MFLN Family Development VLE Session 2| From Coercion to Collaboration: Strenght-Based Interventions for Military Couples Experiencing Domestic Violence
VLE Session 2: This 1.5 hour webinar will explore common approaches to working with domestic violence but also introduce how they intersect with a strength-based treatment model. Presenters will provide case study examples to further highlight the techniques shared.
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MFLN Family Development VLE Session 2| From Coercion to Collaboration: Strenght-Based Interventions for Military Couples Experiencing Domestic Violence
1. From Coercion to Collaboration: Strength-
Based Interventions for Military Couples
Experiencing Domestic Violence
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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.
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6. 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 the post-test provided at the end of the webinar.
• 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 emailed 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:
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credits/
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7. 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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8. 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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9. Adrienne
Baggs, PhD
Bridgette
Schossow,
LPC, CAC II
From Coercion to
Collaboration:
Strength-based
Interventions for Military
Couples Experiencing
Domestic Violence
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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.
10. • 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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11. • 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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12. • 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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13. • 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
• (McPhail, Bush, Kulk arni, & Rice, 2007)
Feminist Theory
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14. • 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
(Bandura, 1979)
Socio-cognitive Theory
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16. • The complexities of
human interaction
as perceived
through mechanical
cogs
• Ecological systems
• Individual as a system
• Connected through
cybernetics
EXPLORING NEW LENSES
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19. “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”
(Gelso & W oodhouse, 2003, pp. 195 -1 9 6 )
STRENGTHS-BASED COUNSELING
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21. • 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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22. • 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 living 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
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Case Study
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23. • Amplification of Strengths
• Strength-oriented Processes
• Strength-oriented Outcomes
• Positive Meaning Making
• Contextual Considerations
(Scheel, Davis, Henderson, 2012)
STRENGTHS-BASED TECHNIQUES
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24. • Discovering the exceptions
• Encouragement
• Therapist identifies and highlights
clients strengths
(Schee l, Davis, Hender so n, 2012)
AMPLIFICATION OF STRENGTHS
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25. •Processes that utilize the
therapeutic relationship for strength
discovery (e.g., asking a client to
identify their own strengths)
(Schee l, Davis, Hender so n, 2012)
STRENGTHS-ORIENTED PROCESSES
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26. • Hope and Empowerment
• Self-awareness
• Goals and motivation
(Schee l, Davis, Hender so n, 2012)
STRENGTH-ORIENTED OUTCOMES
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27. • Finding a balance between strengths
and problems
• Explore the use of metaphor to
identify strengths
• Promoting resiliency
(Scheel, Davis, Henderson, 2012)
POSITIVE MEANING MAKING
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28. • Discovering the exceptions
• Encouragement
• Therapist identifies and highlights clients
strengths
• Generalizing strengths
• Reframing “deficits”
(Schee l, Davis, Hender so n, 2012)
CONTEXTUAL CONSIDERATIONS
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30. 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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31. 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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33. October 22nd @ 11am Eastern
Session 3| Beyond Mandated Reporting: Building Resiliency with Families
https://learn.extension.org/events/2171
October 29th @ 11am Eastern
Session 4| What’s on the Web? Family Violence Resource Tool Kit
https://learn.extension.org/events/2172
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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.
Editor's Notes
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