ADVIP Member Directory
ADVIP members include researchers with an expertise in the field of partner and family abuse, or provide direct intervention services to perpetrators and have indicated a commitment to evidence-based practice. Both members and non-members can view the membership directory. Individuals with a Full Membership to ADVIP can write posts to our blog pages and enjoy other benefits not available to individuals with a Limited Membership. To become a member, or to upgrade membership from Limited Member to Full Member, go to the JOIN ADVIP link on the home page.
Some ADVIP members have organized into local chapters. Local chapters allow members to meet face-to-face, or through Skype or other electronic forums, to network and advance evidence-based practice in their local communities. A list of local ADVIP chapters can be found on this page.
In this Searchable Master List, you may click on member’s name to view their full profile page containing information about their location, background, training, intervention services and research interests. In the member’s profile page, you can click on the country, state, province or city to view all other members in those categories.
There are two additional search boxes. The one on the left allows you to find members according to their status as either Researcher or Provider. The box on the right allows you to conduct a more refined search, to find members by city, state or province, research interests (e.g., domestic violence risk factors, motivation, impact on children) or clinical services and modalities (e.g., batterer groups, parenting programs, substance abuse treatment, etc.). Keep in mind that some profile data can be entered in multiple ways , so if a search in unsuccessful try a related keyword – for example, “group counseling” instead of “group therapy,” “LGBTQ” instead of “LGBT,” and so forth.
An additional Master List of all ADVIP members organized by country can be found on this page.
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Liz Albertsen (Salt Lake City, United States) Provider
Chris Alcorn-Catena Provider
Mr Michael Huizar Amaro (West Sacramento, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Extensive background working with individuals and groups in crisis. Former Suicide Crisis Hotline Operator, Critical Incident Stress Management Team member (CISM), Suicide Awareness Facilitator, Air force Pre-Deployment/Post-Deployment program facilitator, Corrections Fatigue to Fulfillment Facilitator.
Employment background includes – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) in male and female correctional facilities, Parole Agent and Correctional Counselor. Retired from CDCR and United States Air Force.
Jiri Ammer (Brno, Check Republic) Provider
Jiri Ammer (Brno, Czech Republic) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
SPONDEA organisation
Czech nonprofit organisation dealing with violence in families. Program CHOV provides individual psychotherapy to persons who are violent in their close relationships.
Jiri Ammer – Proffessional background
Integrative psychotherapist, PhD student (thesis: Psychotherapists’ in-session experience with persons who are violent in their close relationships).
Jim Angelo (Henderson, United States) Provider
Mr Javier Ariza (Montreal, Canada) Provider
Professional Background
I am a registered psychologist in Montreal (Canada). For the last seven (7) years I have been working at PRO-GAM with men who have been accused of committing conjugal violence. Most of these clients are refereed by the court. Usually therapy is part of their conditions. Some other men consult our services on a volunteer basis. As a clinician, I believe in the complexity of multiple factors that may interplay in human beings at the moment of using any type of violence. I also believe in the importance of offering a non judgemental space in order to facilitate a good therapeutic alliance with our clients.
Throughout my unfinished and continious observations and experience working with men who have used any type of violence in their relationships, I conclude that many of these men are in relationships where violence is often bidirectional. That many of these men have been carrying with themselves pain and fears since they were infants. Others seem to exhibit some personality disorder traits. But most importantly, most of them experience regrets and willingness to change.
I support and believe in the work that mental health practitioners can provide to these men and I value very much our work. This is not easy. I hope we keep the team work
Gene Arnovitz (Santa Rosa, United States) Provider
Professional Background
30 yrs experience in the mental health field including Psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment, and drug and Alcohol treatment.
For the last 10 yrs facilitating Domestic Violence/Anger Management and Parenting groups.
Karla Arroyo (West Jordan, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Education
- Current enrollment in PhD Social Work degree, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Masters in Social Work, Aug 2006, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- A.S.S. in Business, May 2003, LDS Business College, Salt Lake City, Utah
- B.S. in Economics, March 1999, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
- Accounting Assistant Certificate, December 1998, C.O.N.A.L.E.P. Mexico City, Mexico
Experience
South Valley Sanctuary Salt Lake City, Utah
Executive Director June 2008 – Present
- Directed all aspects of non-profit organization with 30 employees, and over 100 volunteers.
- Managed annual budget of $720,000.00 and led senior team of 4 to exceed organizational goals.
- Accountable for strategic planning, federal and state grant writing, human resources, finance management, fundraising, leadership management and policy making (in joint effort with the Board of Trustees).
- Served as public spokesperson for the agency; delivered presentations to various groups and manage media relations.
- Provided clinical supervision to therapists, case managers and interns.
Key Contributions: *Developed and implemented the first Community Resource Center in partnership with the West Jordan City. *Developed and implemented clinical counseling and MSW, BSW internship model in partnership with the University of Utah. *Developed and implemented the only Latino Coalition Against Domestic Violence in the State of Utah, working with over 30 community partners. *Reversed strained relationships between clerical/executive teams fostering positive working conditions that led to improved productivity.
University of Utah (concurrent with South Valley) Salt Lake City, Utah
Adjunct Professor Jan 2011 – Dec 2012
- Created and managed a variety of learning educational activities for graduate social work students to achieve the learning objectives of the class.
- Participated collaboratively and professionally with other faculty and staff to promote the general well-being of the department and the university.
- Researched and implemented best practice methods on adult learning techniques within the classroom and assignments.
Blomquist-Hale Consulting EAP (concurrent with South Valley) Salt Lake City, Utah
Bilingual Therapist Jun 2008 –Dec 2010
- Provided individual, couples and family therapy using a short term focus therapy format to diverse populations.
- Developed case conceptualization and treatment assessing short-term goals.
- Provided training on best practices when working with the Latino community to all staff and management.
Rape Recovery Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Bilingual Therapist May 2006 –May 2008
- Provided individual therapy and case management to victims of crime.
- Collaborated with advocacy and education coordinators to expand our services to the Spanish-speaking community.
- Managed client’s database for grant billing purposes.
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Mexico City, Mexico
Research Assistant Jul 1998 – Jan 1999
- Assisted students in research projects mainly in the gathering of data.
- Assisted students regarding questions about Environmental Economics class and Lab.
- Facilitated the research and documentation of various projects within the department.
Community Participation
- Board Chair of the Utah Domestic Violence Council.
