Responding to Family Violence: A Comprehensive, Research-Based Guide for Therapists

by Christine E. Murray, Kelly N. Graves

The comprehensive theory- and research-based guidelines provided in this text help answer the personal and professional questions therapists have as they provide competent clinical treatment to clients who have experienced family violence. It presents academic, scholarly, and statistical terms in an accessible and user-friendly way, with useful take-away points for practitioners such as clarifying contradictory findings, summarizing major research-based implications and guidelines, and addressing the unique clinical challenges faced by mental health professionals. Both professionals and students in graduate-level mental health training programs will find the presentation of information and exercises highly useful, and will appreciate the breadth of topics intimate partner violence, battering, child maltreatment and adult survivors, co-occurring substance abuse, the abuse of vulnerable populations, cultural issues, prevention, and self-care. Professionals and students alike will find that, with this book, they can help their clients overcome the significant traumas and challenges they face to let their strength and resilience shine through.

480 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Christine Murray, Ph.D., LCMHC, LMFT is the Director of the Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Previously, she served as a Professor in the UNCG Department of Counseling and Educational Development, where she coordinated the Couple and Family Counseling Track. Currently, she also directs the Healthy Relationships Initiative and is Co-Founder of the See the Triumph Campaign.

Christine is passionate about promoting healthy relationships and developing supportive resources for people who have faced unsafe, abusive relationships. This passion fuels her research, writing, public speaking, and community advocacy.

To learn more about Christine, please visit http://www.christinemurray.info/.