Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change in Intimate Partner Violence

Motivational Interviewing has becoming increasingly widespread among counselors and therapists, but no book to date has focused exclusively on applying Motivational Interviewing to domestic and partner violence.Written by established authorities in the field, the chapters in this volume represent important applications of motivational enhancement strategies to intimate partner violence with both victims and batterers. These studies include descriptive research on victims and perpetrators of abuse, measurement issues in assessing stages of change, and real-world applications of motivational interviewing. Murphy and Maiuro illustrate both the benefits and challenges inherent in this growing area of research.

I. IntroductionChapter 1Understanding and Facilitating the Change Process in Perpetrators and Victims of Intimate Partner ViolenceII. Working with PerpetratorsChapter 2Motivational Interviewing as a Mechanism for Change in Men who BatterChapter 3Acceptability of a Stage-Matched Expert System Intervention for Domestic Violence OffendersChapter 4Motivational Interviewing as a Pre-Group Intervention for Partner-Violent MenChapter 5Readiness to Change, Partner Violence Subtypes, and Treatment Outcomes Among Men in Treatment for Partner AssaultChapter 6Stages of Change in Batterers and Their Response to TreatmentChapter 7Does the Transtheoretical Model Predict Attrition in Domestic Violence Treatment Programs?Chapter 8Motivating Substance-Involved Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence to Seek Treatment: A Focus on FathersChapter 9The Revised "Safe At Home" Instrument For Assessing Readiness to Change in Intimate Partner ViolenceIII. Working with VictimsChapter 10A Comparison of Women versus Men Charged with Intimate Partner ViolenceChapter 11Defining Appropriate Stages of Change for Intimate Partner Violence SurvivorsChapter 12The Transtheoretical Model in Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: Stage Changes Over TimeIndex