Educational Objectives:

The overall goal of this course is to help psychotherapists understand the complexities involved in domestic violence and enable them to make predictions, assessments and interventions in these volatile and often tragic situations.
This course will teach psychotherapists to
• Make spousal and partner abuse assessments.
• Detect and identify domestic violence.
• Utilize domestic violence interventions.
• Identify community and other resources.
• Interpret the complex system involved in domestic violence.
• Identify cultural, same gender and other factors in domestic violence.
• Identify the relevant California laws and Ethics Codes for domestic violence.

Course Syllabus:

• Detection of Domestic Violence
  • Scope of the Problem & Demographics of Intimate Partner Violence
  • Factors Impacting Intimate Partner Violence: Characteristics and typology of Male Batterers and Relational Qualities
• Assessment of Domestic Violence
  • Framing Statements, Methods of Questioning and Detecting Domestic Violence
  • When Abuse Is Discovered: Planning, Documentation & Confidentiality
  • Potential Physical and Behavioral Health Effects of Domestic Abuse
  • Lenore Walker's Cycle of Violence
  • Patient Advocacy, Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
• Intervention Strategies
  • Prosecution & Mandated Intervention
  • Treatment Approaches: Client-Centered, Self Psychology and Dynamic Approaches
  • The Compassion Workshop & Solution-Focused Approaches
  • Treatment of Assaultive Men from an Attachment Perspective
• Partner Violence in Ethnic Minority Families
  • African American, Latino, Asian and Native American: Incidence of Partner Violence among Ethnic Minorities
  • Acculturation, Stereotypes, Barrier to Treatment & Research Concerns
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Relationships
  • The Prevalence of the Problem
  • Research Findings & The Legal System
  • Availability of (or lack of) Resources & List of Resources
  • A National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)
• A Cultural Perspective and Systems Theory Applied to Domestic Violence
• Code of Ethics and Domestic Violence
• California Law and Domestic Violence
• Resources
• References

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