It Could Happen to Anyone: Working with Victims/Survivors of Domestic Abuse
Presented by Alyce LaViolette, MS, MFT on 06-23-2023 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific (12:30 p.m. Eastern) to 11:30 a.m. Pacific (2:30 p.m. Eastern)
Domestic violence is a widespread issue in the United States, with as many as one in four women and one in nine mine experiencing domestic abuse.
In this 2-hour continuing education webinar for therapists, Alyce LaViolette, MS, MFT will differentiate types of abuse people may experience, explain coercive control, and examine possible gender differences in victims' experiences and responses to domestic abuse/intimate partner violence.
Ms. LaViolette will share case examples to look at successful ways clinicians can work with people who have experienced domestic violence that include cognitive-behavioral techniques, use of film, and use of "homework." She will also explain therapeutic strategies for working effectively with a client's feelings of shame.
This introductory continuing education web conference is designed to help mental health professionals:
- Define coercive control.
- Explain at least three common reasons why victims, particularly female victims, stay in abusive relationships.
- Describe at least two successful therapuetic strategies to intervene with people experiencing domestic violence.
Statement of accuracy, utility, and common risks: This course is based on peer-reviewed and experience-based research and information. There is a need for a trained professional to utilize the information responsibly and realize that it is only part of the picture. A reference list will be provided by the presenter.
Declaration identifying any potential conflict of interest and/or commercial support: The presenter has no conflicts of interest/commercial interests to declare.
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Continuing Education (CE) Information
2 CE contact hours will be provided by GoodTherapy for attending this web conference in its entirety.
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Meet the Presenter
Alyce LaViolette, MS, MFT
Alyce LaViolette is a pioneer in the field of intimate partner violence and anger. She began her work with victims of abuse in 1978 and founded Alternatives to Violence, one of the first programs in the country to work with perpetrators of family violence in 1979.
Ms. LaViolette speaks and trains nationally and internationally. She is on the State Department's Speakers' Bureau, and most recently spent time in Vietnam working with community advocates, NGOs, Law Enforcement, the media, and the Communist government to create programs that will impact family violence. She is currently providing a virtual series in Japan covering gender issues, sexual harassment, work with victims and perpetrators or domestic violence, and parenting in violent or high conflict couples.
Ms. LaViolette has written articles for peer-reviewed journals, a booklet entitled "Battered Women, Power and Family Systems Therapy," a parenting curriculum with Jane Shatz called "For Our Children," and one of Sage Publication's best-selling books, It Could Happen to Anyone: Why Battered Women Stay.
Ms. LaViolette has been in private practice since 1984 and has practices in Long Beach and West Los Angeles. She works with high-conflict couples, individuals, and families and also does group therapy. She consults with individual therapists and groups. Ms. LaViolette also provides expert testimony in criminal, family court, civil, and federal cases.
You can learn more about Ms. LaViolette and her work by visiting alycelaviolette.com.
Continuing Education Provider Approvals
GoodTherapy.org is Approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
GoodTherapy.org has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6380. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. GoodTherapy.org is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
GoodTherapy.org, provider #1352, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. GoodTherapy.org maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/30/2022 - 03/30/2025.- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0395.
- GoodTherapy.org, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0022 and for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0031.
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