- Board Member of Dual Immersion Academy (DIA).
- Elected official representative of Mexicans living in the State of Utah by the Federal Mexican Government. Term 2012-2015
- Active collaboration with local and international media providing interviews and educational presentations.
Training
- Certified Sexual Assault 40 hour training.
- Certified Domestic Violence 24 hour training.
- World’s Shelter Conference.
- Annual Utah Domestic Violence Coalition training (participant for the last 5 years).
- CPC Evaluation Certification.
- National Network to End Domestic Violence Confidentiality and programing training.
- University of Berkley and IME “Migration and Health” training.
Awards
- Awarded the “Latina Hero of the year 2009” by Regence Blue Cross Blue Shields.
- Awarded the “The True Heroes” award by Casos y Cosas de Collins in July 2010.
- Honored in the Utah Business Magazine as one of the 30 women to watch in May 2012.
- Awarded by the Salt Lake Area Domestic Violence Coalition with the Empowerment Award in 2012.
- Awarded the Humanitarian Award by the Inclusion Center in October 2012.
Services or Research Projects
Current research project: effectiveness of short-term therapeutic modalities used in domestic violence shelters.
Ingunn Rangul Askeland (Oslo, Norway) Provider, Researcher
Mary Anne Avery (Frisco, United States) Provider
Dr. Julia C Babcock (Houston, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Julia C. Babcock, Ph.D. is a research in intimate partner violence and battering intervention programs. Her laboratory work involves emotional regulation among couples experiencing IPV. Her applied work evaluates the efficacy of battering intervention programs, including program evaluations and meta-analyses.
Research Interests
- Domestic Violence
- Couples’ Interaction
- Marital Therapy
- Efficacy of Interventions with Domestic Violence
- Emotions and Emotional Regulation
Services or Research Projects
Selected Publications
Babcock, J. C. & Potthoff, A. L. (in press). Effects of angry rumination and distraction in intimate partner violent men. Manuscript accepted for publication. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Babcock, J. C. & Banks, J. (2019). Interobserver agreement and the effects of ethnicity on observational coding of affect. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(9), 2842-2856. doi:10.1177/0265407518803474.
Babcock, J. C. & Michonski, J. D. (2019). Sensitivity to facial affect in personality disordered batterers: Expression recognition and physiological responses. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 11(3), 213-224. doi: 10.1108/JACPR-12-2018-0396
Babcock, J. C., Snead, A. L., Bennett, V. E., & Armenti, N. A. (2019). Distinguishing subtypes of mutual violence in the context of self-defense: Classifying types of partner violent couples using a modified Conflict Tactics Scale. Journal of Family Violence. doi:10.1007/s10896-018-0012-2
Trahan, L. H. & Babcock, J. C. (2019). The emotional reactivity of intimate partner violent men with Borderline or Antisocial Personality Disorder: Results from an interpersonal conflict task. Journal of Family Violence, 34(7), 645-654. doi: 0.1007/s10896-019-00069-9
Armenti, N. A., & Babcock, J. C. (2018). Psychophysiological reactivity profiles of partner-violent men with borderline or psychopathic personality features: The role of empathy. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62(11), 3337–3354. doi: 10.1177/0306624X17740029
Babcock, J. C. Armenti, N., & Warford, P. (2017). The trials and tribulations of testing couples-based interventions for intimate partner violence. Partner Abuse, 8, 110-121. doi:10.1891/1946-6560.8.1.110
Babcock, J. C. Armenti, N., Cannon, C. Lauve-Moon, K, Buttell, F… (2016). Domestic violence perpetrator programs: A proposal for evidence-based standards in the United States. Partner Abuse, 7, 2-107.
Babcock, J. C., Sharp, C., Tharp, A., Hepner, W., & Stanford, M. A. (2014). Similarities and Differences in Impulsive/Premeditated and Reactive/Proactive Bimodal Classifications of Aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 19(3), 251–262. doi:10.1016/j.avb.2014.04.002
Babcock, J. C., Gottman, J. M., Ryan, K. D., & Gottman, J. S. (2013). A component analysis of a brief psycho‐educational couples’ workshop: One‐year follow‐up results. Journal of Family Therapy, 35(3), 252-280. doi:10.1111/1467-6427.12017
Babcock, J. C., Graham, K., Canady, B., & Ross, J. M. (2011). A proximal change experiment testing two communication exercises with intimate partner violent men. Behavior Therapy, 42, 336-347. doi: 0.1016/j.beth.2010.08.010 (Voted one of the “Best of 2011 Violence Research” articles by Psychology of Violence.)
Ross, J. M. & Babcock, J. C. (2009). Proactive and reactive violence among intimate partner violent men diagnosed with antisocial and borderline personality disorder. Journal of Family Violence, 24(8), 607-617. doi: 10.1007/s10896-009-9259-y
Babcock, J. C., Green, C. E., & Webb, S. A. (2008). Decoding deficits of batterers during presentation of facial affect slides. Journal of Family Violence, 23(5), 295-302. doi: 10.1007/s10896-008-9151-1
Babcock, J. C., Roseman, A. Green, C. E. & Ross, J. M. (2008). Intimate partner abuse and PTSD symptomology: Examining mediators and moderators of the abuse-trauma link. Journal of Family Psychology. 22, 809-818.
Babcock, J. C., Green, C. E., Webb, S. A., & Yerington, T. P. (2005). Psychophysiological profiles of batterers: Autonomic emotional reactivity as it predicts the antisocial spectrum of behavior among intimate partner abusers. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 11(3), 445-455. doi:10.1037/0021-843X.114.3.444
Babcock, J. C., Costa, D. M., Green, C. E., & Eckhardt, C. I. (2004). What situations induce intimate partner violence?: A reliability and validity study of the Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes (PAVE) scale. Journal of Family Psychology, 18(3), 433–442. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.18.3.433
Babcock, J. C., Green, C. E., Webb, S. A., & Graham, K. H. (2004). A Second Failure to Replicate the Gottman et al. (1995) Typology of Men Who Abuse Intimate Partners…and Possible Reasons Why”. Journal of Family Psychology, 18, 396-400. doi:10.1037/0893-3200.18.2.396
Babcock, J. C., Green, C. E., & Robie, C. (2004). Does batterers’ treatment work?: A meta-analytic review of domestic violence treatment outcome research. Clinical Psychology Review, 23(8), 1023-1053. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2002.07.001
Babcock, J. C., Jacobson, N. S., Gottman, J. M., & Yerington, T. P. (2000). Attachment, emotional regulation, and the function of marital violence: Differences between secure, preoccupied and dismissing violent and nonviolent husbands. Journal of Family Violence, 15, 391-409.
