Dr Chris Newman CPsychol (Director and clinical supervisor at DVACT-PAI)I have been involved in developing and delivering domestic violence assessment and risk management interventions in family cases for over 25 years. During this period I have acted as an expert witness in over 200 disputed contact cases and public law child protection cases, preparing structured assessments of risk and vulnerability and giving evidence in court where requested. I have extensive experience of training other professionals in working with perpetrators of domestic violence.I have recently co-developed the core intervention for a randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of domestic violence treatment programmes (Reprovide), with Respect and Bristol University. I have co-written a domestic violence treatment programme designed to be delivered on an individual basis by the National Probation Service and community agencies, and a parenting programme aimed at the needs of families where domestic violence is a child protection concern. With Kate Iwi I have written a book on the same subject - Picking up the Pieces After Domestic Violence: A Practical Resource for Supporting Parenting Skills (Jessica Kingsley; April 2011). A further book in the series, Engaging with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: A Handbook for Early Intervention, was published in January 2015.I currently provide consultation to a range of organisations working with domestic abuse. Kate and I have done consultancy work developing interventions for perpetrators of domestic abuse in Lebanon, Italy, Albania Estonia and Ireland.Specialties: Family violence risk and vulnerability assessments, violence intervention programmes, training around IPV and child-to-parent violence, practice supervision and consultancy on these themes