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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Conceptual Framework and Assessment | |
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Women's Response to Battering: A Psychological Model | |
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Women's Response to Battering: The Model | |
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Case Illustrations | |
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Understanding the Nature and Pattern of Abusive Behavior | |
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Defining Abuse | |
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Strategies of Assessment | |
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Impact of Assessment Procedures | |
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Strategies to Escape, Avoid, and Survive Abuse | |
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Escape and Survival Strategies | |
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Effectiveness of Strategies | |
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Self-Defense as Survival Response | |
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Strategies of Assessment | |
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Psychological Effects of Abuse | |
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Psychology of Traumatic Response | |
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Distinctions Between Domestic Violence and Other Traumas | |
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Classification of Traumatic Effects | |
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Diagnostic Issues | |
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Strategies of Assessment | |
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Mediators of the Battered Woman's Response to Abuse | |
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The Differential Impact of Abuse | |
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Mediating Factors | |
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Strategies of Assessment | |
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Intervention | |
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The Framework for Intervention with Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence | |
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General Philosophy of Treatment | |
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Goals of Intervention | |
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Useful Techniques for Intervention | |
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Modality of Intervention | |
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Ethical and Legal Considerations | |
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Protective Interventions | |
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Recurrent Abuse/Victimization | |
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Suicide Risk | |
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Homicide Risk | |
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Acute and Severe Stress Reaction | |
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Making Choices | |
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Components of Choice Making | |
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Intervention Strategies | |
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A Final Note on Choice Making | |
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Posttraumatic Therapy: Healing the Psychological Effects of Battering | |
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The Nature of Healing | |
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Compounded Trauma: When Battering Is Not the Only Trauma | |
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Posttraumatic Therapy: Strategies for Intervention | |
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Adjunctive Therapies | |
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Issues for the Professional Working with Abuse | |
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Vicarious Traumatization | |
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Risk to the Therapist | |
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Attitudes and Values of the Professional | |
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Victimization History of the Professional | |
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Therapist's Self-Care | |
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Appendix A: Abusive Behavior Observation Checklist (ABOC) | |
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Appendix B: Questionnaires for Assessing Battered Woman's Cognitions about Violence | |
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Appendix C: Response to Violence Inventory: Strategies to Escape, Avoid, and Survive Abuse | |
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Appendix D: Normative Data from a Sample of Battered Women on Measures of Psychological Effects of Trauma | |
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Appendix E: Psychological Evaluation Report | |
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References | |
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Index | |