Violent partners : a breakthrough plan for ending the cycle of abuse / Linda G. Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, Linda G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family violence--United States.

Family violence.

Marital violence--United States.

Marital violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this groundbreaking book, Linda Mills?feminist, scholar, activist, and survivor?challenges the prevailing orthodoxies and maps out a plan to change domestic abuse treatment programs. Drawing on case studies and research from her abuse prevention programs, Mills reveals that intimate abuse is far more complex than we realize, and develops a program for healing that engages everyone caught up in a violent dynamic. Essential reading for therapists, couples, public health experts, and members of the criminal justice system, Violent Partners outlines a breakthrough approach to a major social pro

Contents:

Contents; Author's Note; Introduction; PART I A New Voice; 1. MY PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS WITH INTIMATE VIOLENCE; 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BATTERED WOMEN'S MOVEMENT Enormous Strides and Unexpected Consequences; 3. ENLARGING THE FRAME Complicating Our Perspectives on Severe Abuse; PART II A New Understanding; 4. THE ANATOMY OF INTIMATE ABUSE; 5. WHERE DOES INTIMATE ABUSE COME FROM?; 6. THE DYNAMICS OF INTIMATE ABUSE; 7. SITUATIONAL COUPLE VIOLENCE; 8. THINKING BEYOND LABELS The Odiernos and the Woodses; PART III New Approaches; 9. COUPLES COUNSELING

10. THE NEW GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT SAFE and Violence Anonymous11. THE POWER OF THE GROUP; PART IV A New Vision; 12. MY POLITICAL ENCOUNTERS WITH INTIMATE ABUSE; 13. HEALING CIRCLES; 14. PEACEMAKING CIRCLES; Conclusion: Ending the Cycle of Abuse; Acknowledgments; Resources; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-30898-X

9786612308987

0-7867-3187-7

OCLC:

773692480