Gender-inclusive treatment of intimate partner abuse a comprehensive approach

This breakthrough handbook for mental health professionals and educators offers practical, hands-on information for conducting assessments and providing treatments that take the entire family system into account. Rich with research that shows women are abusive within relationships at rates comparabl...

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Main Author: Hamel, John (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Springer Pub c2005.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Springer series on family violence.
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Summary:This breakthrough handbook for mental health professionals and educators offers practical, hands-on information for conducting assessments and providing treatments that take the entire family system into account. Rich with research that shows women are abusive within relationships at rates comparable to men, the book eschews the field's reliance on traditional domestic violence theory and treatment, which favors violence interventions for men and victim services for women and ignores the dynamics of the majority of violent relationships. Thus, the author identifies and measures protocols that
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (329 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-294) and index.
ISBN:9780826197368