Counseling Abusers: An Introductory Training
This course is intended for anyone working with families affected by domestic violence. Past participants have included batterer intervention program group leaders, supervisors and administrators, social workers, victim advocates, correctional staff, psychologists, violence prevention educators, substance abuse counselors, healthcare workers, probation and police officers, clergy, military personnel, and program managers.
Topics include:
- Overview of legal, medical, and psychological responses to battering
- Intake and assessment procedures
- Overview of the First Stage Curriculum
- Abuser tactics of control (interactive exercise)
- Negative vs. positive self-talk (interactive exercise)
- Methods and rationale for conducting partner contacts
- Substance abuse overlaps
- Assessing for dangerousness and lethality
- Overview of the Second Stage Curriculum
- Comparison of different treatment models
- Illustrative role play of two different treatment models
- Personal accounts of battered women, as presented by a panel
- The empowerment model of helping battered women
- Battering in lesbian relationships
- Role Play of partner contact scenarios
- Role Play of Second Stage Group co-leadership
- Working with under-served populations of abusers
- Personal accounts of Emerge program participants, as presented by a panel
- Mental health responses to abusers
- Program Management and Group Supervision
If you have questions about this training that are not answered on our website, please call our office at 617-547-9879.