Professionals working with men who use violence often face the same challenge: when abuse is denied, minimised, or disputed, engagement can quickly collapse into confrontation or stalemate.

The Ethical Inquiry approach provides a structured way to engage men in these moments, helping practitioners hold authority without humiliation while keeping responsibility visible and ethically grounded.

Through international training, consultation, and practice development, Parallel Journeys supports organisations to strengthen their work with men who use violence and improve safety for women and children.

Training

Training programs and workshops designed for professionals to address family violence and to engage male perpetrators effectively

Individualised consultation services for professionals addressing family violence in case management and for engaging male perpetrators

Online training for practitioners includes eLearning and webinars

Online Learning

Consultation

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Ryan Greenwell

------SOCIAL WORKER, TRAINER AND COURSE DESIGNER------

Ryan Greenwell is the founder of Parallel Journeys Consulting and a qualified Australian social worker with over 16 years of experience in family and youth services, men’s behaviour change programmes, and statutory child protection. His work specialises in strengthening accountability in interventions with men who use domestic violence, with a clear and consistent focus on the safety of women and children.

Ryan provides consultation and delivers advanced professional training in domestic violence intervention across statutory, specialist, and multi-agency contexts. His work centres on Ethical Inquiry, a structured engagement framework that guides practitioners in conducting accountable, safety-oriented conversations with perpetrators. The framework supports practitioners to clearly locate responsibility, prevent minimisation and blame, and assess readiness for safety planning under complex organisational and relational pressures.

In 2014, Ryan completed a Master of Narrative Therapy and Community Work at the University of Melbourne. His published thesis explored innovative approaches to engaging men who use family violence, including the development of the “Troublemaker Cards,” a structured tool designed to support responsibility-taking and behavioural change. Since then, he has continued to design practical, field-tested tools and training resources used in both group programmes and one-to-one intervention contexts.

Ryan has delivered professional training internationally, including in Luxembourg, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, in addition to work across Australia. He provides services globally through in-person and online formats.

His forthcoming book, THE ETHICAL INQUIRY: A Parallel Journey in Working With Men Who Use Violence, will be released mid 2026, consolidating the theoretical and practice foundations of his work.

Ryan lives and works in Perth, Western Australia. He collaborates with Aldo Macale, who designs and delivers the Our Way Workshop for Indigenous men in Australia.

See Ryan's presentation at the AASW International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health 2024 - Addressing Denial: A Case Study on Facilitating Respectful and Accountable Conversations with Perpetrators of Family Violence using the 'Ethical Inquiry'

See Kerry and Ryan's presentation at the 2021 Online International Signs of Safety Gathering - Using an Ethical Inquiry with Perpetrators of Family Violence

Course design and delivery

Ethical Inquiry Webinar Series

Ethical Inquiry 2-Day Training

The Ethical Inquiry Webinar Series is a six-session interactive online course that integrates theory, structured questioning, and professional positioning to support accountable engagement with men who use domestic violence.

Ethical Inquiry is a two-day, practice-focused training that integrates theory, structured questioning, and professional positioning to support practitioners in engaging men who use domestic violence, while keeping accountability and safety central in any intervention setting.

The two day Our Way Workshop is delivered face-to-face to professionals for engaging Indigenous men for cultural healing and behaviour change. This workshop is designed and delivered by Aldo Macale, a Jaru/Gija man from the East Kimberley, Western Australia. Aldo is also delivers the Our Way Program, a therapeutic service to Indigenous men in various locations around Australia.

Our Way Workshop

Using an online audio-visual platform, Ryan provides individualised professional consultations in the following areas:

• Engaging men who use family violence

• Social work

• Relationships

• Resolving conflict

• Parenting/Fathering

Ryan also receives referrals through BetterHelp.

Ryan Greenwell, AASW | Therapist | Australia

Professional Consultation