Breaking Silence Season 1 Jeremy Eparaima
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Can abusive men change their behaviour? Simonne visits Jeremy Eparaima a reformed domestic abuser, to find out. Jeremy was a serial abuser until, in his mid 40's, he joined a friend on an anger management course and realised that he too needed help. After going through the 20-week course twice he not changed his behaviour but decided to start publicly speaking out what he did and how not to become like him. He works with the It's Not OK programme and speaks to groups, including the Police, about his life in a bid to educate them from a perpetrator's perspective. Simonne visits Jeremy and follow him to one of his public talks.
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