A gateway to healing: A community‐based brief intervention for victims of violence

Abstract

Interventions for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health priority. This study used semistructured, in‐depth interviews to explore key features and self‐reported changes associated with a community‐based, trauma‐informed brief intervention (TIBI) for victims of IPV. Using open coding of transcripts and cross‐case analysis to determine prominent patterns and themes within and between participants, TIBI was perceived as beneficial, safe, and innovative. Positive changes, including improved physical health, psychological well‐being, quality of life, confidence, hope, and personal control, were reported and maintained postintervention. Key features of the intervention were described as increased IPV knowledge, which women attributed as the gateway to healing, learning how to reframe thoughts in a productive way and developing various skills in coping with IPV. This research provides preliminary evidence that a community‐based TIBI is both acceptable to clients and potentially useful in reducing the negative consequences of IPV.

Follow-up Evaluation of Psychotherapy Protocols for Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence: Scoping Review

“…The results of the analyses showed variation in the format of the follow-up assessments: four studies conducted semi-structured interviews to assess the symptoms of PTSD and history of IPV, combined with the reapplication of the same instruments used in the pretest measures of the intervention (Allard et al, 2018;Johnson et al, 2016;Matud et al, 2016;Orang et al, 2017); six studies carried out the follow-up assessment only with the reapplication of the base instruments (Beck et al, 2016;Choi et al, 2018;Naismith et al, 2020;Patel et al, 2019;Santos et al, 2017;Tirado-Muñoz et al, 2015); and one study conducted a fully qualitative interview at the follow-up (Trabold et al, 2017).…”

“…One study evaluated post-traumatic memories and cognitions (Beck et al, 2016) and another study investigated the maintenance of beliefs about conjugal violence during the follow-up period (Santos et al, 2017). Two studies evaluated the participants' satisfaction with the intervention performed (Johnson et al, 2016;Trabold et al, 2017), one study evaluated the therapeutic alliance (Naismith et al, 2020) and another verified the participants' progress throughout the psychotherapy (Santos et al, 2017). The study in which the follow-up presented an exclusively qualitative methodology explored aspects associated with current relationships, the occurrence of new situations of IPV, the participants' perceptions about the content worked on during the intervention and whether the women entered into a new therapeutic service after the end of the intervention (Trabold et al, 2017).…”

How is participation related to well-being of homeless people? An explorative qualitative study in a Dutch homeless shelter facility

“…This method has recently been successfully applied in studies in social and behavioral sciences (e.g. Nicolaisen, Stilling Blichfeldt, & Sonnenschein, 2012;Trabold, O'Malley, Rizzo, & Russell, 2018). Finally, the main activities of the data analysis of this study were conducted by the second author and re-checked by the first author of this manuscript.…”

Exploring patterns of substance use among highly vulnerable Black women at-risk for HIV through a syndemics framework: A qualitative study

“…Future studies should consider using a trauma-informed approach. One study implemented a brief, trauma-informed intervention to reduce IPV and mental health symptoms [39]. Using this strengths-based approach should be tailored for Black women to support those in recovery from substance use and for those actively using substances.…”