Waltz, J., Babcock, J. C., Jacobson, N. S. & Gottman, J. M. (2000). Testing a typology of batterers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 658-669. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.68.4.658 (Published note: First and second authors contributed equally to this article.)
Babcock, J. C. & Steiner, R., (1999). The relationship between treatment, incarceration, and recidivism of battering: A program evaluation of Seattle’s coordinated community response to domestic violence. Journal of Family Psychology, 13, 46-59. doi: 10.1037//0893-3200.13.1.46
Jacobson, N. S., Gottman, J. M., Waltz, J., Rushe, R. Babcock, J. C., & Holtzworth-Munroe, A. (1994). Affect, verbal content, and psychophysiology in the arguments of couples with a violent husband. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62(5), 982-988. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.62.5.982 [Reprinted in Prevention (2000), 3, np.]
Babcock, J. C., Waltz, J., Jacobson, N. S. & Gottman, J. M. (1993). Power and violence: The relationship between communication patterns, power discrepancies and domestic violence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61(1), 40-50. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.61.1.40
Dr Bontha V Babu (New Delhi, India) Researcher
Professional Background
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Ph.D. in Anthropology from AndhraUniversity, Visakhapatnam, 1994
- Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics from AndhraUniversity, 1995 – First class
- M.A. Anthropology from AndhraUniversity, 1988 – First class
- B.Sc. Botany, Zoology & Chemistry from AndhraUniversity, 1986 – First class
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT:
INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, New Delhi
At ICMR headquarters:
- 1 Sept. 2011 – till date: Scientist-F & Deputy Director-General (Senior Grade)
- 19 May 2008 – 31 Aug. 2011: Scientist-E & Deputy Director-General
Responsibilities:
- Focus on health systems research and socio-behavioural research
- Research Management: Fostering and facilitating research
- Developing and conducting multi-centric country-level projects
- Activities of developing research capabilities in institutes/researchers
At ICMR’s Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
- December 2005 – 18 May 2008: Scientist-E & Deputy Director (Social Science)
- December 2000 – November 2005: Assistant Director (Social Science)
- December 1995 – November 2000: Senior Research Officer
Responsibilities:
- Developing and Undertaking research projects
- Operational research including development of strategies for national filariasis control programme
- Socio-economic and public health aspects of lymphatic filariasis;
- Morbidity management strategies of lymphatic filariasis
- Study on health consequences of domestic violence
- Intervention strategies to combat micronutrient malnutrition
- Networking and building partnership with State health department and local NGOs, and technical support to state government to undertaking filariasis elimination programme
- Supervise students’ research and practical fieldwork
- Assisting the Director in general administration
Services or Research Projects
- Project: Study of Health Consequences of Domestic Violence with Special Reference to Reproductive Health
Funding: Indian Council of Medical Research
Anna Jo Baccellieri (Ventura, United States) Researcher
Sam J Bachman (Fairfax, United States) Provider
Professional Background
- Have 23 years of experience working with domestic violence offenders.
- MSW Virginia Commonwealth University, 1996; LCSW 2012.
Services or Research Projects
- Supervise the largest program in the largest jurisdiciton in the Washington DC metropolitan area (DC-Maryland-Virginia) and Northern Virginia. Jurisdiction covers population of 1.3 million citizents. ADAPT Program is part of a combined program with DV and sexual assault [SA] prevention/community education services, and counseling services for survivor/victims of domestic and sexual assault. Program exists in a county government agency, Office for Women & Domestic and Sexual Assault Services.
- ADAPT program has been in existance for 31 years; started in 1983.
- Supervise 3.5 staff, 1-4 interns and about 40 volunteers who provide treatment in English and Spanish.
- ADAPT Program met VA state BIP state standards in 2001 when standards went live.
- Program utilizes core technology from the Core Value/Compassion Model developed by Steven Stosny, Ph.D. See http://compassionpower.com Program promotes self-responsibility and teaches emotional self-regulation skills.
- Program is 18 weeks in length; extensive homework; skills based approach; program co-facilitated by volunteers and staff.
- Program participants are adult men and women who have been abusive with intimate partner or family member (sibling, child or adult child/parent/sibling). Clients are about 70% male; 30% female; approximately 85% court referred typically via defered adjudication (first time offenders charged with assault on household/family member with two years to complete tx to get charges dismissed). Treatment groups are co-ed.
Dr. Derek Ball (Rock Island, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Derek Ball is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing with couples, families and individuals in Rock Island, IL. He received his M.A. and PhD from Purdue University’s Marriage and Family Therapy Program. In addition to his work as an LMFT, he also serves as Executive Director of the Illinois Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and teaches a Sociology course at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL.
Steven Steven Banks , LMFT (Sacramento, United States) Provider
Professional Background
For 35 years I have been a provider for the Sacramento Courts helping offenders learn not only that inappropriate anger is wrong and ruins lives, but also how to effectively address many of the issues that lead to inappropriate anger. I taught at the college level for 14 years, was a Child Custody Recommending Counselor for 13 years and am a CEPA Approved Continuing Education provider on the subject of inappropriate anger.
Jeanette Barich (Aurora, USA) Provider
Professional Background
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) in private practice, Vista Counseling Services, LLC. I specialize in domestic violence, addictions, and general mental health. Overall, I have a holistic perspective with my work and utilize EMDR, Neurofeedback, and ADS NADA acupuncture protocols in my treatment practices. I am an approved domestic violence treatment provider, supervisor, and trainer in the State of Colorado for the Domestic Violence Risk Needs Assessment (DVRNA) tool, provide a quarterly 2-day Female DV Offender training, and more. I am currently enjoying consultation services with legal representatives and providing evaluations for civil and custody litigation matters.
