Healthcare Training Institute - Quality Education since 1979
CE for Psychologist, Social Worker, Counselor, & MFT!!

Course Learning Objectives/Outcomes

By the end of the course, the Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist will be able to:
-Name three attitudes of men who are perpetrators of IPV.
-List four advantages of group therapy.
-Identify three stages of batterer intervention programs.
-List three risk factors regarding intimate partner violence.
-List four points that clients may use to prevent violence in their relationships.
-Describe four types of abusers.
-Explain two denial strategies that male perpetrators use.
-Discuss four motivators of shame among male batterers.
-Name four aspects regarding marital violence linked to change.
-Name four motives in goal setting for male batterers.
-Name two questions that are effective in facilitating goal setting in male batterers.
-Name three problems in therapy for intimate partner violence.
-Name three areas in which children from violent homes show a cognitive deficiency regarding the processing of social information.
-Explain what area did 48% of the women in the Sonders and Hanusa study report to be the area of most positive change by their abusive partner.
-Explain how is an objective response such as “my spouse is late” inappropriately labeled, in the case of the female spouse coming home late.
-Name three samples of “rational learning themes” you might look for in your next session to be reinforced with your client.
-Name one way Lee emphasizes small changes.
-Explain why does Tong feel psychoeducation and solution-focused approaches are most appropriate when working with Chinese batterers.


"The instructional level of this course is introductory, intermediate, or advanced depending on the learners clinical area of expertise."