From Coercion to Collaboration: Strength-Based Interventions for Military Couples

Experiencing Domestic Violence

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1This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Family

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Today’s Presenters:Adrienne Baggs, PhD• Assistant Professor at Argosy University Denver

• Mental health counselor and a restorative yoga teacher.

• Passionate about contributing to a more holistic paradigm in the mental health field and counselor education arena.

• Earned her doctoral degree at the University of Florida where she explored strength-based, holistic therapeutic approaches as well as spiritual issues in counseling.

• Current research: 1) Exploring how restorative yoga can mitigate the adverse effects of trauma and 2) The psychology of suffering.

• Adrienne presented in a previous MFLN Family Development webinar (https://learn.extension.org/events/1879) on Wellness Strategies, Burnout Prevention and Mindfulness.

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Today’s Presenters:Bridgette Schossow, MA, LPC, CACII • Certified addictions counselor and licensed professional counselor with specialization

interest in intimate partner violence (IPV).  

• Currently working on a doctorate in counseling education and supervision with a dissertation to be completed on IPV related issues.

• Served as a victim advocate to an offender treatment agency.  

• Currently developing and chairing the IPV committee in the American Counseling Association division of the International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors.

• Served as secretary and president with the Metro Denver Domestic Violence Alliance, a local association of IPV offender treatment providers. Bridgette has attended numerous trainings and conferences addressing both victim and perpetrator issues involving IPV.  

• Spoke on IPV and manipulative grooming behaviors at the regional conference for the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES) as well as poster presentation on the same at the Colorado Counseling Association conference.  

• Currently developing a webinar for IPV issues on the college campus and is working on a program for children who have experienced IPV and are not currently receiving services through victim shelters.

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Adrienne Baggs, PhD

Bridgette Schossow, LPC, CAC II

From Coercion to Collaboration:

Strength-based Interventions for Military Couples Experiencing Domestic Violence

The following presentation is not endorsed by the Department of Defense and the information, as well as any opinions or views, contained herein are solely that of the presenter.

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• What are your clinical values related to your work in domestic violence?

• What lingering bias do you have related to issues of domestic violence?

• What are your reactions to exploring how victims contribute to the cycle of domestic violence (e.g., co-dependency tendencies)?

Turning Inward

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• How does it feel inside when you empathize with the perpetrator?

• How does it feel inside when you empathize with the victim?

• What do you notice about the difference within?

Turning Inward

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• Feminist Theory • Socio-cognitive Theory

• Psychopathology

Do the differing theoretical approaches impact the treatment of the victim, perpetrator, and family?

Exploring Approaches to IPV

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• The driving force for getting Intimate Partner Violence “on the map”

• Patriarchal feminist theoretical perspective• Power and Control Wheel• Gender inequality

• Oppression feminist theoretical perspective• Social inequality (e.g., gender, race, socioeconomic status, class, sexual

orientation)

• Psychoeducational therapeutic approaches

• ( M c P h a i l , B u s h , K u l k a r n i , & R i c e , 2 0 0 7 )

Feminist Theory

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• Social learning theory

• Intergenerational transmission of abusive patterns

• Cognitive processing dysfunction• Inability to learn healthy relationship patterns• Healthy communication• Unrealistic expectations

• Treatment approaches• Cognitive restructuring • Anger management • Timeouts

( B a n d u r a , 1 9 7 9 )

Socio-cognitive Theory

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• Typologies

• Personality disorder traits• Narcissism • Antisocial• Borderline

• Other mental health issues• Depression• Bipolar

Psychopathology

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• The complexities of human interaction as perceived through mechanical cogs

• Ecological systems • Individual as a system• Connected through

cybernetics

EXPLORING NEW LENSES

ZOOMING OUT ON DV TREATMENT

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The strong Medical Model current

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“Despite counseling psychology’s long history of human strengths and positive development, the

empirical study of therapies that focus on positive aspects of traditional therapies, have

sadly been neglected”

( G e l s o & Wo o d h o u s e , 2 0 0 3 , p p . 1 9 5 - 1 9 6 )

STRENGTHS-BASED COUNSELING

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• Main focus: Amplifying strengths (as opposed to diagnosing problems)

• The core aspects of strength-based counseling align and overlap well with traditional psychotherapy approaches.

Strength-Based Counseling

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• Cyrus is a 28 year old veteran who has entered into court-ordered therapy for charges related to intimate partner violence. Cyrus’ mother died when he was 10 at which point his father raised him with a very authoritarian parenting style. Cyrus has struggled with alcohol abuse in the past and was intoxicated at the time of arrest. He has a passion for barbering, currently works in a Barber Shop, and is seeking additional training in this career.

• Cyrus’ wife, Sage, is a 25 year old pre-school teacher. She is currently seeing her own counselor at this time, and she and Cyrus are l iving separately. She is the primary caregiver for their 6-year-old boy who has recently started having temper tantrums at school. Sage was sexually abused at the age of 12.

Case Study

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• Amplification of Strengths

• Strength-oriented Processes

• Strength-oriented Outcomes

• Positive Meaning Making

• Contextual Considerations( S c h e e l , D a v i s , H e n d e r s o n , 2 0 1 2 )

STRENGTHS-BASED TECHNIQUES

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• Discovering the exceptions

• Encouragement

• Therapist identifies and highlights clients strengths

( S c h e e l , D a v i s , H e n d e r s o n , 2 0 1 2 )

AMPLIFICATION OF STRENGTHS

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• Processes that utilize the therapeutic relationship for strength discovery (e.g., asking a client to identify their own strengths)

( S c h e e l , D a v i s , H e n d e r s o n , 2 0 1 2 )

STRENGTHS-ORIENTED PROCESSES

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• Hope and Empowerment

• Self-awareness

• Goals and motivation( S c h e e l , D a v i s , H e n d e r s o n , 2 0 1 2 )

STRENGTH-ORIENTED OUTCOMES

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• Finding a balance between strengths and problems

• Explore the use of metaphor to identify strengths

• Promoting resiliency ( S c h e e l , D a v i s , H e n d e r s o n , 2 0 1 2 )

POSITIVE MEANING MAKING

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• Discovering the exceptions

• Encouragement

• Therapist identifies and highlights clients strengths

• Generalizing strengths

• Reframing “deficits”( S c h e e l , D a v i s , H e n d e r s o n , 2 0 1 2 )

CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATIONS

COMING FULL CIRCLE

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Key Take-Away Applications

Identify ways to implement strength-based techniques into clinical practice

Discuss the purpose of “leaning inward”

Explore theoretical approaches to IPV

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CE Credit Information• Webinar participants who want to receive 1.5 NASW CE Credits and/or 1.5 Georgia

Marriage and Family Therapy CE Credits (or just want proof participation in the training) need to take this evaluation AND post-test:

https://vte.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4Hsa9gnUi4NUXpr• CE Certificates of completion will be automatically emailed to participants upon completion

of the evaluation & post-test. Questions/concerns surrounding the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

CE credit certificates can be sent to: MFLNfamilydevelopment@gmail.com Sometimes state/professional licensure boards for fields other than social work

recognize NASW CE credits. Check with your state and/or professional boards if you need CE Credits for your field.

• To learn more about obtaining CE Credits, please visit this website: http

://blogs.extension.org/militaryfamilies/family-development/professional-development/nasw-ce-credits/

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of Family Readiness Policy, U.S. Department of Defense under Award Numbers 2012-48755-20306 and 2014-48770-22587.