Ending Spouse/Partner Abuse

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.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsHandouts and FormsIntroductionGeneral Counseling TechniquesAssessment and ScreeningTHE TREATMENT PROGRAMI: Foundations and Brief InterventionsGround Rules and Assumptions; House of AbuseSafety-and-Control PlansBasic Anger ManagementEffective Stress ControlDesensitization Techniques for Reducing Anxiety and AngerSocial Roots of Aggression and Alcoholism IssuesII: Communicating and Expressing FeelingsCommunication: "Fair Fighting, Dirty Fighting"Communication: Rules and BarriersCommunication: Expression and ListeningIdentification of FeelingsEmotional Awareness and Expressing FeelingsIII: Self-Management and AssertivenessDynamics of Self-EsteemSelf-Esteem EnhancementSelf-Talk and Irrational BeliefsChanging Self-TalkStress Inoculation for Anger ControlDynamics of AssertivenessBecoming More AssertiveIV: Intimacy Issues and Relapse PreventionProblem Solving, Decision Making, and NegotiationMost Violent and/or Most Frightening Incident: Part IMost Violent/Frightening Incident: Part IIIntimacy and LoveEmpathy Training and Role ReversalsRelapse-Prevention PlansFuture PlansMonthly Sessions Check-In for Months 7-12Appendix: Case Study of a Couple (Male Batterer and Female Victim): Ray and MaryIndex