Intimate Partner Violence: Treatment Considerations

MFT / LCSW

1.50 - CE credit hours training

$9.38 - Cost of course

This page contains important information about the course, including training details, a comprehensive course description, learning objectives, and source references. We encourage you to review each section to gain a clear understanding of the course content, educational goals, and supporting materials before beginning your training and taking the POST TEST below.

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

Intimate Partner Violence: Treatment Considerations

Course Training

Follow the link below, read the material and then take the 12 question post test

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Intimate Partner Violence: Treatment Considerations

Post Test

12 Questions

1. From "Article 1- Safety Planning" Which of the following is a recommended component of a safety plan for individuals concerned about intimate partner violence?

a. Rehearse your escape plan until you know it by heart b. Keep the name of your partner's therapist with you at all times c. Do not involve your children in any way d. All of the above

2. From "Treatment Options for Victims": The McFarlane (2004) study found that brief phone interventions totaling one hour can effect:

a. self-esteem of intimate partner violence victims. b. a short-term reduction in the frequency of violence. c. safety promoting behaviors of intimate partner violence victims. d. a long-term reduction in the frequency of violence.

3. From "Treatment Options for Perpetrators": Which perpetrator treatment model encourages men to change from the use of behaviors on the power and control wheel to those on the equality wheel?

a. the Duluth model b. the San Diego Navy model c. the 12 step model d. the CBT model

4. From "Conjoint Treatment": In the Stith conjoint treatment model, evidence indicates that the multi-couple group therapy approach is more effective than individual couples therapy format at reducing violence recidivism.

a. True b. False

5. From "Treatment for Couples in the Community": Which of the following has empirically demonstrated reductions in intimate partner violence?

a. Goldner's Ackerman institute model b. The accountability and intimate justice approach c. The solution-focused approach d. All of the above e. None of the above

6. From "Article 2-Defining IPV": The author asserts that among couples experiencing IPV in which a partner enters substance abuse treatment, the vast majority report aggression that fit which of Johnson's three types of IPV?

a. Intimate Terrorism b. Violent Resistance c. Situational Couple Violence

7. From "Treatment Options-Treatment as Usual": IPV appears to decrease as a result of standard alcoholism treatment, particularly among patients who did not relapse in the post-treatment period.

a. True b. False

8. From "Treatment Options-Referral to Domestic Violence Intervention": The article addresses the strategy of referring substance abusing clients who have engaged in IPV. Which of the following drawbacks to this strategy are cited?

a. Referred clients tend not to use the referral for fear of legal ramifications. b. Typically there is little coordination between substance abuse and domestic violence programs. c. Most substance abusing clients who have engaged in IPV are not court-mandated and thus not as motivated. d. B and C e. All of the above

9. From "IPV Treatment Options": The Gondolf (2004) study indicates looked at women who had been victims of IPV. Women were much more inclined to return to their partners when their partners were participating in a domestic violence program.

a. True b. False

10. From "Conjoint Therapy": There is much debate whether conjoint therapy is appropriate in the context of IPV. In the three studies that compared gender-specific group therapy approaches to conjoint treatment. What was found?

a. Gender-specific group therapy demonstrated greater reductions in IPV. b. Conjoint treatment demonstrated greater reductions in IPV. c. Both types of treatment led to IPV reductions, but no group differences in levels of IPV were found. d. Neither type of treatment led to IPV reductions.

11. From "Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) for alcoholism and substance abuse: effects on IPV": Theoretically, the BCT approach relies on substance abstinence for reductions in IPV.

a. Yes b. No

12. From "Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) for alcoholism and substance abuse: effects on IPV": Is there any evidence to indicate BCT may reduce IPV even during substance lapses and relapses?

a. Yes b. No

Course Description

Improve your knowledge of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and improve your practice with this course. IPV, also referred to as spousal abuse, describes any behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological or sexual harm (World Health Organization, 2018). It includes acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviors. IPV therefore falls under the broader category of 'domestic violence', an all-encompassing term that may also refer to the abuse of children, elders, or any other family member within a household. While both males and females can be victims of IPV, women still remain more likely to be injured by partner violence than men (Whitaker et al, 2007). This course reviews the current treatments from three perspectives: that of the victim, the perpetrator and the couple who wish to remain together. Emphasis is made on the need for assessment of risk factors that might indicate a potentially lethal relationship and the importance of the diagnosis and treatment of comorbidity such as alcohol and drug use.

Learning Objectives

identify definitions and prevalence of IPV.
describe factors that may be associated with IPV.
summarize effectiveness evidence regarding the treatment of victims and perpetrators of IPV.
identify clinical guidelines for working with victims and perpetrators of IPV.

Source

Alison Heru, M.D.
Associate Professor
University of Colorado at Denver

Keith C Klostermann, Ph.D.
RTI International

MFT / LCSW