Ending Spouse/Partner Abuse: A Psychoeducational Approach for Individuals and Couples

by Robert Geffner PhD, Carol Mantooth MS

Overview

This clinician's manual and workbook were developed to provide alternatives in the efforts to reduce the national epidemic of spouse/partner maltreatment. Geffner and Mantooth describe a model incorporating several theories and approaches of psychotherapy, while focusing on abuse as a primary issue. The program and techniques have been used and improved for more than 15 years in programs across the country.

The clinician will receive a comprehensive intervention program that includes 26 weekly sessions that address how to initiate the foundations for a therapeutic relationship; communicate and express feelings; teach self-management and assertiveness techniques; discuss intimacy issues; and implement a relapse prevention program. Each session contains brief intervention techniques, handouts, and homework assignments. The advantage of this approach is its flexibility. Modifications to the order in which the sessions are conducted can be made by trained clinicians to fit the needs of their clients.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826119292
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/06/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Robert Geffner, PhD, ABPN, is the Founder and President of the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma; and Founder and President of the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute. He is a Clinical Research Professor of Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University.

Carol Mantooth, MS, is the Director of the Psychoeducational and Case Workers Services at the Andrews Center, a community mental health agency in Tyler, TX.

Table of Contents

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Handouts and Forms
Introduction
General Counseling Techniques
Assessment and Screening
THE TREATMENT PROGRAM
I: Foundations and Brief Interventions

1. Ground Rules and Assumptions; House of Abuse
2. Safety-and-Control Plans
3. Basic Anger Management
4. Effective Stress Control
5. Desensitization Techniques for Reducing Anxiety and Anger
6. Social Roots of Aggression and Alcoholism Issues

II: Communicating and Expressing Feelings

7. Communication: ""Fair Fighting, Dirty Fighting""
8. Communication: Rules and Barriers
9. Communication: Expression and Listening
10. Identification of Feelings
11. Emotional Awareness and Expressing Feelings

III: Self-Management and Assertiveness

12. Dynamics of Self-Esteem
13. Self-Esteem Enhancement
14. Self-Talk and Irrational Beliefs
15. Changing Self-Talk
16. Stress Inoculation for Anger Control
17. Dynamics of Assertiveness
18. Becoming More Assertive

IV: Intimacy Issues and Relapse Prevention

19. Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Negotiation
20. Most Violent and/or Most Frightening Incident: Part I
21. Most Violent/Frightening Incident: Part II
22. Intimacy and Love
23. Empathy Training and Role Reversals
24. Relapse-Prevention Plans
25. Future Plans

Monthly Sessions Check-In for Months 7-12
Appendix: Case Study of a Couple (Male Batterer and Female Victim): Ray and Mary
Index

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