Nicola Helps is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. Prior to this role Nicola worked as a research officer within the criminology and human geography departments at Monash University. Nicola’s current research examines family violence perpetrator interventions. This work contributes to our understanding of how to engage people who use violence meaningfully and effectively in interventions in ways that lead to long-lasting behaviour change.