Family Violence Doctor™

A double cancer survivor, hands-on grandmother of six, and lifelong management / business consultant, Susanna Kruger (PhD Candidate in Wellbeing and Care) spent the past 26 years of living in New Zealand turning the philosophy of family violence into day-to-day strategies for building resilience and sustainable wellbeing (PhD thesis), using both law and lore in family dispute resolution (Master's thesis), and founding it all on own and client experiences, in and out of the courtroom.

A researcher, author, and speaker—I now dedicate my life to educating the public about the hidden dynamics of domestic / intimate partner or family violence. As developer practitioner of The Kruger Method®, I believe that every New Zealander can help outrun our invisible national disaster—family violence. Ask me How? Book me to speak at your next event.

As Family Violence Doctor™, I offer the iRi$e Wellbeing & Care Pathway for Women: 67 strategies you can pick and choose from to use discreetly to build resilience and gain clarity whether to stay in or leave an unstable relationship if your partner chooses not to change any abusive behaviour. (Exit if your life is in danger!)

This iRi$e pathway is a one-person project you do before couples counselling or family dispute resolution—and it aims at giving you the best chance at either saving or dissolving your relationship—amicably! The adversarial family court system can be unaffordable and destructive; trying to solve conflict yourself or at least tackling it from a position of strength is the DIY opportunity that this pathway offers you.

We do not rise by fighting darkness, but by becoming light! (paraphrased from the 20th century philosopher, A. D. Gordon)

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