Vanderbilt Therapeutic Strategies Scale

Butler, S.; Henry, W. P.; Strupp, Hans H.

doi:10.1037/t01333-000

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“…Remaining emotionally connected provides therapists access to issues that the men often avoid, such as shame, rejection, emotional isolation, dependency, and fear of abandonment (Browne et al, 1997; Dutton, 1998). Depending on the level of insight and cooperation within the group, the therapists will process group members' experiences of these issues by encouraging exploration of their emotions and thoughts as they relate to significant others (e.g., partner, family-of-origin members, group members, therapist); link a recurrent pattern to the present (e.g., connecting rage and battering to shame and isolation experienced in childhood); or explore how the group member feels or thinks about himself (Butler & Center for Psychotherapy Research Team, 1986; Levenson, 1995). Depending on the level of cohesiveness and perceived safety of the group, this material may be processed in the group.…”

Section: Current Explanations and Interventions For Batterersmentioning

confidence: 99%

An integrated feminist/cognitive–behavioral and psychodynamic group treatment model for men who abuse their partners.

Lawson¹,

Dawson²,

Kieffer³

et al. 2001

Psychology of Men & Masculinity

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This article describes an integrated treatment approach for partner abusers and presents pilot study results. The authors based their treatment model primarily on battering explanations drawn from social learning theory, feminist theory, and psychodynamic theory. The focus of treatment is to address the overt and identifiable links to battering with feminist/cognitive-behavioral interventions and the less discrete, early maladaptive relational models with psychodynamic therapy. Specific examples and explanations are provided to illustrate the integration process. Results of the 15-week pilot treatment program indicated that men who completed the program (n = 21) reported a reduction in physical and psychological aggression toward their partners. Interviews with a small number of partners (« = 13) indicated reduction or elimination of battering 12-24 months following completion of treatment.Couple violence continues to be a major problem in our culture. Straus (1994) held that a person is more likely to be hit or killed at home by a family member than at any other place or by any other person. In particular, 16%, or approximately 8.7 million, marital couples experience physical violence each year (Straus, 1999). However, despite growing awareness of its destructiveness and broad-based attempts to stem its occurrence through treatment and consciousness-raising, partner assault continues to

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Section: Current Explanations and Interventions For Batterersmentioning

confidence: 99%