circuit breaker - face-to-face training solutions

Speaking Events, Workplace Training & Professional Development

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Off-the-Shelf or Custom Training Solutions

Our training solutions are designed to provide a solid grounding in the nature and dynamics of domestic violence, and to provide empowering "how-tos" specific to your local context or industry.

Community Events

Inspire your community and motivate proactive change. It all begins with engagement, built on our 25 year of experience preventing DFV

Corporate & Workplace Training

Empower your team to better understand & recognize DFV, with a focus on appropriate response & early prevention

Tailored PD Packages

Customized professional development packages available for counsellors, chaplains, ministers and more
Circuit breaker - Face-to-face training solutions

Speaking & Training Packages

Workplace Training - (60-90 mins)

Supporting Staff Around Domestic & Family Violence

A 60 min workplace chat for better understanding the nature and dynamics of domestic & family violence. This trauma-informed presentation provides keys for how to recognize and support staff who may be navigating their own abusive situations at home, with practical steps for how every team member can play their part to build a supportive workplace for victim-survivors.
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COMMUNITY SEMINARS - (90 Mins)

Keeping Your Cool

Matt has been presenting Keeping Your Cool seminars in communities, workplaces & churches since 2013, including council-funded presentations for City of Ryde, Logan, Bundaberg and Blackall-Tambo shire council. This 90 min presentation unpacks the dynamics of anger & defensiveness in communication, providing practical tools for de-escalation, and improved conflict resolution. The seminar also helps attendees to recognize behaviours they may not have identified as abusive; inviting further exploration. Keeping Your Cool has proven an an excellent "taster" event in the lead-up to a ten week Circuit Breaker course.
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Workplace Training - (60-90 Mins)

Managing Angry Feelings in the Workplace & at Home

Passionate staff are an asset to your team, but can quickly become a liability when tempers become heated. This flexible 60-90 min workshop will help your team identify when they may be crossing the line into abusive behaviours; risking their relationships, their reputation and yours. The workshop will also offer participants the trusted tools and strategies they can impliment to manage strong emotions at work and at home, to create a better platform for resolving conflict, communicating & building trust.
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Training Day - (6.5 hours)

Tools for Preventing Domestic Violence

For anyone working with people in the community space, the church or front lines, this training is designed to equip you with a good working understanding of the nature & dynamics of DFV; with tried & tested strategies for deep engagement with people wishing to put down their abusive behaviours. This whole-day training workshop is a popular professional development option (certificates available), & also satisfies all training requirements for facilitators of the Circuit Breaker program.

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Training day - (4-5 Hours)

What Ministers Need to Know About Domestic & Family Violence

Domestic & Family Violence is now a national epidemic, both inside and outside of church communities. Without the proper skills, understanding and theological framework, 21st century ministers face the risk of making these situations worse. This 4-5 hour professional development workshop presents user-friendly strategies and practical tools for engagement with victims and perpetrators of violence, coercive control and spiritual abuse.
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endorsements

Our Satisfied Clients

Sam Hearn
National Director C.O.A.C.H Network,
Former Mayor Mornington Peninsular 


"We’ve really valued Matt’s practical and authentic investment in community leaders across our network.

Matt presents training in a clear and compassionate way that really equips and enables people to understand the different causes and impacts of family violence, and how each of us can play a role in preventing it occurring in our communities.

After Matt provided training to our team we received really significant positive feedback about how much more empowered they felt to support people experiencing family violence."

Angie Herranz
Qld / NT Director for Chaplaincy Australia



"Matt provided a PD for Chaplaincy Australia in 2023 on responding to domestic and family violence. Matt provided a framework that was simple to follow and implement in the workplace.

I found Matt extremely easy to work with and he went out of his way to ensure that the PD was specifically aimed in the direction I hoped to achieve. In my role as State Director, I had many chaplains thanking me for bringing Matt in because the content was so relevant to their roles.

Due to the overwhelming feedback we had from our QLD chaplains, we have decided to bring Matt back this year to present to the rest of our team nationwide.

I highly recommend Matt as a guest speaker, professional development provider, and as the founder and producer of the Circuit Breaker Program."

Steve Swenson
Former Councillor - Logan Div3
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Presenter & Consultant


"It is with great pleasure that I provide this endorsement for both Matt Boulton and the Circuit Breaker Course for the early prevention of domestic violence.

Matt has delivered this program in the City of Logan and trained others in the delivery of this highly effective course...

His insightful & inspiring presentation of this information & program has resulted in the empowerment of individuals and churches to address the issue of domestic violence and provide positive responses and outcomes for our community"
about your trainer

Matt Boulton

Matt Boulton is a domestic violence trainer, advocate and speaker based in Logan, Queensland. He is best known as the author of the “Circuit Breaker” program, "Changing Tools," and as the former Counselling Director for CityCARE Counselling Centres, where he specialised in DV cases and working with perpetrators.

For ten years, Matt was a member of the Joint Churches Domestic Violence Prevention Project, where he produced the project’s “Not in My Church” documentary and training resource for clergy.
For five years Matt was an ambassador for White Ribbon Australia, providing workplace domestic violence training for the likes of Boeing Australia, RAAF Amberley, Enogerra Army Barracks, businesses and higher learning institutions in Australia and the Solomon Islands. He also provided media interviews on behalf of White Ribbon in every major Australian print masthead, as well as radio interviews for ABC’s Mornings program, RN Drive, PM, and Brisbane’s 97.3FM, to name a few.

Over the past 24 years, Matt has developed and delivered his Circuit Breaker program for the early prevention of domestic violence. In his current role as Circuit Breaker Program Director, he continues to build the capacity of churches and community groups to positively engage with potential DFV perpetrators in their communities. for this work, he was recently selected as a finalist for the Logan Citizen of the Year award.
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