SNN Presents: Introduction to Non-Violent Resistance Therapy

SNNHK is delighted to host international speaker and author Dr Peter Jakob, who will introduce Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) therapy to Asia. 

Many parents struggle with how to handle problematic behaviors, especially as our children grow. NVR is an innovative approach that targets aggressive and self-destructive child behavior. This family-centered approach helps parents build a supportive community and develop self-efficacy in responding to these behaviors.

Dr Jakob will share NVR theory and practical examples for parents and caregivers.

About Dr Peter Jakob, Consultant Clinical Psychologist

With a background in social work, Peter has worked as Clinical Psychologist and Family

Therapist in both CAMHS and Adult Mental Health for over 40 years, specialising in children

and families involved with child protection, trauma or other difficulties such as

neurodivergence. He has in-depth knowledge of treating trauma as the after-effect of

childhood maltreatment, as well as extensive experience in providing therapy for parents’

mental health problems.

Peter has introduced Nonviolent Resistance therapy (NVR) to the UK. He has adapted the

approach for heavily traumatised, multi-stressed families, and his work with looked-after

children has inspired him to develop a child focus in NVR. He has integrated NVR with

solution-focused practices and narrative therapy for building the cornerstones of his work:

generating hope where there are ‘complex difficulties’, promoting social re-connection, focus

on issues of social justice, embodiment and imagination. Peter is a prolific national and

international presenter. He is the author of Nonviolent Resistance in Trauma-focused

Practice. A Systemic Approach to Therapy and Social Care, Routledge, 2024 (in print).

Aiming to develop collaborative working relationships in which dialogue can flourish and

service users’ experience and perspectives are centred in conversation, Peter considers

social awareness as a cornerstone of engaged therapeutic practice. He has a strong interest

in narration of ‘self’ as a vehicle for change in people with histories of abuse, enabling them

to take back definitional power in their lives.