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New Techniques for Working with Abusive Families

by Cloe Madanes, Ph.D. with James P. Keim, LCSW-C & Dinah Smelser, LCSW

CE Credits: 8 hours

Book and Test: $95

Test Only: $80

Provides a model of treatment designed to help the offender take full responsibility for his violent acts and alleviate the physical and emotional pain of the victim. Describes guidelines for a step-by-step therapeutic process for working with clients who have committed child abuse, marital violence, incest or juvenile sexual crimes. Identifies ways to implement safeguards to prevent future violence in the family. (206 pp.)

Cloe Madanes, PhD, is the director of the Family Therapy Institute of Washington, D.C. in Rockville, Maryland. A distinguished authority on marital and family relationships, she is an author, lecturer, consultant, and workshop leader. Her books Strategic Family Therapy, Behind the One-Way Mirror, Sex, Love, and Violence and the Secret Meaning of Money have been published in more than six languages.

Contents Include:

Introduction
A Therapy of Social Action
The Caged Animal
The Knife in Her Heart
Steps in the Therapy of Adult Sex Offenders
The Juvenile Sex Offender
Abusive Husbands
Judges' and Therapists' Mistakes
The Past

Number of Test Questions:

60 objective, 1 discussion question

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

describe the basic tenets of a therapy of social action.
recognize the physical, emotional and spiritual pain of the victim.
help the offender take responsibility for his violent acts.
identify guidelines for a step-by-step therapeutic process for working with clients who have committed incest, child abuse, juvenile sexual crimes or marital violence.
develop safeguards to prevent future violence in the family.

Level:

This course is appropriate for all levels of experience, including beginning, intermediate and advanced practitioners.

Target Audience:

Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists who work with domestic violence.