What is Pathways to Change?

Pathways to Change is a 16-week Men's Behaviour Change Program (MBCP) and is designed to promote the safety and wellbeing of women and children by supporting men who have used domestic and family violence (DFV) to take responsibility for their behaviour and commit to meaningful, non-violent, and long-term change. The program has a three-phase model: Identify, Change and Maintain.

Men & Co. Services is an approved program provider across the Redlands region, including the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.

Topics include:

  • Goals, motivations and worries

  • Understanding Domestic and Family Violence and Coercive Control

  • Intent versus impact

  • Trauma, triggers and accountability

  • Emotional awareness and regulation

  • Impacts of violence on women and children

  • Respectful communication and conflict de-escalation

  • Replacing harmful behaviour and repairing relationships

  • Values-based living and relapse prevention

  • Integration and reflection

  We accept

Service referrals

Self-referrals

Court orders

We are a consent-based service, even if you are court-mandated, we require you to make contact with our service to begin the process.

“For a long time I thought the system was against me, I thought people were against me. I started getting disassociated with life and very introverted. I sort of gave up on life basically. Coming to this course gave me some kind of hope for change. If men are having any domestic violence problems, even if they are being accused of domestic violence but don’t think they are, just give the program a go. Be open to the program because it’s made some positive changes for me. If you want to change you’re going to have to do it for yourself. You’ve got to do it for yourself and just take what you can from this course and grow with that.”

— JOHN (past participant)

Choosing change.

“Definitions of violence are a lot wider than what I thought. I learnt about the negative impacts of violence to others particularly my children and women and ultimately learnt new ways and skills of doing things in a non violent way.”

— MALACHAI (past participant)