During your treatment program, think of yourself as a scientist who is experimenting with different formulas to find the successful combination to reach your goals. Most people have a patterned way of thinking and behaving. If you are not comfortable with your current reality or you find that you are running into trouble, then it’s time to consider making a change. A successful scientist won’t continue to combine the same compounds and expect a different result. During this program, allow yourself to be a curious observer, let go of judgment, and practice a new way of being.

E M A P is the second edition of the Emotionally Intelligent Batterer Intervention program. E M A P is a comprehensive, trauma-informed treatment program for intimate partner violence. This participant workbook is also a self-help guide for high-conflict couples. Research shows that shame is highly correlated with domestic abuse, and many individuals enter treatment overwhelmed and defeated by shame. With a strong emphasis on compassion, curiosity, and accountability, E M A P teaches self-acceptance, mindfulness, and impulse control. Accountability is a tool used to strengthen self-esteem and regulate emotion. Participants learn to identify and override harmful thinking patterns while healing old wounds. Individuals become vulnerable, transparent, and authentic as they develop an internal locus of control through powerful cognitive restructuring techniques. Participants express feeling grounded and empowered as they learn to slow down through mindfulness training. This program promotes healthy boundaries, assertiveness skills, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, empathy, and responsible parenting. E M A P exceeds the standard level of care for domestic violence treatment programs ranging from 24 to 52 weeks in length. For female group treatment, use Mindful Workbook for Women. For more information on program implementation and bulk purchase orders, go to facebook.com/treatment.program/

Emotionally Intelligent Anger Management is a comprehensive, cognitive behavioral group workbook. Adapted from the highly effective Emotionally Intelligent Batterer Intervention program, this manual utilizes evidence-based practices for emotional regulation. Powerful cognitive restructuring techniques help individuals override harmful thinking patterns while healing old wounds. Participants who complete this program express feeling free from the heavy burden of their unhealthy coping strategies. This comprehensive manual allows participants to review valuable material between groups, complete homework assignments, and integrate core concepts. As individuals learn to turn toward themselves with acceptance and compassion, they no longer need their protective anger shield. This program exceeds the standard level of care for anger management programs while it successfully promotes the development of healthy boundaries, assertiveness skills, conflict resolution, accountability, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness. Emotionally Intelligent Anger Management produces a deeper level of change for participants and a continuity of care among treatment providers. In addition to group treatment, this workbook is recommended as a self-help guide for individuals seeking tools for impulse control and emotional regulation.

Dialogues on the subject of domestic violence in society have been a key issue for the past few decades. This descriptive, qualitative study explored how social and emotional intelligence (SEI) content could be utilized to develop Batterers' Intervention programs (BIP) in Palm Beach and Broward counties in the state of Florida. This study addressed the central research question on how emotional intelligence content was used to improve program effectiveness for BIP, by discovering that Social and Emotional Intelligence does: (1) increase batterer self-awareness; provide (2) better case management through a hands-on approach; contribute to the (3) application of diverse communication approach; and support (4) a safe non-discriminatory environment. Through interviews with 12 facilitators and staff members at eight BIPs in Florida, the findings also expounded on what characteristics of SEI and content were most applicable to BIPs. It was then learned that: (1) SEI content is applicable for BIP programs; while (2) not all SEI content is seen in the Duluth Model approach; and lastly, there was an (3) unconscious use of SEI in BIP programs. The inclusion of emotional intelligence content can be used to reduce BIP failure by regulating that (4) the Power and Control Model does not work for BIP in Florida and by promoting the (5) ability to be creative and innovative. The results indicated that recovery is not a one-size-fits-all program.

