Solution-Focused Treatment of Domestic Violence Offenders Accountability for Change

by Lee, Mo Yee; Sebold, John; Uken, Adriana

• ISBN13: 9780195146776
• ISBN10: 0195146778
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Every fifteen seconds someone commits a crime of domestic violence in the United States, and most violators will be court-mandated to receive group treatment. Outcome studies of traditional treatment programs (those with confrontational or educational approaches) indicate high rates ofdropping out and low effectiveness, lending urgency to the need to find an alternative method. This book describes a cutting-edge treatment approach that creates effective, positive changes in domestic violence offenders.Solution-focused therapy focuses on holding offenders accountable and responsible for building solutions, rather than emphasizing their problems and deficits. By focusing on "solution-talk" instead of "problem-talk," clients are assisted in developing useful goals and solution behaviors that arethen amplified, supported, and reinforced through a solution-building process. The book will be of great interest to professionals and graduate students in social work, psychology, and counseling.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Insoo Kim Berg	v
1 Introduction: Accountability for Solutions	3	(15)
2 The Solution-Focused Assessment Interview	18	(24)
3 Using Group Rules, Assignments, and a Team Approach	42	(12)
4 Developing Useful Goals	54	(34)
5 Utilizing Goals in the Process of Change	88	(24)
6 Consolidating Change: The "Language of Success"	112	(10)
7 Utilizing Group Process: The "Language of Sharing"	122	(8)
8 Useful Assumptions and Tools	130	(19)
9 Working with Special Populations	149	(33)
10 Evaluation of the Treatment Program	182	(37)
11 Afterword	219	(10)
Appendix 1: Theoretical Perspectives of Domestic Violence	229	(6)
Appendix 2: Group Rules	235	(2)
Appendix 3: Written Assignment	237	(2)
References	239	(10)
Index	249