Up to 65% of couples who seek therapy for marital problems have had at least one violent episode.
Unfortunately, therapists often miss this information because they do not effectively assess for it.
This book presents a safety-focused approach to assessment and treatment of couples who choose to remain together after one or both partners have been violent.
Since 1997 the authors have been conducting Domestic Violence Focused Couples Treatment (DVFCT), collecting data, and refining the program with the goal of helping couples eliminate all forms of violence and begin on a positive path toward their vision of a healthy relationship.
About the Author Sandra M.
Stith, Ph D, LCMFT, is a professor and director of the marriage and family therapy program at Kansas State University.
Her primary research interest is in understanding and treating intimate partner violence.
She has edited three books on the subject, including Understanding Partner Violence: Prevalence, Causes, Consequences and Solutions, coedited with Dr.
Murray Straus, and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence.
She publishes widely in the professional literature and has received funding, with Drs.
Mc Collum and Rosen, from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test a couple's treatment program for intimate partner violence.
Stith has worked with the U.
Air Force Family Advocacy Program since 1998, managing and conducting a variety of family violence-related research projects.
In 2004 she received the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's Outstanding Contribution to Marriage and Family Therapy Award, and in 2007 she received the American Family Therapy Association's Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research Award and Kansas State University's Distinguished Alumni Award.
Eric E.
Mc Collum, Ph D, LCSW, LMFT, is a professor in and program director of the marriage and family therapy master's program at Virginia Tech.
He had a 15-year clinical career, including 12 years as a.
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