Spouse Abuse: Assessing & Treating Battered Women, Batterers, & Their Children

by Harway, Michele

• ISBN13: 9781568870854
• ISBN10: 156887085X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: PROFESSIONAL RESOURCE PRESS

Author Biography

Michele Harway, PhD, ABPP, is on the Core Faculty at Antioch University, Santa Barbara, on the Consulting Faculty at the Fielding Graduate Institute, and in clinical practice in Westlake Village, California Marsali Hansen, PhD, ABPP, is the Director of the Pennsylvania CASSP Training and Technical Assistance Institute

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	iii
Preface to the Second Edition	v
What Kinds of Families Are Violent?	1	(10)
How Common Is Violence in the Family?	1	(2)
How Serious Is Spousal Violence?	3	(1)
Context Within Which Battering Occurs	4	(1)
Who Seeks Treatment?	5	(2)
Working With Families Experiencing Spousal Abuse	7	(4)
Case Example 1: Susan and George	8	(3)
How Much Do You Know About Spousal Abuse?	11	(22)
Self-Quiz	12	(4)
Self-Quiz Answers	16	(4)
Detailed Answers	20	(13)
Assessment of Spouse Abuse	33	(28)
Assessing the Woman for Spouse Abuse	34	(8)
Does Violence Exist?	34	(7)
How Dangerous Is the Violence?	41	(1)
How Severely Affected Is the Client?	42	(1)
Assessing the Batterer for Spouse Abuse	42	(4)
Assessing a Couple for Violence	46	(3)
Assessing Children for the Effects of Spousal Abuse	49	(10)
Exploration of Factors	49	(3)
Impact on Development	52	(2)
Young Children (Preschoolers)	54	(1)
School-Aged Children (Ages 6-12)	55	(1)
Adolescents (Teenagers)	55	(1)
Emotional Disturbances	56	(3)
A Last Word on Assessment	59	(2)
Treatment of Spouse Abuse	61	(20)
The Individual Woman	61	(7)
Crisis Intervention	61	(3)
Short-Term Counseling	64	(1)
Long-Term Counseling	65	(1)
Case Example: Catherine	66	(1)
The Therapy	67	(1)
Establishing Goals in Working With Battered Women	67	(1)
Therapy for the Batterer	68	(5)
Crisis Intervention	70	(2)
Short-Term and Long-Term Counseling	72	(1)
Case Example: Mark	73	(1)
The Therapy	73	(1)
Therapy With the Couple	73	(3)
Beginning Couple's Therapy: Treatment Goals	74	(1)
Later Therapy: Treatment Goals	74	(1)
Case Example: Joe and Bonnie	75	(1)
The Therapy	76	(1)
Therapy With Children	76	(4)
Individual Treatment Approaches	77	(1)
Group Therapy Approaches	77	(1)
Parent/Child Interventions	78	(1)
Case Example: Bill	79	(1)
The Therapy	79	(1)
Summary	80	(1)
A Final Word on Spouse Abuse	81	(4)
References	85	(10)
Subject Index	95