E. Everett Bartlett (Rockville) Researcher
Stephanie Batcheller (Phelps, United States)
Professional Background
Stephanie Batcheller, Senior Staff Attorney, has worked at NYSDA since 1998. She provides Backup Center Direct Defender Services, responding to requests for legal assistance and research. Her professional practice interests include trauma-informed advocacy and secondary trauma. She has lectured on these and other topics along with assisting in NYSDA’s continuing development of client-centered representation training strategies. For nearly forty years, she has practiced privately and as a public defender in the state and federal courts of New York and Georgia, and the federal courts of Maryland. She has extensive specialized training in criminal defense litigation including from the National College for Criminal Defense Trial Practice Institute and American Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Training program. She is a recipient of the 2020 Wells College Alumnae Association Award for distinction in the field of law and legal education. She has twice received the President’s Commendation from the NYS Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers for her work on amici briefs filed on behalf of NYSDA, NACDL, and others. She received her J.D. from Mercer University and her B.A. in Economics from Wells College, and she is a graduate of The Emma Willard School.
Dr Elizabeth A Bates , CPSychol SFHEA (Carlisle, United Kingdom) Researcher
Mr Steven Bélanger (Montréal, Canada) Provider
Mary M Bennett () Provider
Katrina A Berkman (Pompano Beach, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Offering domestic violence , Parenting and Anger Management counseling in English and Spanish, from the privacy of your home via zoom or anywhere at your convenience.
Elizabeth G Biron (East Orange, United States) Provider
Dr. Jonathan Charles Blankenship (Angels Camp, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Dr. Jon Blankenship, LMFT
Education: Bachelors Degree Cal State Long Beach, Masters Cal State Northridge, Doctorate Oregon State University.
Experience: 37 years: Residential, Private Practice, Educational and Clinical. Over 22 years providing services in Anger Management and Domestic Violence Treatment Programs. Also, I have provided assessments and clinical services for 18 years with high-risk Juvenile offenders in treatment programs. I have also worked as a child custody Mediator and Sexual Offender Program facilitator. Additionally, I am fluent in American Sign Language and have worked as a Coordinator and Therapist in K-12 Educational settings.
Higher Road Counseling Center: 520 North Main Street #101, Angels Camp, Ca 95221. Certified Domestic Violence Treatment provider with Calaveras County since 2002. Provide Anger Management Treatment, Child Endangerment and Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Programs. As a private practitioner, I Provide Individual, Group, Couples and Family Counseling. License: LMFT 37006.
Mr. John Anthony Bochnowicz (Langhorne, United States) Provider
Professional Background
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Maryland
M.A. Rehabilitation Counseling, University of South Florida
Training
CAAW Committee to Aid Abused Women, Reno, Nevada
Nevada County Domestic Violence Program, Grass Valley, California
Placer Women’s Service, Auburn, California
Man Alive, San Rafael, California
A Woman’s Space Unlimited, South Lake Tahoe, California
Diluth Model, Diluth, Minnesota
John Bradshaw, On The Family
John Gray, Emotional Healing
Experience
Co-Founder and Director of Tahoe Abused Women’s Services, Kings Beach, California, 1982-1983
Co-Founder of the Men’s Program at Tahoe Abused Women’s Services, Kings Beach, California, 1984-1986
Founder of the Men’s Program for A Woman’s Space Unlimited, South Lake Tahoe, California, 1986-1991
Founder of the Women’s Group for A Woman’s Space Unlimited, South Lake Tahoe, California, 1987-1991
Facilitator of Domestic Violence Program for Men at Sexual Assault/Spousal Assault Resource Center (SARC), Bel Air, Maryland, 1991-1992
Founder of A Supportive Alliance for Family Empowerment (S.A.F.E.), later to be known as S.A.F.E. Counseling Program Inc, affiliated with the Peace Center, Langhorne, Pensylvania, 1994-Present. We do separate groups for men and women to stop the violence in their lives by teaching them a core set of tools where they learn how to move from seeking or demanding external emotional support from their partners and others (by being abusive or manipulative), to learning how to give themselves internal emotional support. We facilitate this by teaching them Emotional Healing. This allows them to move from blaming others for why their life is the way it is, to taking responsibility for what they are doing or not doing to cause their life to be the way it is. We also help them to identify what they are fearful of losing or fearful of not getting just prior to their violence and what they can do for themselves to alleviate that fear, instead of turning their pain into anger and violence.
David R Boehm (Marion, USA) Provider
Professional Background
David Boehm has provided domestic violence intervention for over 20 years for several counties in Southwest Virginia. He received his MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1981 and has been licensed since 1985 as a LCSW. He has a past president of the Virginia chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and a past member of the Board of social work with the Virginia health regulatory board.
He recently retired with 40 years experience with the Commonwealth of Virginia. His last 30 years was working with the Virginia Department of Corrections where he was an assistant Warden and a Warden.
Douglas Douglas Bonar (Pinellas Park, United States) Provider
Professional Background
• Two graduate degrees (M.Ed. & Ed.S.) from the Counselor Education Department at the University of Florida in 1983.
• LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) since 1986.
• Eight (8) years employed by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) at the North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center (1978 – 1986) treating clients adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial by Reason of Insanity. Final position: Human Services Counselor III, Certified Forensic.
• Twenty-three (23) years employed by the Pinellas County Child Protection Team (1986 – 2010). Final position: Senior Child Protection Specialist.
• Certified by the State (DCF) in 2001 to facilitate Batterer’s Intervention Program (BIP) groups
• Ten (10) years working part time for A Wellness Center conducting BIP groups (2001 – 2010)
• Retired from CPT and opened A Center for Wellness in April 2010
• Member of the Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force since 2000
• Member of the Human Services Program Advisory Committee of St. Petersburg College since 1996
Personal
• Four years in the Marine Corps, 1968 to 1972. One year in Vietnam. Honorable Discharge with the rank of Sergeant (E5).
• Local facilitator of the Suncoast Community Institute of Noetic Sciences (SCIONS) since 2010. Served on the national IONS Leadership Council 2017.
• Two adult sons and one grandchild
Dr David I Briggs (Doncaster, United kingdom) Provider
Amanda Briley (Reno, United States) Provider
Mr Normand Brodeur (Québec, Canada) Researcher
Melinda Kaye Brooks (Union City, United States) Provider
Mr Luke John Butcher (Maitland, Australia) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Luke has spent the past 10 years working with Mission Australia in Western NSW as an Area Manager, managing a range of mental health recovery programs in rural and remote communities. Luke has lived in rural and remote communities during this time and has an acute understanding of rural health and wellbeing. He has undergraduate qualifications in psychology and a Masters’ degree in Forensic Mental Health. Luke is experienced in delivering a range of contracted justice programs including residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation, crisis accommodation, case management and long term case management. Luke’s passion is understanding how evidence based practice is utilised to inform service design in the community managed sector; and the design and development of culturally responsive practice.
