“Empathy in Action — Survivor-Led Training to Challenge Domestic Violence Myths”

 Overview

This professional training, titled 同理探索﹒解構家暴迷思”, engaged social workers and frontline professionals in a series of experiential activities led by domestic violence (DV) survivors. Through Human Library storytelling, TRPG (Live Action Role-Playing), and Life Choice Theater, participants explored the emotional, legal, and cultural complexities of DV from the survivor’s perspective.

🧠 Key Learning Themes from Participant Feedback

💬 Survivor Voices Foster Empathy

“可直接感受到受虐者的心路歷程。”
“可以有一個親身聽家暴婦女講述其故事的機會。”
“真人圖書館的分享讓我感受到受暴婦女面對周遭的環境…提醒我們作為助人工作者應該要同理受暴婦女這個不容易的過程。”

Impact: Survivor storytelling helped participants emotionally connect and reflect on the lived realities of DV survivors.

🎭 Experiential Learning Sparks Reflection

“TRPG, 因為導師演得好真實…活動後也會向大家解構整個故事。”
“生命抉擇劇場…形式新款,生動刺激,令我更投入反思有關主題的內容。”
“反思日常與個案的對話會否讓人不舒服。”

Impact: Role-play and theater activities allowed professionals to embody survivor experiences and examine their own biases and language use.

🚫 Challenging Victim-Blaming Myths

“了解到社會文化如何建構我們社會大眾對受暴婦女產生一些責備受暴婦女的言語和行為。”
“同理心及反思社會建構的無意下的歸咎受傷者。”

Impact: Participants recognized how cultural norms and professional discourse can unintentionally perpetuate victim-blaming—and committed to more trauma-informed practice.

#BlametheVictim

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