Interventions for Leaving the Violent Relationship (LVR)

Course overview

Topics included in this course are: assessing pre-somatoform risk behaviors, role of the irresponsible child, psychological control vs. leaving; mental diagnosis, physical handicap, and leaving; the double bind; Tonia's anger letter; feeling sorry for their batterer; survival until she leaves; hurdling road blocks to leaving; leaving addictive love; life preservers; emotional getaways; hidden fears; Developmental vs. Medical Paradigms in Violent Relationships; Battered Women as Crisis Managers; Influence of Crisis Origins on Crisis Resolution; Primal Beliefs about Anger; Malevolent Transformation from Hurt to Hate; Automatic Framing: Conditional Anger Beliefs; Common Myths about Violent Relationships; A Social Psychological Analysis of Violent Behavior; Improving Clinical Prediction of Violence: Environmental Approaches; Prediction of Wife Assault; Double Jeopardy: Victims of Domestic Violence Face Twice the Abuse; Domestic Violence in the Workplace.