Identifying & Understanding Domestic Violence in the Therapeutic Context

CARE Counseling has partnered with Shannon Goecke-Watson, PsyD, LP, to provide an overview on identifying and understanding domestic violence in the therapeutic context. Dr. Goecke-Watson will discuss how many people who experience domestic violence (DV) do not realize that unhealthy behaviors they endure from their partners are DV. Many individuals, including mental health professionals, to whom acts of DV are disclosed cannot properly identify the unhealthy behaviors as DV or do not know how to respond if they do identify the behaviors as DV. This creates missed opportunities to intervene and help clients who may need support, safety planning, and/or resources. As such, the purpose of this training is to learn how to better identify acts of domestic violence, to learn helpful and helpful ways to respond when DV disclosure is made, and to learn myths and facts about DV that can help inform behavioral health treatment decisions.

CARE Psychotherapy Training Videos are intended solely for educational purposes for mental health professionals. Viewers are expected to treat confidential material found herein according to professional guidelines. Unauthorized viewing is prohibited.

Level of programming is intermediate: assumes general familiarity with the topic.

The CARE Grand Rounds is intended to help attendees:

• Define DV and become more proficient at identifying the spectrum of behaviors involved
• Describe the cycle of DV and how people end up in abusive relationships
• Identify helpful and unhelpful ways to respond to clients who disclose that they are enduring
• Discuss domestic violence, including effective treatments and ways to help clients, by examining facts and fiction about DV.
  
  

The presentation is designated for psychologists and mental health professionals (LP, LPC/LPCC, MFT/LMFT, LGSW/LICSW, LADC), pre-licensed mental health practitioners, and students.

CARE Counseling is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CARE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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About the Presenter: Shannon Goecke-Watson, PsyD, LP is the owner of SGW Psychological Services LLC in Eagan, MN. She obtained her masters and doctorate degree in counseling psychology from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Between her work at domestic violence shelters and her doctorate degree training experiences, Dr. Shannon has been working with survivors of sexual and domestic violence for over 15 years. Because of her passion to help people better understand domestic violence and trauma, Dr. Shannon has conducted more than 20 trainings to audiences such as lawyers and other mental health professionals within the past 5 years.

*The speaker has indicated no conflicts of interest. There was no commercial support for this training.