This study on the barriers and enablers to conducting domestic violence research with children who have experienced this violence involved 49 participants from five cohorts: domestic violence service providers, mothers with experiences of domestic violence, clinicians providing therapeutic interventions for children, Human Research Ethics Committee members and domestic violence researchers. Barriers in domestic violence research related to fears, safeguarding requirements and heightened risks. Adopting a child-rights focus, trauma-safe methodology and having sector leadership, supportive gatekeepers and resources emerged as enablers. An enabling model of attuned trauma-safe research, termed the STARR model, has been developed from research findings.