ABSTRACT
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been identified as a significant public health problem that impacts millions of men and women in communities across the United States. The authors describe how one Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) utilizes a contemporary integrative approach (i.e., contextual IPV framework) in a specialty mental health clinic focused on treatment and prevention of IPV. This framework values psychosocial rehabilitation and a veteran-centered approach in IPV-related treatment, reduces stigma and shame connected with use and/or experience of IPV while simultaneously holding individuals accountable for their behavior, and creates a therapeutic context that allows for comprehensive assessment, systemic conceptualization, and collaborative treatment planning. The authors provide an overview of the clinic and present three clinical cases to illustrate how the contextual IPV framework is utilized in this setting. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
Subject(s)
Behavior Therapy/methods , Couples Therapy/methods , Intimate Partner Violence/prevention & control , Psychiatric Rehabilitation/methods , Shame , Social Stigma , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/rehabilitation , United States Department of Veterans Affairs , Veterans , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Object Attachment , United StatesABSTRACT
This study drew upon the knowledge base of member practitioners of the American Psychological Association (APA) to develop a taxonomy of helpful and harmful practices for treatment with boys and men. Four hundred seventy-five APA-member practitioners solicited from practice-related divisions provided responses to 4 open-ended questions about helpful and harmful practices in working with boys and men. Ten themes emerged from qualitative analyses. Beneficial and sensitive practices included addressing gender socialization and gender-sensitive issues as they apply to boys and men in psychological practice. Harmful practices included biased practices, stereotypes, and a lack of awareness and training around gender and diversity issues as they apply to boys and men. We discuss the specific themes that emerged from analysis of the responses, how these findings are situated within previous work examining helpful and harmful practices, limitations to the study, suggestions for research, and implications for training psychologists.
