Meta-Dialogues in Domestic Violence-Focused Couples Treatment

N, Tucker; Stith, Sandra M.; Howell, L. W.; McCollum, Eric E.; Rosen, Karen H.

doi:10.1521/jsyt.2000.19.4.56

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“…The Domestic Violence Focused Couples Treatment (DVFCT) program discussed here and elsewhere (Rosen, Matheson, Stith, McCollum, & Locke, 2003;Stith, McCollum, Rosen, & Locke, 2002;Tucker, Stith, Howell, McCollum & Rosen, 2001) is a feminist-informed approach that integrates several theoretically compatible family therapy models. Solution-focused therapy (de Shazer, 1991) provides the overall philosophic framework for this integrated treatment model.…”

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“…Any indication that the risk for violence has increased results in, at the minimum, a temporary suspension of conjoint counseling until safety is again assured. For a more complete description of the treatment procedures tested in this study see our earlier publications (Rosen et al, 2003;Stith, McCollum, Rosen, Locke, & Goldberg, in press;Tucker et al, 2001). The purpose of this article is to present quantitative data that compare the two treatment modalities and compares them with data collected from a no-treatment comparison group.…”

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Treating Intimate Partner Violence Within Intact Couple Relationships: Outcomes of Multi‐couple Versus Individual Couple Therapy

Stith

Rosen

McCollum

et al. 2004

J Marital Family Therapy

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An experimental design was used to determine outcomes of a domestic violence-focused treatment program for couples that choose to stay together after mild-to-moderate violence has occurred. Forty-two couples were randomly assigned to either individual couple or multi-couple group treatment. Nine couples served as the comparison group. Male violence recidivism rates 6 months after treatment were significantly lower for the multi-couple group (25%) than for the comparison group (66%). In contrast, men in the individual couple condition were not significantly less likely to recidivate (43%) than those in the comparison group. In addition, marital satisfaction increased significantly, and both marital aggression and acceptance of wife battering decreased significantly among individuals who participated in multi-couple group therapy, but not among those who participated in individual couple therapy or the comparison group.

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Treating Intimate Partner Violence Within Intact Couple Relationships: Outcomes of Multi‐couple Versus Individual Couple Therapy

Stith

Rosen

McCollum

et al. 2004

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…Proponents have argued that while conjoint couples therapy is not appropriate for certain individuals (e.g., severe and “characterological” violence, equivocal acceptance of responsibility), many persons who behave violently can be served safely and effectively via conjoint models (Holtzworth‐Munroe, Meehan, Rehman, & Marshall, 2002; Stith & McCollum, 2009; Stith, McCollum, Amanor‐Boadu, & Smith, in press; Tucker, Stith, Howell, McCollum, & Rosen, 2000). This belief is grounded in the assumption that individuals and their violent behaviors are heterogeneous (Dutton & Corvo, 2006; Johnson, 2008; Saunders, 1992).…”

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Client Narratives About Experiences With a Multicouple Treatment Program for Intimate Partner Violence

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Shamblin

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J Marital Family Therapy

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A handful of clinical trials have concluded that conjoint couples treatment for intimate partner violence is safe and at least as effective as conventional batterer intervention programs, yet very few researchers have explored couples' perspectives on conjoint treatment. Using qualitative narrative analysis methodology, the researchers conducted 48 client participant interviews and five staff interviews to better understand couples' experiences of a conjoint treatment program for intimate partner violence. Themes that recurred throughout participants' narratives included (a) perceptions of safety, (b) benefits received, (c) attitudinal change, (d) behavioral change, and (e) important learning. Research directions and training implications are discussed.

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“…Research on the reflective team has concluded that the ideas generated by the method help to promote change in clients and thus, improve the outcome (Andersen, ; Seikkula, ; Seikkula and Trimble, ). Tucker, Stith, Howell, McCollum and Rosen () took this idea further, proposing that meta‐dialogue by therapists invites change not only because of the ideas generated by the therapists, but also because the therapists promote a reflective process on the part of their clients. Smith, Sells and Clevenger () interviewed couples and their therapists, and found (i) that the couple valued the sense of being outside the problem and hearing about the problem differently, and (ii) that the therapists valued the effect of the reflective team on the therapeutic outcome. Meta‐dialogue: the concept refers to dialogue about dialogue, specifically, dialogue about what is being said in the present moment in the therapeutic encounter.…”

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Embodiment and reflective practices: conjoint therapy for psychological intimate partner violence

Vall

Seikkula

Laitila

et al. 2016

Journal of Family Therapy

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The idea of meta‐dialogue has evolved over the past twenty years. The study reported here focuses on meta‐dialogue, analysing the importance of reflective practices for thoughtfulness and embodiment in couple therapy for psychological Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The study also sought to determine whether, in a case of psychological IPV, reflective practices helped the couple to acquire a new, shared understanding of violence. The results showed that the use of both meta‐dialogue and of a reflective team was related to clients' use of the reflexive mode. Moreover, embodiment could be understood as a precursor of reflectivity and reflective practices. Finally, the results indicated that it was possible to discuss the issue of violence through the use of meta‐dialogue, and that, through the therapists' reflective dialogue, the clients were able to reflect on their own relational patterns. The importance of meta‐dialogue and embodiment for conjoint therapy in psychological IPV is discussed. Practitioner points Meta‐dialogue is present in therapy as: (a) reflective practices (therapists' strategies to promote a reflective stance); and (b) reflectivity (i.e. action of reflecting) Consider the importance of therapist sensitivity to embodiment in conjoint therapy for IPV in helping to reflect on what is happening in therapy, thus promoting use of meta‐dialogue

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Meta-Dialogues in Domestic Violence-Focused Couples Treatment

Cited by 11 publications

References 17 publications

Treating Intimate Partner Violence Within Intact Couple Relationships: Outcomes of Multi‐couple Versus Individual Couple Therapy

Treating Intimate Partner Violence Within Intact Couple Relationships: Outcomes of Multi‐couple Versus Individual Couple Therapy

Client Narratives About Experiences With a Multicouple Treatment Program for Intimate Partner Violence

Embodiment and reflective practices: conjoint therapy for psychological intimate partner violence

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