Mr. Gregory Stuart Butler (Lake Baloba, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles. Certified Addictions Treatment Counselor IV (CATC IV) from California Association of Alcohol and Drug Educators (CAADE). Marriage and Family Therapist Intern (MFTI) in California. MFT Licensure expected in March 2017. Approved Domestic Violence Coordinator by the Department of Probation, State of California. Approximately 10 years experience doing groups and 4 years doing psychotherapy. Bilingual in Spanish/English.
Fred Buttell , Pd.D. (New Orleans, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
I have been evaluating community-based batterer intervention programs for 17 years, 12 years at Tulane and 5 years at the University of South Carolina. Prior to entering academics, I provided these same services I now research to men and women arrested for domestic violence offenses and referred to a BIP as part of a criminal sentence.
Services or Research Projects
I am currently interested in alternatives to the gender paradigm for explaining IPV in relationships. I have begun to explore the goodness of fit of a “psychosocial” model for explaining IPV in LGBT relationships as well as those where women initiate the IPV. I also have begun to explore the parenting pratcices of men and women court-mandated into BIPs.
Laura Campana (Costa Mesa, United States) Provider
Dr Arthur L Cantos (North Chicago, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
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Arthur L. Cantos |
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Associate Professor/Director of Clinical Training |
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| Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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B.S. |
1981 |
Psychology | |
| Middlesex Hosp Med School, University of London |
Dipl in Behav. |
1984 |
Psychology | |
| State University of N.Y. at Stony Brook |
M.A |
1985 |
Psychology | |
| Sate University of N. Y. at Stony Brook |
Ph.D. |
1989 |
Clinical Psychology | |
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Research and Professional experience
1982-1987 Therapist.Marital Clinic, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, N.Y.
1985-1990 Behavioral Therapist. Family Center at Columbia-Presbyterian-Medical-Center,New York, N.Y.
1986-1990 Instructor in Clinical Psychology, Department of Child Psychiatry, Columbia university, N.Y.
1988-2005 Clinical Psychologist and Behavioral therapist.
St. Christopher-Ottilie (Foster Care Agency) Jamaica, N.Y.
1990-1995 Clinical Psychologist, Marital Clinic, S.U.N.Y. at StonyBrook
Stony Brook, N.Y.
1992-2005 Consultant Clinical Psychologist.Long Island Adolescent and Family Services. Centereach, N.Y.
1993-2005 Staff Clinical Psychologist. Suffolk County Department of Mental Health,Brentwood, N.Y.
2005-2009 Director of Mental Health, Gibraltar, U.K.
2009‑Present Associate Professor/Director of Clinical Training. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Department of psychology
Publications:
Rosenbaum, A., Cantos, A., & Neidig, P. (1994). Programa de Hombres: Fichas de Trabajo. Behavioral Science Associates.
Cantos, A., Neidig, P. H. & O’Leary, K. D. (1993). Men and Women’s attributions of blame for domestic violence. Journal of Family violence, Vol 8, No 4, 289-302. *
Cantos, A., Neidig, P. H., & O’Leary, K.D. (1994). Injuries of women and men in a treatment program for domestic violence. Journal of Family Violence, Vol 9, No 2, 113-124. *
Cantos, A., Gries, L. T., & Slis, V. (1996). Correlates of therapy referral in foster children. Child Abuse and Neglect, Vol 20, 10, 921-931. *
Cantos, A., Neale, J. M., Gaines, R. & O’Leary, K. D. (1997). Assessment of coping strategies in child abusing mothers. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 7, 631-636.
Cantos, A., Gries, L. T., & Slis, V. (1997). Contact with birth parents during foster care placement: Effects on child behaviors. Child Welfare, Vol LXXVI, 2, 309-329.
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Gries, L & Cantos, A. (2008). Factors associated with Time to therapy referral and length of placement of children in foster care. Journal of Public Child Welfare, Vol 2,3, 367-381.
Cantos, A. & Gries, L. (2010). Therapy Outcome with children in foster care: A longitudinal Study. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 27: 133-149.
Cantos, A. & O’Leary, K.D.(2014). One Size Does Not Fit All in Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence Partner : Partner Abuse, 5, 2, 204-236.
Cantos, A. L., Goldstein, A., Brenner, L., O’Leary, K.D. & Verborg, R.(2013). Reliability and Validity of an easy to administerbehavioral measure to classify Family only and Generally violent subtypes of male perpetrators of intimate partner violence. Paper submitted for publication Journal of Family Violence,
Goldstein, D., Cantos, A., Kosson, D. Brenner,L. & Verborg, R.(2013. Perpetrator Type Moderates the Relationship between Severity of Intimate Partner Violence and Recidivism. Submitted to Criminal Justice and Behavior.
Presentation at Professional Meetings
Cantos, A. L. (2003). Treatment of male perpetrators of domestic violence: One size does not fit all. Paper presented at professional meeting organized by Suffolk County Department of Probation.
Cantos, A.L. (2004).Tratamiento de la Agresions entre Parejas: La Misma talla No Les Sirve a Todos. Congreso IberoAmericano de Psicologia Clinica Y Salud. Mexico City, Mexico.
Cantos, A.L. (2005). Tratamiento Psicologico de Maltratadores. Seminario Internacional sobre “Agresion y Violencia en Psicologia Clinica: Persepectivas Actuales”. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Cantos, A.L. (2005). Tratamiento Psicologico de Menores Victimas de Malos Tratos. Seminario Internacional sobre “Agresion y Violencia en Psicologia Clinica: Persepectivas Actuales”. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Cantos, A.L. (2005). Treatment of partner aggression: One size does not fit all. Domestic Violence Conference. Gibraltar.
Cantos, A.L. (2005). Child abuse and its consequences. Domestic Violence Conference. Gibraltar.
Cantos, A. (2005). Violence against women. Domestic Violence International Day. Gibraltar.
Cantos, A. (2006). Assessment and treatment of domestic violence. 1st Mental Health Conference. Gibraltar.
Cantos, A. (2006) Chair, 1st mental Health Conference. Gibraltar.
Cantos, A. & Trinidad, F. (2007) Dating violence prevention. Program presented at two local high schools in Gibraltar.
