Spouse Abuse: Assessing and Treating Battered Women, Batterers, and Their Children
Harway (Antioch U., Santa Barbara; Fielding Graduate Institute) and Hansen's (psychology, Pennsylvania State U.) text provides hands-on training for clinicians at a variety of levels about how to assess and intervene with individuals and families experiencing spouse abuse. The second edition reports the latest information since publication of the first edition 11 years ago about the prevalence and seriousness of the problem, and provides additional guidelines on how to conduct an assessment...
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AcknowledgmentsiiiPreface to the Second Editionv1What Kinds of Families Are Violent?1How Common Is Violence in the Family?1How Serious Is Spousal Violence?3Context Within Which Battering Occurs4Who Seeks Treatment?5Working With Families Experiencing Spousal Abuse7Case Example 1Susan and George82How Much Do You Know About Spousal Abuse?11Self-Quiz12Self-Quiz Answers16Detailed Answers203Assessment of Spouse Abuse33Assessing the Woman for Spouse Abuse34Does Violence Exist?34How Dangerous Is the Violence?41How Severely Affected Is the Client?42Assessing the Batterer for Spouse Abuse42Assessing a Couple for Violence46Assessing Children for the Effects of Spousal Abuse49Exploration of Factors49Impact on Development52Young Children (Preschoolers)54School-Aged Children (Ages 6-12)55Adolescents (Teenagers)55Emotional Disturbances56A Last Word on Assessment594Treatment of Spouse Abuse61The Individual Woman61Crisis Intervention61Short-Term Counseling64Long-Term Counseling65Case Example: Catherine66The Therapy67Establishing Goals in Working With Battered Women67Therapy for the Batterer68Crisis Intervention70Short-Term and Long-Term Counseling72Case Example: Mark73The Therapy73Therapy With the Couple73Beginning Couple's Therapy: Treatment Goals74Later Therapy: Treatment Goals74Case Example: Joe and Bonnie75The Therapy76Therapy With Children76Individual Treatment Approaches77Group Therapy Approaches77Parent/Child Interventions78Case Example: Bill79The Therapy79Summary805A Final Word on Spouse Abuse81References85Subject Index95
