BEHIND THE TITLE. BEYOND THE STEREOTYPE.
Kristy Holdsworth:
The Professional Survivor®
Online, self-paced education and resources for professionals affected by domestic abuse, the advocates who support them and the organisations championing them.
Online, self-paced education and resources for professionals affected by domestic abuse, the advocates who support them and the organisations championing them.
The Professional Survivor®
2026 TEES BUSINESSWOMEN AWARD 'INSPIRING OTHERS' FINALIST
BEHIND THE TITLE. BEYOND THE STEREOTYPE.
Kristy Holdsworth:
2026 TEES BUSINESS WOMEN 'INSPIRING OTHERS' FINALIST
Ready to strengthen your Advocacy?
Professional competence can obscure vulnerability. For advocates, recognising how status, success and capability can shape the way domestic abuse is understood is an important part of effective support.
Module One
Module One: Allies in Advocacy
Module One introduces the Professional Survivor lens for professionals who may support, represent, work therapeutically with, or make decisions affecting Professional Survivors of domestic abuse.
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Across three sessions, participants explore how professional identity, status, knowledge and apparent resources may influence the recognition, understanding and response to domestic abuse.
The VAL Framework™ - Validation, Awareness and Learning - is the signature working model of Kristy Holdsworth: The Professional Survivor®. Throughout this programme, you will learn through The VAL Framework™ while developing a lens that can be taken into your own professional practice: validating experience, developing awareness of context and learning from the Professional Survivor, enabling you to better understand what their professional identity, knowledge and circumstances mean for them as an individual.