The STOP Domestic Violence Program: Group Leader's Manual (Fourth Edition)

Download or read book The STOP Domestic Violence Program: Group Leader's Manual (Fourth Edition) written by David B. Wexler and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An update to this best-selling treatment program for domestic violence abusers. The bold interventions from STOP have now been field-tested for more than thirty years among military and civilian populations—and STOP has now treated more than 50,000 domestic violence offenders. David Wexler’s program offers therapists, social workers, and other counselors a new level of sound, psychologically based interventions that reach the very men who often seem so unapproachable in a treatment setting. Treatment providers will find new sessions—based on the latest evidence-supported strategies—on insecure attachment issues, stages of change, groundbreaking results from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, normative male alexithymia, stake in conformity issues, substance abuse issues, and more. This new edition integrates twenty- four field- tested video clips to dramatically illustrate key issues for the group. Presented in a 26- or 52-week psychoeducational format, STOP is packed with updated skills, exercises, videos, handouts, and homework assignments that challenge men to examine themselves and develop new tools to manage their relationship issues. Also sold separately is The Stop Program: Handouts and Homework, additional worksheets and exercises for participants to accompany this powerful therapeutic program. Packaged as functional loose-leaf sheets, they can be added, removed, or rearranged to suit the needs of any group leader administering the program.