Utilising CBT in Therapy with Victims and Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence

In this course, Dr. Jason Branch (LPC, ACS, NCC) cites the grim statistic that nearly one-third of women worldwide have been subjected to violence in their lifetime. Outlining multiple reasons why people may not seek help when in an abusive situation, Dr. Branch notes that abuse may start on financial or emotional levels before spreading to the physical violence that can end in death. Espousing CBT as a helpful therapeutic approach when working with couples undermined by violence, Dr. Branch offers three relationship keys for establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship and emphasises the importance of therapist self-reflection and self-care in this important but draining area of work.