ROOTED™: Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP)

ACCOUNTABILITY THAT SUPPORTS SAFER CHOICES, RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.


ROOTED™ is a structured, 26-week Domestic Violence Intervention Program developed by Avery-Robinson Training & Consulting.


Through live virtual group sessions, guided reflection, and practical skill-building, participants are supported in recognizing harmful patterns, taking responsibility for their choices, and developing safer ways of responding in relationships.


Whether you are considering ROOTED™ for yourself, making a referral, or exploring a community partnership, we invite you to learn more about the program and its approach to meaningful accountability.

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Understand The Whole Picture

ROOTED™ explores how emotions, beliefs, relationship dynamics, and patterns of power and control can shape behavior. Participants learn to recognize harm in all its forms—not only the moments when anger is present.

Take Meaningful Responsibility

Accountability begins with looking honestly at choices and their impact. ROOTED™ helps participants move beyond blame and excuses while recognizing their ability to choose a different response.

Build Safer Ways Forward

Understanding the past is only part of the work. Participants practice emotional regulation, communication, boundary-respect, and decision-making skills that support safer behavior moving forward.

About ROOTED™

ROOTED™ is a live virtual program consisting of 26 weekly, 90-minute group sessions.

Participants move through the program with a closed cohort, creating consistency, connection, and shared accountability throughout the 26 weeks. Cohorts generally include 8 to 16 participants and are led by trained facilitators.


Each week combines:

  • Facilitated instruction
  • Guided group discussion
  • Individual reflection
  • Practical activities
  • Supporting online materials and assignments


Program topics include recognizing different forms of harm, power and control, coercion, accountability, emotional regulation, boundaries, consent, communication, parenting, the impact of behavior on others, and long-term behavior change.


ROOTED™ is not a self-paced online class. Although supporting materials are available through an online learning platform, the heart of the program is the live, facilitator-led group experience.

The Rooted Accountability Framework™

The ROOTED Accountability Framework™ guides how the program approaches learning, accountability, and behavior change.

Recognizing Harm

Learning to identify abusive, coercive, controlling, and harmful behavior—including patterns that may have been minimized, justified, or treated as normal.

Owning Behaviors

Taking responsibility for choices and their impact without shifting blame to another person, an emotion, a substance, or a difficult situation.

Opposing Coercion

Recognizing and interrupting the use of pressure, intimidation, threats, manipulation, isolation, monitoring, and other forms of control.

Transforming Relationships

Practicing safer communication, respecting boundaries, responding differently to conflict, and making choices that do not rely on abuse or coercion.

Engaging Accountability

Moving beyond words and apologies by demonstrating honesty, responsibility, changed behavior, and consistent follow-through.

Developing Emotional Regulation

Learning to recognize emotions, slow down reactions, tolerate discomfort, and make safer choices without using emotions as an excuse for harm.

What Participants Can Expect

ROOTED™ creates space for honest reflection, practical learning, and meaningful accountability.

Participants are not expected to enter the program already knowing all the right words or having every answer. They are expected to show up, participate honestly, remain open to learning, and take responsibility for the choices they make.


Throughout the program, participants are encouraged to:

  • Examine patterns in their own behavior
  • Understand how their choices have affected others
  • Recognize beliefs that may support harmful behavior
  • Listen to perspectives that challenge their own
  • Practice emotional regulation and safer communication
  • Develop personal strategies for making different choices
  • Demonstrate accountability through consistent action


ROOTED™ addresses harmful behavior directly while treating participants with dignity. Accountability does not require humiliation, and respect does not mean avoiding difficult conversations.


People also learn and engage in different ways. We may change the way we help someone understand and participate in the work, but we do not change the expectation that they take responsibility for their behavior.

Our Survivor Safety & Accountability Partner

VividBound

Avery-Robinson Training & Consulting is proud to partner with VividBound as the Survivor Safety & Accountability Partner for ROOTED™.


VividBound is a survivor-led nonprofit organization supporting women and children affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. 


This partnership helps keep survivor safety, voice, choice, and wellbeing connected to the accountability work taking place within ROOTED™.


ROOTED™ is not an emergency or crisis-response service. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Learn More

Its services include confidential safety and violence-prevention planning, survivor advocacy, counseling, information, and connections to additional resources within a safe and nonjudgmental environment.

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Referrals and Participation

ROOTED™ is intended for adults who have used domestic violence, coercive control, or other harmful behaviors within an intimate or family relationship.


Referral requests may be submitted by:

  • District Attorney’s Offices
  • Attorneys and authorized legal-system partners
  • Community agencies
  • Individuals seeking participation on their own behalf


Every prospective participant completes an individual assessment before enrollment. The assessment helps the ROOTED™ team determine eligibility, program fit, service needs, and appropriate cohort placement.


Submitting a referral request is the first step, but it does not guarantee acceptance or enrollment.


If you have already been referred by an agency, attorney, or District Attorney’s Office, you do not need to submit another referral request. Follow the instructions provided by your referral source or wait for the ROOTED™ team to contact you.

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Program Fees

Individual Assessment

$125 one-time fee.

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Weekly Group Sessions

$50 per session.

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Fee Reductions

Limited fee reductions may be available in certain cases of documented financial need. Eligibility is determined individually through ARTC’s review process, and reduced fees are not guaranteed.

FEE REDUCTION ELIGIBILITY REQUEST

Questions about ROOTED™, referrals, or community partnerships?

ROOTED™ Domestic Violence Intervention Program

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