Spouse Abuse: Assessing and Treating Battered Women, Batterers, and Their Children Book

	Acknowledgments	iii
	Preface to the Second Edition	v
1	What Kinds of Families Are Violent?	1
	How Common Is Violence in the Family?	1
	How Serious Is Spousal Violence?	3
	Context Within Which Battering Occurs	4
	Who Seeks Treatment?	5
	Working With Families Experiencing Spousal Abuse	7
Case Example 1	Susan and George	8
2	How Much Do You Know About Spousal Abuse?	11
	Self-Quiz	12
	Self-Quiz Answers	16
	Detailed Answers	20
3	Assessment of Spouse Abuse	33
	Assessing the Woman for Spouse Abuse	34
	Does Violence Exist?	34
	How Dangerous Is the Violence?	41
	How Severely Affected Is the Client?	42
	Assessing the Batterer for Spouse Abuse	42
	Assessing a Couple for Violence	46
	Assessing Children for the Effects of Spousal Abuse	49
	Exploration of Factors	49
	Impact on Development	52
	Young Children (Preschoolers)	54
	School-Aged Children (Ages 6-12)	55
	Adolescents (Teenagers)	55
	Emotional Disturbances	56
	A Last Word on Assessment	59
4	Treatment of Spouse Abuse	61
	The Individual Woman	61
	Crisis Intervention	61
	Short-Term Counseling	64
	Long-Term Counseling	65
	Case Example: Catherine	66
	The Therapy	67
	Establishing Goals in Working With Battered Women	67
	Therapy for the Batterer	68
	Crisis Intervention	70
	Short-Term and Long-Term Counseling	72
	Case Example: Mark	73
	The Therapy	73
	Therapy With the Couple	73
	Beginning Couple's Therapy: Treatment Goals	74
	Later Therapy: Treatment Goals	74
	Case Example: Joe and Bonnie	75
	The Therapy	76
	Therapy With Children	76
	Individual Treatment Approaches	77
	Group Therapy Approaches	77
	Parent/Child Interventions	78
	Case Example: Bill	79
	The Therapy	79
	Summary	80
5	A Final Word on Spouse Abuse	81
	References	85
	Subject Index	95