Free · Around 20 minutes · No card or payment details · Certificate of Completion included
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Recognising Coercive Control — Express
The key patterns to recognise — in around 20 minutes.
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Coercive control is rarely obvious in a single moment. It is usually easier to recognise as a pattern — repeated behaviours that, over time, narrow someone's freedom, voice, choices, relationships or independence.
This Express course gives you the key patterns in around 20 minutes. It is written in plain English, at your own pace, and you can stop and return whenever you need to. Once you can see the pattern, you can choose. Recognition places power back in your hands.
This is an educational course. It does not diagnose anyone, offer counselling or legal advice, or tell you what to do.
Free · Around 20 minutes · No card or payment details · Certificate of Completion included
Sharon Mackenzie SpiritRSPrac · Founder & Educator
- Diploma of Counselling
- Accredited Chaplain
- Narrative Practice Practitioner · Health & Harmony Colleges
- Advanced Aromatherapy Practitioner · Health & Harmony Colleges
- Trauma-Informed Care
Sharon Mackenzie is the founder and educator behind Spirit Led Institute. Her work draws on a Diploma of Counselling, narrative practice, accredited chaplaincy, trauma-informed care training. She develops practical education at the intersection of safeguarding, organisational culture, dignity, authority, psychosocial safety and individual healing.
Who this course is for
Adults who want a clear, accessible introduction to coercive control in personal relationships — for themselves, or to better understand someone they care about.
What our students learn
- Understand coercive control as a pattern rather than a single incident
- Recognise common patterns of control without relying on a checklist
- Notice how adapting to someone else's reactions can affect your own freedom and voice
- See how recognition supports clear, unhurried and informed choices
Four short steps
- 1.What coercive control is
- 2.The patterns to notice
- 3.Notice what is happening to you
- 4.Recognition restores choice
Then three quick questions and your certificate.
Want more depth? The full free course Recognising Coercive Control in Personal Relationships explores the subject in greater detail.
About this course
A free, self-paced educational introduction. It does not diagnose anyone and is not counselling, legal advice, crisis support, professional training or a qualification. The Certificate of Completion is non-accredited.
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