Cantos, A. (2008). Mental health treatment in primary care: The push for psychological therapies. Paper presented at the Mental health throughout the lifespan conference in Gibraltar.
Nicholson, B. & Cantos, A. (2008). Developing a strategy for mental health services. 12th Inter Island Public Health Forum Conference. Gibraltar.
Cantos,A. (2008). Treatment of partner aggression and prevention strategies in Gibraltar high schools. 12th Inter Island Public Health Forum Conference. Gibraltar.
Cantos, A. (2008).Disaster Mental Health. 12th Inter Island Public Health Forum Conference. Gibraltar.
Cantos, A. (2009). Treatment of partner aggression: One size does not fit all. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Cantos, A. (2009). Treatment of partner aggression: One size does not fit all. Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Cantos, A. (2009) World Mental Health Day presentations on Mental Health and Primary care at Rosalind Franklin University of medicine and Science (organized a series of lectures on the topic and made one presentation)
Cantos, A. (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). Treatment of partner aggression: One size does not fit all. Captain James E. Lovell Federal HEALTH Care Center.
Cantos, A. (2010) World Mental Health Day presentations on No Health without mental health. MENTAL HEALTH AND CHRONIC PHYSICAL ILLNESSES: THE NEED FOR CONTINUED AND INTEGRATED CARE. Rosalind Franklin University of medicine and Science(organized a series of lectures on the topic and made one presentation).
Invited Address: Cantos, A. (2011). Tratamiento psicológico en problemas de Violencia.Sepcys. VIII Reunion Annual. Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain.
Goldstein, D., Brenner, L., Narvaez, C., & Cantos, A.L. (2011). Differences between family only violent and generally violent males sentenced to probation for domestic violence offenses. Poster presented at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science all school research consortium.
Development of a typology for men in a domestic violence treatment program. Brenner, L., Goldstein, D.A., Narvaez, C. Srilaya Kudaravalli, S. & and Cantos, A.L. (2011) Paper presented at North Western University Psychfest
Cantos, A. 2012. Symposium. Treatment of perpetrators of intimate partner violence: Where do we go from here? Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting Midwestern Psychological Association, May, 2012: Chicago Illinois.
Cantos, A. (2012). Current Status of Treatment of Intimate Partner Violence. Paper presented at Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting Midwestern Psychological Association, May, 2012: Chicago Illinois.
Goldstein, D., Brenner, L., Cantos, A., Lee, H & Fowler, D. (2012) Paper presented at Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting Midwestern Psychological Association, May, 2012: Chicago Illinois.
Brenner, L. Goldstein, D. Cantos, A. Fowler, D. & Lee, H. (2102) Paper presented at Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting Midwestern Psychological Association, May, 2012: Chicago Illinois.
Cantos, A. (2012). Symposium: Revisiting one size fits all approaches to the treatment of Intimate Partner Violence. International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, July, 2012: Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Cantos, A., Brenner, L., Goldstein, A., Lee, H, & Fowler, Drew. (2012). Outcome of mandated treatment for generally violent and family only violent perpetrators of intimate partner violence. International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, July, 2012: Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Goldstein, D. Brenner, L., Cantos, A., Fowler, D. & Lee, Hyun-Soo. (2012). Distinctions in the perceived attitudes of domestic violence perpetrators by typology and ethnicity. International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, July, 2012: Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Cantos, A, (2012). Tratamiento de la agresión entre parejas: La misma talla no les sirve a todos. Invited workshop presented at VII Congreso Iberoamericano de Psicologia Clinica y Salud: Cordoba, Argentina.
Cantos, A. (2012). EFICACIA DE LOS PROGRAMAS DE TRATAMIENTO PARA MALTRATADORES: Mas alla de la violencia de genero. Invited address at Congreso Iberoamericano de Psicologia Clinica y Salud: Cordoba, Argentina.
Cantos, A. (2012). Treatment outcome for male perpetrators of intimate partner violence: Beyond Power and Control. Presentation at Center for the Study of Family Violence and Sexual Assault brownbag at Northern Illinois University.
Cantos, A. (2014).Assessment and training in Recovery and Forensics. Presentation at Masters en Psicologia Forense. Universidad Complutense. Madrid. Spain.
Services or Research Projects
Currently working on research identifying characteristics of perpetrators of intimate partner violence and developing alternative treatment interventions to the one size fits all approach.
Marta Isabel Lopes Capinha (Coimbra, Portugal) Researcher
Professional Background
Psychologist, Specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology and in Psychology of Justice by the Portuguese Order of Psychologists. Registered EuroPsy Psychologist.
Research member of the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC).
Former coordinator of the Contigo Program (2010-2015), the intervention program with perpetrators and victims of intimate partner violence of the Regional Government of the Azores.
Currently attending a Doctorate in Forensic Psychology with the Research Project “Intimate Partner Violence: A dyadic approach based on the evolutionary models” in the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, as a Ph.D. fellow from Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/137335/2018).
Services or Research Projects
Selected Publications
Capinha, M., Guinote, H., Rijo, D. (2021). Intimate Partner Violence Reports During the COVID-19 Pandemic First Year in Portuguese Urban Areas: A Brief Report. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-021-00332-y.
Capinha, M., Brazão, N., Rijo, D. (2020). Intervenção psicológica com agressores conjugais [Psychological intervention with male perpetrators of intimate partner violence]. In R. Barroso & D. Neto (Eds.). A Prática Profissional da Psicologia na Justiça (pp. 438-448). Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses.
Rijo, D. & Capinha, M. (2012). A reabilitação dos agressores conjugais: dos modelos tradicionais de reabilitação ao Programa Português para Agressores de Violência Doméstica (PAVD) [Rehabilitation of perpetrators of intimate partner violence: from traditional models of rehabilitation to the Portuguese Program for Aggressors of Domestic Violence (PAVD)]. Ousar Integrar – Revista de Reinserção Social e Prova, 11, 83-97.
Peña, C., Cueva, F., Movilla, K., Oneto, M., Capinha, M., Permuy, M., Ferreira, N., Varela, N., & Escudero, V. (2011). Impacto da violência conjugal sobre crianças e jovens – Guia de intervenção [Impact of the intimate partner violence on children and young people – Intervention guide]. Direcção Regional da Solidariedade e Segurança Social do Governo Regional dos Açores.
Tom Caplan (Montreal, Canada) Provider
Professional Background
Tom Caplan, M.S., M.A., M.S.W., P.S.W., I.C.A.D.C., A.A.M.F.T.
