular the recognition of unprocessed trauma and arousal dysregulation in some family relationships and in some episodes of IPV has created an opportunity for more creative responses and practices across legal and health and social care systems. Our challenges lie in developing our confidence with online working during and post the COVID pandemic, understanding cultural differences within our multicultural communities, and developing services for women and for LGBTQI+ couples. |
