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Title

• The STOP program, for women who abuse : group leader's manual / David B. Wexler.

Author

Wexler, David B.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]

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Description

x, 241 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"Long disregarded and downplayed, female domestic violence is today rapidly gaining awareness as research proves not only that it exists, but that -- according to multiple incidence studie -- the frequency of women abusing men is much higher than we ever knew. While certain core elements of intimate partner violence are shared among all domestic violence offenders, female offenders face unique triggers, personal backgrounds, and relationship dynamics. The STOP Program: For Women Who Abuse is the most innovative and comprehensive manual to address domestic violence treatment specifically to female offenders, with a program targeted to engage women in their own healing process. This program will radically change the landscape for treatment of women who abuse. This comprehensive instruction manual for group treatment offers therapists, social workers, and other counselors sound, psychologically-based interventions to reach the very women who often seem unapproachable in a treatment setting. Developed and field-tested for over twenty-five years among military and civilian populations, the program provides a skill-building approach to address the core elements of all intimate partner violence as well as the aspects that are unique to female offenders. Participants are held responsible for their action -- and pushed to examine the complex roles of trauma, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem deficits, and histories of personal victimization in their relationship struggles" -- Back cover.

Series Statement

• A Norton Professional Book

Subject

• Abusive women > Rehabilitation
• Family violence > Prevention

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Foundations and Guidelines -- What We Now Know About Female Intimate Partner Violence: Special Issues -- Clinical and Group Guidelines -- Rules of Engagement -- Stages of Change and Motivational Interviewing -- Context of Competence -- Pacing and Leading -- pt. II Program Information -- Program Notes -- Provisional Status Policy (Group Leaders' Version) -- Weekly Check-In -- Gut Check Questionnaire -- Evaluation Form -- Treatment Expectations -- pt. III Orientation Materials -- Welcome! -- STOP Program For Women Q&A -- Typical Questions and Concerns -- Provisional Status Policy (Group Members' Version) -- 15 Commandments of the STOP program for Women -- Gratitude Statements: Hunting the Good Stuff! -- Feelings Count -- pt. IV Weekly Sessions -- Anger/Abuse/Knowing Yourself -- Session 1 Red Flags of Anger, Part 1 -- Female Aggression Wheel 60 Red Flags of Anger -- Session 2 Red Flags of Anger, Part 2 -- Cycle of Abuse -- Four-Square Technique -- Session 3 What's Your Anger Style? -- Anger Styles Quiz -- What's Your Anger Style? -- Healthy Anger/Destructive Anger -- Session 4 I Really Didn't Mean To Do It. . . . I Was Drunk! -- I Really Didn't Mean to Do It. . . . I Was Drunk! -- Why Do I Use? -- Session 5 Accountability and Responsibility -- Accountability Defenses -- Accountability Statement -- Session 6 Shame -- Put-Downs From Parents -- Forgiving the Self -- Session 7 Prevention Plan -- Prevention Plan -- Communication And Healthy Relationships -- Session 8 Empowerment, Assertiveness, and Boundaries -- Assertiveness -- What Is Assertive Behavior? -- When Couples Don't Respect Boundaries -- Session 9 Asking for Change -- Respectful Feedback -- Asking for Change -- Stories We Tell Ourselves! -- Session 10 Empathy and Active Listening -- Active Listening -- Communication Roadblocks -- Session 11 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse -- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse -- Conflict With Respect -- Session 12 Equality, Roles, and Decision Making -- Who Decides? -- Rules and Roles: Spoken and Unspoken -- Session 13 Hurting the Ones You Love -- Emotional Abuse and Mind Games -- Relationship Respect Contract -- Session 14 Apologies -- Art of Apologies -- Classic Apology Mistakes -- Session 15 Husbands and Boyfriends Group -- Why Men Keep Their Mouths Shut About IPV -- Session 16 What's Up With Sex? -- Sexual Put-Downs and Mind Games -- About Sex -- Session 17 Women Who Love Dangerous Men -- How to Spot a Dangerous Man -- Dangerous Relationships: Five Factors That Increase Intensity -- Personal Stories And Personal Changes -- Session 18 Switch! -- Switch! -- Session 19 House of Self-Worth and Empowerment -- House of Self-Worth and Empowerment -- Session 20 Self-Talk and Personal Stories -- Bad Rap -- Bad Rap Quiz -- More Stories We Tell Ourselves -- Session 21 Mindfulness and Gratitudes -- Mindfulness in Everyday Life -- Sumanai! -- Session 22 Jealousy and Misinterpretations -- Jealousy: Taming the Green-Eyed Monster -- Stories of Jealousy: I Knew I Was Right -- Session 23 Making Changes and Social Support -- Girlfriends and Social Support -- Kids And Family Issues -- Session 24 Family of Origin and Grief -- Grief and Loss -- Grief and Healing Letter -- Session 25 Parents and Stepparents -- Ten Steps Toward Successful Stepparenting -- Spanking? Seven Reasons Not to Spank Your Child -- Right Move -- Session 26 Kids Who Witness -- Questions for Kids -- Part V: Extra Sessions -- New Member Session 1: House of Abuse -- House of Abuse -- New Member Session 2: Time-Out -- Time-Out -- Time-Out Information for Partners -- When Your Partner Blocks Your Path -- Exit Session: Most Violent and/or Most Disturbing Incident.

ISBN

• 9780393711486 (pbk.)
• 039371148X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2015036846

OCLC

909974598

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library