Adjunct Professor: McGill University School of Social Work
Director and Supervisor: McGill Domestic Violence Clinic
Director and Supervisor: Montreal Anger Management Centre
Director: Caplan Therapy Training Centre
Clinical Director: Caplan Therapy Centre
CERTIFICATIONS / SPECIALIZATIONS: Marriage and Family Therapy Supervisor, Psychotherapy, Domestic Violence, Forensic, Substance Abuse, Violence
Private Practitioner
Faculty – Argyle Institute of Human Relations
Clinician – MFT for Cree Patient Services
Tom Caplan, MSW is a social worker in private practice who works with individuals, couples, families and groups. He is an Adjunct Professor at McGill University in the School of Social Work and director and supervisor of the McGill Domestic Violence Clinic. He is also a designated expert in Domestic Violence for the Quebec Court System. Tom does clinical work with forensic populations, is the Clinical Director of the Caplan Therapy Centre and is the founder and supervisor of the Montreal Anger Management Centre. Tom is on the faculty of the Argyle Institute of Human Relations. Tom works at home and away as a couple and family therapist for Cree Patient Services. Tom also presents workshops, gives trainings and lectures in universities, junior colleges and local community centers. He has participated in research projects in collaboration with McGill University, Concordia University, the Jewish General Hospital and the Douglas Hospital. Tom is on the editorial board of Social Work with Groups, is a certified marriage and family therapist and a certified marriage and family therapy supervisor (A.A.M.F.T.), an internationally certified alcohol and drug counsellor (I.C.A.D.C.), a licensed psychotherapist (OPQ Psychotherapeute) and a member of the Professional Order of Social Workers of Quebec (OPTSQ).
Services or Research Projects
Research: The Needs ABC Model for Coupes and Families in cooperation with the university of Alabama.
Director and Supervisor of the McGill Domestic Violence Clinic.
Marriage and Family Therapy – and Supervision
Behaviour Management.
Adjunct Professor McGill University School of Social Work.
Michelle Carney (Lawrence) Researcher
Rod Catterall (East Bentleigh, Australia) Provider
Professional Background
Don David Chapin (Newport, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Court approved provider and Central Monitoring Agency for Lincoln County, OR. providing services in Lincoln, Linn, Benton and Polk Counties OR.
33 years Facilitating BIP programs, 36 years involvement with Violence against Women Intervention initiatives (Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault)
Michael Clark (West Des Moines, United States) Provider
Professional Background
The Ananias Foundation provides guidance and encouragement for individuals who have been violent with their partner but who want to change.
Wendy W. Coates (Leesburg, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Wendy W. Coates, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and Virginia. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine, and the University of San Francisco. In 1994, Wendy began her career in Northern California providing individual, family, and group therapy for high-risk families in the juvenile justice system. This setting was the foundation for her focus on treating domestic abuse, anger management, and trauma recovery. While living in California, she also worked as a psychiatric social worker. This acute inpatient psychiatric hospital provided extensive diagnostic, treatment, and crisis intervention experience. In addition, she worked as a therapist contracted with the child protective services family reunification program. At this location, she provided individual and family therapy as well as court ordered mental health evaluations. Following her relocation to Northern Virginia in 2005, Wendy completed postgraduate coursework in marriage and family therapy at Virginia Tech. While living in Northern Virginia, she has been directing and facilitating batterer intervention, domestic violence, and anger management treatment programs. She is a member of the Virginia Batterer Intervention Program Certification Board. She is the author of Emotionally Intelligent Batterer Intervention, Mindful Workbook for Women, and Emotionally Intelligent Anger Management.
Dr. Rebecca Cobb (Burnaby, Canada) Researcher
Ms Julie Ann Coker (Union Beach, United States) Provider
Sandra Sandra Collins-Jackson (Kodiak, United States) Provider
Mrs. Cheryl Newman Colt (Glens Falls, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I am a licensed mental health counselor at the Adirondack Samaritan Counseling Center. I have been affiliated with the Center since 2010. I am also a fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and have been an ordained minister in the PC (USA) for 30 years.
I work with individuals and families who have experienced domestic violence. I also co-facilitate a weekly batterers intervention group and I am the coordinator for community programs, which involves registering individuals for the batterers intervention programs and an anger management group, as well as reporting to courts, probation officers, etc.
My goal in joining ADVIP is to increase my knowledge and skills in the area of domestic violence to help both victims and perpetrators.
Dawn Conley (Papillion, United States) Provider
Loree C Cook-Daniels (Milwaukee, United States) Provider
Professional Background
B.A.s in history and women’s studies
M.S. in Conflict Management
Graduate certificate in trauma counseling
40 years’ experience in public advocacy, LGBT issues
Sean Corbin (Lansing, United States) Provider
Professional Background
MPA, BA, CCJP, Certified ORAS Assessor, Certified MRT Instructor
Worked in the field since 1995 as a probation officer, supervisor, counselor, and program director.
Kenneth Corvo , PhD (Syracuse, United States) Researcher
Services or Research Projects
Theory building in DV perpetration
Vanessa Cox (Bridgeton, United States) Provider
Vanessa Cox (St.Louis, United States) Provider
Professional Background
EPICS Counseling Services is a private counseling service that I started in 2012. Our mission is to educate and empower youth, families and individuals through high-quality comprehensive counseling services, substance abuse treatment options and promote behavioral health awareness.
We offer individual therapy services, domestic violence programs, court-ordered anger management, drug education, petty larceny, defensive driving, and victim impact panel courses.
Louis Crust (Toronto, Canada) Provider
Mr Matthew Csabonyi (Brighton, Australia) Provider
Gabrielle Cyr (, United States) Provider
Teresa Ferraz da Silva (Coventry, United Kingdom) Researcher
David F Dahl , Ph.D. (San Jose, United States) Provider
Sallie Danenberg (San Jose) Provider
Dr. Nihaya Daoud (Beer Sheva, Israel) Researcher
Dr. Cheryl Lynn Davis (Glendale, United States) Provider
Minna Davis (Plymouth Meeting, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Frank DelFiugo (Sunnyvale, United States) Provider
Mr Nigel Christopher Dennning (Mt Eliza, Australia) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
I am director of a private psychology practice in Melbourne Australia. I provide therapy for individuals, couples and groups in family violence and relationship work.
