STOP Domestic Violence: Innovative Skills, Techniques, Options, and Plans for Better Relationships: Group Leader's Manual

by David B. Wexler

A revision of the highly successful Domestic Violence 2000 , this comprehensive treatment program for domestic violence offenders is an all-in-one manual for therapists, social workers, and other counselors. The manual teaches group leaders how to effectively and successfully administer Wexler’s internationally-recognized program by integrating cognitive behavioral skills and a client-centered, skill-building approach that emphasizes respect for the offender himself.Treatment providers will find the open-ended 26-week psychoeducational treatment model―packed with new and innovative specific skills-training exercises, handouts, and homework―easily adaptable to different settings. Its structured interventions, clear guidelines, and philosophical orientation are neatly presented in five Foundations, Special Program Sessions, Group Self-Management, Group Relationship Skills, and Standard Forms. The accompanying workbook and the skills learned from the CD-ROM exercises are invaluable take-home resources for the group members, fully engaging the abusive male in his own education and healing process.

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

David B. Wexler, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Relationship Training Institute, an organization designed to help couples and especially men who are having problems in relationships.