Ending Spouse/ Partner Abuse

A Psychoeducational Approach for Individuals and Couples

Robert Geffner, PhD. With Carol Mantooth, MS

This clinician's manual and workbook were developed to provide alternatives in the efforts to reduce the national epidemic of spouse/partner maltreatment. Geffner and Mantooth describe a model incorporating several theories and approaches of psychotherapy, while focusing on abuse as a primary issue. The program and techniques have been used and improved for more than fifteen years in programs across the country.

The clinician will receive a comprehensive intervention program that includes 26 weekly sessions that address how to initiate the foundations for therapeutic relationship; communicate and express feelings; teach self-management and assertiveness techniques; discuss intimacy issues; and implement a relapse prevention program. Each session contains brief intervention techniques handouts, homework assignments. The advantage of this approach is its flexibility. Modifications to the order in which the sessions are conducted can be made by trained clinician's to fit the needs of their clients

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

This clinician's manual and workbook contains a 26 session treatment plan to reduce partner maltreatment...includes brief intervention techniques, hand- outs, and homework assignments to help all clinicians working in the field of domestic violence...with 5 workbooks available in English or Spanish.

Robert Geffner, PhD, ABPN, is the Founder and President of the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute (and Executive Editor of the Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin) located in San Diego, CA.

He is a Clinical Research Professor of Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University. He is a Licensed Psychologist and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in CA and in TX. He is the Editor of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse and the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, and co-editor of the Journal of Emotional Abuse. He has a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology.

Carol Mantooth, MS, is the Director of the Psychoeducational and Case Workers Services at the Andrews Center, a community mental health agency in Tyler, TX.