The author describes and advocates a sequential approach to treatment of domestic abuse starting with commitment to nonviolence, anger management, transformation in attitudes about power and control, and proceeding to marital and family therapy when appropriate. Group intervention strategies with this approach are presented. A schema for understanding the power and control cycles and a positive alternative model based on mutual love and respect are outlined.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AdamsD. (1989). Feminist-based interventions for battering men. In CaesarP. L., & HambergerL. K. (Eds.), Treating men who batter: Theory, practice, and programs.New York: Springer Publishing.
2.
BernE. H., & BernL. L. (1984). A group program for men who commit violence towards their wives. Social Work with Groups, 7(1), 63–77.
3.
CaesarP. L., & HambergerL. K. (1989). Treating men who batter: Theory, practice, and programs.New York: Springer Publishing.
4.
CarlsonB. E. (1984). Causes and maintenance of domestic violence: An ecological analysis. Social Service Review, 58, 569–587.
5.
DobashR., & DobashR. (1979). Violence against wives.New York: Free Press.
6.
EdlesonJ. L. (1984). Working with men who batter. Social Work, 29, 237–242.
7.
EisikovitsZ. C., & EdlesonJ. L. (1989). Intervening with men who batter: A critical review of the literature. Social Service Review, 63, 384–414.
8.
EllisA. (1977). Anger: How to live with and without it.Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press.
9.
FinnJ. (1985). Men's domestic violence treatment groups: A statewide survey. Social Work with Groups, 8(3), 81–94.
10.
GoldsteinA. P., & RosenbaumA. (1982). Aggress less: How to turn anger and aggression into positive action.Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
11.
GondolfE. W. (1985). Fighting for control: A clinical assessment of men who batter. Social Casework, 66, 48–54.
12.
HotalingG. T., & SugarmanD. B. (1986). An analysis of risk markers in husband to wife violence: The current state of knowledge. Violence and Victims, 1, 101–124.
13.
NovacoR. W. (1978). Anger and coping with stress: Cognitive behavior interventions. In ForeytJ. P., & RathjenD. P. (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy: Research and applications.New York: Plenum Press.
14.
NovacoR. W. (1985). Anger and its therapeutic regulation. In ChesneyM. A., & RosenmanR. H. (Eds.), Anger and hostility in cardiovascular and behavior disorders.New York: Hemisphere Publishing.
15.
PenceE. (1989). Batterer programs: Shifting from community collusion to community confrontation. In CaesarP. L., & HambergerL. K. (Eds.), Treating men who batter: Theory, practice, and programs.New York: Springer Publishing.
16.
PenceE., & PaymarM. (1986). Power and control: Tactics of men who batter.Duluth, MN: Minnesota Program Development, Inc.
17.
RoyM. (1982). The abusive partner.New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
18.
SaundersD. G. (1989). Cognitive and behavioral interventions with men who batter: Application and outcome. In CaesarP. L., & HambergerL. K. (Eds.), Treating men who batter: Theory, practice, and programs.New York: Springer Publishing.
19.
SaundersD. G., & HanusaD. (1986). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of men who batter: The short-term effects of group therapy. Journal of Family Violence, 1, 357–372.
20.
ScherM., & StevensM. (1987). Men and violence. Journal of Counseling and Development, 65, 351–355.
21.
SonkinD. J., & DurphyM. (1989). Learning to live without violence: A handbook for men.Volcano, CA: Volcano Press.
22.
SonkinD. J.MartinD., & WalkerL. E. A. (1985). The male batterer: A treatment approach.New York: Springer Publishing.
23.
StuartR. B. (1980). Helping couples change.New York: Guilford Press.
24.
WeisingerH. (1985). Dr. Weisinger's anger work-out book.New York: Quill.
