Trauma-Informed Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence
Information
Date & Time
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Explain the social information processing model for intimate partner violence.
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Discuss two core themes underlying trauma and relationship conflict.
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Discuss two strategies for motivating those who use intimate partner violence to increase their engagement in the therapy process.
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Discuss at least one example of scientific evidence for the Strength at Home intervention program.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this program is to increase understanding of IPV and trauma-informed IPV treatment.
Description
This program will focus on the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV) in trauma-exposed populations. The speaker will discuss the etiology of IPV, with a particular focus on how trauma may influence the ways in which we process social information. This discussion will also focus on common risk factors for IPV, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, and core themes that may underlie trauma and IPV, such as trust, self-esteem, power and control, and guilt and shame. The discussion then shifts to a discussion of one trauma-informed IPV intervention, Strength at Home, and the scientific evidence for its use.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Casey T. Taft, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at the National Center for PTSD in the VA Boston Healthcare System, and Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Taft was the 2009 Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award winner from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma. He has served as Principal Investigator on funded grants focusing on understanding and preventing partner violence through the National Institute of Mental Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Defense, the Blue Shield Foundation of California, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. He was the primary developer of the Strength at Home program to prevent intimate partner violence, with current grants to implement the program within the VA and in military settings as well as a pilot grant to adapt and evaluate the program for civilians. Dr. Taft is on the Editorial Boards of five journals and has published over 120 academic articles and a book on trauma-informed partner violence intervention, published by the American Psychological Association.
Financially Sponsored By
- APA Division 18: Psychologists in Public Service