Evidence-Based Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse:
A Workshop for Mental Health Professionals, Batterer Intervention Providers and Victim Advocates
Trainings Live or Zoom-Based Arranged at Your Convenience
(One-Day Workshop Also Available)
Presented by: John Hamel, Ph.D., LCSW • johnmhamel@comcast.net • www.JohnHamel.net
16 CEUs available for MFTs, LCSW’s and BIPs (California PCE 3921)
First Day
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration
8:30 – 10:30
Current Models of Partner Abuse Policy and Treatment
- Definitions of abuse
- Show short film of classic male abuse perpetration
- Overview of the current paradigm
- Paradigm strengths and limitations
- Show short film of female abuse perpetration
10:30 – 12:15
Research, Part I
- Evidence-based practice
- Physical abuse prevalence rates
- Exercise: Which is Worse?
- Sexual and emotional abuse and control
- The context of abuse: Unidirectional vs. bidirectional
- The context of abuse: Motivation and initiation
12:15 – 1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 3:15
Research, Part II
- Partner abuse in ethnic minority and LGBT populations
- Partner abuse worldwide
- Risk factors
- Show short film featuring Joe Torre
- Impact of abuse on victims and families
3:15 – 5:15
Assessment
- Research on risk assessment
- Diagnostic considerations
- Handout and Exercise: Who’s the Dominant Aggressor?
- Exercise: What is the Well-Intended Motive?
- Perpetrator typologies
- Handout: Assessment Protocol and Questionnaires
5:15 – 5:30
Wrap-up
Second Day
8:30 – 10:30
Treatment Basics
- Research on Prevention and Treatment
- The evolution towards evidence-based practice
- Handout and Exercise: Who’s the Victim and Who’s the Perpetrator?
- A systemic, evidence-based approach
- Goals in perpetrator treatment
- Basic treatment options
- Phases of treatment
- Handout: Battering Dynamics; Exercise: Richie
10:30 – 12:15
Group Work with Perpetrators
- Research on perpetrator treatment
- Results of Hamel & Buttell national survey
- Proposed standards for mandatory treatment
- John Hamel & Associates: Main features
- Curriculum modules
- Handout: Facilitator Guidelines
- Handout: Client Workbook; Exercise: Messages Send and Received
12:15 – 1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 3:15
Working with victims
- Research on victim interventions
- Treatment emphasis
- Five phases of intervention
- Show short film of lesbian abuse
- Working with underserved populations
- Handout: Victim safety plan and community resources
3:15 – 5:15
Family Interventions
- Reasons and preconditions for couples and family therapy
- Handout: Mutual Abuse Dynamics
- Couples therapy: Phases I and II
- Handout: Fair Fighting Principles
- Couples therapy: Phase III
- Family therapy
- Handout and Exercise: Family Therapy Case Studies
5:15 – 5:30
Wrap-Up