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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825111003321

Autore

Hamel John

Titolo

Gender-inclusive treatment of intimate partner abuse : a comprehensive approach / / John Hamel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2005

ISBN

0-8261-9736-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Springer series on family violence

Disciplina

616.85/822

Soggetti

Intimate partner abuse

Family psychotherapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Assessments -- Domestic violence today -- Issues and problems in DV assessment -- Conducting DV assessments -- Special considerations in DV assessment -- Treatment -- General features -- The treatment plan -- Group work -- Family interventions.

Sommario/riassunto

This breakthrough handbook for mental health professionals and educators offers practical, hands-on information for conducting assessments and providing treatments that take the entire family system into account. Rich with research that shows women are abusive within relationships at rates comparable to men, the book eschews the field's reliance on traditional domestic violence theory and treatment, which favors violence interventions for men and victim services for women and ignores the dynamics of the majority of violent relationships. Thus, the author identifies and measures protocols that