Mindful Workbook for Women is an acceptance-based, cognitive behavioral participant workbook adapted from the Emotionally Intelligent Batterer Intervention program. This comprehensive treatment manual is also a self-help guide for high-conflict couples. Research shows that shame is highly correlated with domestic violence. Many individuals enter treatment overwhelmed and defeated by shame. With a strong emphasis on compassion, curiosity, and accountability, Mindful Workbook for Women teaches self-acceptance, empathy, and impulse control. Accountability is a tool used to strengthen self-esteem and regulate emotions. Given that the vast majority of domestic abusers suffer from a history of trauma, Mindful Workbook for Women is a trauma-informed treatment program. Participants learn to identify and override harmful thinking patterns while healing old wounds. Individuals become vulnerable, transparent, and authentic as they develop an internal locus of control through powerful cognitive restructuring techniques. Readers express feeling grounded and empowered as they learn to slow down through mindfulness training. Mindful Workbook for Women promotes healthy boundaries, assertiveness skills, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, empathy, and responsible parenting throughout the program.This workbook can be adapted for domestic violence treatment programs ranging in length from 16 to 48 weeks.

Papers from the 2002 North American Conference of Jungian Analysts and Candidates. These papers address the process of terror as it confronts us in international situations and in outbreaks of violence in homes and schools. The thirteen contributors, seasoned Jungian analysts and psychotherapists, have often faced the reality of undermining destructiveness in their work with clients. Here they offer their theoretical and therapeutic insights, drawing from their experience of the psyche's healing resources to identify the consciousness we need if we are to survive and reverse the contagion of hostility. This book provides an opportunity to learn what can inform the human spirit to prevail over the forces that threaten its integrity and compassion.

Save time and hassle! This handbook is the batterer intervention counselor's best friend! It contains all 52 weeks of curriculum necessary for providing a domestic violence intervention program. Content includes Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral techniques, and has been compiled from the most renowned domestic violence authors in the United States. Topics included are:* Cycle of Abuse* Cultural and Socialization Considerations* Anger Management* Substance Abuse* Emotional Intelligence* Grief Recovery* Family of Origin Issues* Effects on Children* Power and ControlThere are group rules, progress notes, leader guides, personal recovery exercises and homework assignments provided within this curriculum-based, reproducible counselor's handbook.

This provocative book presents a strengths-based framework that challenges negative stereotypes about battered women. The volume also outlines ways to improve research, risk assessment, and safety planning.

Alternatives to Domestic Violence, fifth edition, is an interactive treatment workbook designed for use with a wide variety of accepted curricula for intimate partner violence intervention programs. The new edition adds and revises the exercises and stories in every chapter, covering important areas including respect and accountability, maintaining positive relationships, parenting, substance abuse, and sexuality. Innovative chapters explore parenting, religion, communication, and substance abuse, and deepen readers’ understanding of controlling behavior. Chapters incorporate discussion of digital and internet-based abuse, and a new "Voice of My Partner" exercise has been added to core chapters to encourage group members to explore the impact of their behavior and learn and practice empathy-focused skills. Continuing the tradition of past editions, this edition not only focuses on the content of a good BIPP curriculum, but it also stresses the group process elements that form the backbone of any quality approach. Intimate partner violence group leaders and members will find this workbook to be a vital resource for adopting new strategies to lead a life of cooperation and shared power.

Understanding Domestic Violence not only highlights and reexamines the different challenges that we continue to face in effectively addressing issues of domestic violence but provides innovated approaches to interventions that are more in keeping with the complex nature of domestic violence. This book provides a comprehensive and multifaceted examination of conditions and factors involved in domestic violence, including psychological, sociocultural, sociopolitical, and socioeconomic issues. The authors look at domestic violence through the trauma lens and intersectionality to develop intervention strategies within that context. Statistics and clinical examples from the field highlight unique culturally-based issues related to domestic violence among Latino, African American, and Arab Muslim communities, issues with woman perpetrators, and violence in the LGBTQ community, to name a few. In the end, Understanding Domestic Violence offers opportunities for the reader to engage in further discussion of the poignant issues discussed in the book, with the invitation to become part of the solution.