A Therapist's Guide to Growing Free

by Deaton; Wendy

• ISBN13: 9780789014696
• ISBN10: 0789014696
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-07-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Combining psychological insight with practical safety information, this book helps therapists guide their clients into understanding--and ending--the vicious cycle of wooing, tension, violence, and remorse. A Therapist's Guide to Growing Free provides a comprehensive outline of the issues, tasks, and goals involved in the treatment of victims and survivors. The companion volume, Growing Free: A Manual for Survivors of Domestic Violence, is an ideal guidebook for your clients in dangerous relationships.Therapists: An accompanying manual for survivors, Growing Free, is available for use by survivors. Order 5 or more copies and save 20%: Growing Free: A Manual for Survivors of Domestic Violence$14.95 soft ($11.96 with discount). ISBN: 0-7890-1280-4.To view an excerpt online, find the book in our QuickSearch catalog at www.HaworthPress.com.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(1)
History of Domestic Abuse	1	(2)
Describing Domestic Abuse	3	(2)
Therapeutic Models for Intervention and Treatment	5	(2)
Psychological Effects and Belief Systems of Battered Women	7	(2)
The Cycle of Violence	9	(1)
Cultural Issues	9	(1)
The Effects of Violence on Children and Adolescents	10	(3)
Batterers	13	(3)
The Therapeutic Challenge: Couples/Conjoint Therapy	16	(4)
Crisis Intervention	20	(1)
Treatment of Victims	21	(2)
Treatment of Batterers	23	(4)
Safety Planning	27	(10)
Is It Me?	37	(8)
The Tasks of Therapy	38	(1)
The Client's Belief System	39	(1)
The Client's Emotions	40	(5)
Effects of Domestic Violence on the Victim	45	(8)
Elements of the Dysfunctional Relationship	46	(2)
Cycle of Violence	48	(5)
Effects of Domestic Violence on Children	53	(6)
Effects on Different Age Groups	53	(2)
Overall Effects	55	(1)
The Reparenting Process	56	(3)
The Batterer	59	(6)
Codependency	59	(3)
Profiling the Batterer	62	(3)
What You Can Do	65	(8)
After You Leave	73	(6)
Index	79