Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) II: Safety Planning, Overcoming Barriers & Facilitating Healing

This course is the second of two courses on this topic. This course can be taken as a stand-alone course. For those wanting a more comprehensive course, all content from this course is included in the five CE credit course – A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding and Treating Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).

Understanding factors associated with IPV is critical for therapists in identifying and working with clients that are in an abusive relationship. This intermediary course contains information for clinicians in assisting clients after they make the decision to leave an abusive relationship and is comprised of three sections.

The first section details steps in safety planning for when a person leaves an abusive relationship. It then discusses common stereotypes and misconceptions and concludes with describing common feelings people experience after leaving.

The second section discusses reasons people do not leave abusive relationships and barriers to their doing so. A discussion of unique problems encountered by people from minority communities is provided, along with suggestions of how therapists can be supportive. In the final section, the stages of recovery and steps for the therapist to facilitate these processes are described.

Transcripts are available for all audios. Additional resources and references are provided for further study, but they are not part of the course.