Masters in Literary Theory (Monash) and a Masters in Counselling Psychology (Swinburne)
Graduate Certificate in Social Science (Male Family Violence)
I have worked in family violence for 12 years. I was previously the Family Violence co-ordinator for Relationships Australia, a large not-for-profit therapeutic and training organisation.
I have run men’s violence groups for 12 years
Services or Research Projects
I am currently researching a PhD at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine. I am interested in male typologies and their assessment. I am in the first few months of the project
Jean-Martin Deslauriers (Ottawa, Canada) Researcher
Professional Background
Jean-Martin Deslauriers is a professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Ottawa where he teaches psychosocial and group intervention methods and theory. As a social worker, he has worked with men with violent behaviors and offered supervision to therapists in this field. In addition, he has worked in a program for young parents. He is currently directing research projects on best practices with men, precocious fatherhood, separated fathers and men with violent behavior.
Dr Kathy L Dial (Norfolk, United States) Provider
Professional Background
PhD Social Work
Certified Batterers Intervention Program
Edward DiMaio (Sturgeon Bay, United States) Provider
Louise Dixon , Ph.D (Edgbaston, United Kingdom) Researcher
Emily Douglas (Worcester, United States) Researcher
Lynn S Dowd , Psy.D. (Worcester, United States) Provider
John Doyle (Waterford, Ireland) Provider
Dr. Kathryn Wilcox Doyle (Phoenix, United States) Provider
Lisa Doyle (St. Joseph, United States) Provider
Professional Background
156 S. 4th, Cosby, MO 64436 816-205-0082
pioneerstjoe@yahoo.com
Lisa Doyle, CRADC QMHP MA
ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS: ICRC, CAMF, CDVIF, QMHP, DOT SA
Objective To continue broaden my professional knowledge and expand addiction education, as well as counseling to those who are in need of effective recovery.
Experience 2013-present PSYCHOLOGY INSTRUCTOR – MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. JOSEPH, MO – ADJUNCT FACULTY
2006-present Addiction Awareness LLC – administrator – serving over 300 clients. http://www.aaesllc.webs.com/
2005-present Angel On My Shoulder – Professional Organizer.
*2 businesses that I run on my own.
2002-2010 Village of Cosby – Village Clerk-term ended.
2002-2010 Highland Community College Highland, KS
Sociology and Psychology Adjunct Instructor-teach online and onsite classes – average 4/semester
Couldn’t do the commute anymore.
1998-2006 Family Guidance Center St. Joseph, MO
Chemical Dependency Department Director (10/99-6/06)
Evening Clinical Supervisor March 99-October 99
Drug Court Outpatient Counselor/Family Therapist July 98-March 99
Was promoted 3 times in a little over a year.
Lead stabilization of the programs within the department and the department as a whole.
Have been noted for my organization, professionalism, and clinical skills.
1992-1998 Gordon Recovery Centers Sioux City, Iowa
Therapist II Therapist I Addiction Technician
Carried a caseload of over 15 residential adolescent clients.
Structure the program and wrote the curriculum that is still used.
Took over and structured the family program.
Education 1993-1996 University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD
Masters of Arts – Community, Agency, and School Counseling
ADDITIONAL RELEVENT EXPERIENCE
I. AWARDED: ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR, HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2009
II. COMPLETED 40 HOUR TRAINING ON CO-OCCURING DISORDERS, COMPLETED 70 HOUR TRAINING ON MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.
III. CONTRACT PROPOSAL REVIEWER FOR JACKSON COUNTY COMBAT since 2012
IV. CLINICAL SUPERVISION TRAINER FOR MISSOURI BOARD OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONALS.
• Have provided at least 4 Three day trainings.
V. ETHICS TRAINER FOR MISSOURI BOARD OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONALS.
• Have provided at least 4 One day trainings.
VI. BOARD MEMBER FOR THE FOLLOWING:
Mid City Excellence – Kim Warren
Brotherz – Dedra Coffee
VII. ELECTED TO THE FOLLOWING:
Missouri Department of Mental Health – State Advisory Council
MO Professional Credentialing Board
Addiction Recovery Resources – President
Don Dutton , Ph.D. (Vancouver, Canada) Researcher
Leila B Dutton , Ph.D. (West Haven, United States) Researcher
David Eggins (Northampton, United Kingdom) Provider
Professional Background
The registered charity delivers work with domestic abusers in 36 hour intensive, therapeutic, mixed gendered groups at weekends and has been doing so for the last 22 years. With income of an average of less that £15k per year we have completed, 100%, work with over 900 men and over 100 women. Our completion rates are about 90% for men and 95% for women.
The UK is dominated by an accreditor, RESPECT, which, as you’ll have certainly guessed, is really focused only on “Duluth”. No guesses for why that would be. All abusers and perpetrators are, of course, men and all victims are, of course, women: all research, of course, to feminist researchers. The last, Mirabal, £1.2m could find just 36 men to interview at time 2 from 4 projects running at least 7 programmes, with just 26 female partners also prepared to take part.
Daniel Ellis (Topsfield, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Eliot Community Human Services IMPACT Intimate Partner Abuse Education Program is a Massachusetts Department of Public Health Certified program providing intervention services to court ordered perpetrators of domestic violence.
Dr. Chuka Nestor Emezue (Chicago, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Chuka Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA is an assistant professor at Rush University, College of Nursing in the Department of Women, Children, and Family Nursing. His research focuses on developing and deploying technology-based psychobehavioral interventions to reduce co-occurring partner violence, relapse to substance use, and treatment disparities in rural, immigrant, and high-risk justice-involved settings, and across the lifespan.
Mr. Hernando Escandon (Parkersburg, United States) Provider
Mr. Quentin R Estey , Jr (Keene) Provider
Professional Background
Established a counseling agency in 2001 dealing with Domestic Violence Batterering, Substance Abuse and other Behaviorial Health issues. Retired from Law Enforcement before starting Community Improvement Associates in attempt to assist the local population.
Graduated from Keene State College, additional course work at University of Virginia and Babson College. Attended EMERGE, Domestic Violence Batterers program and graduated from same. Obtain my CRSW from the State of NH and certified to provide counseling and training for the NH IDCMP program.
Gregory Delano Evans (Oakland, United States) Provider
Mr Scott Frank Fialho Researcher
Emma L Fine (Chicago, United States) Researcher
Emma L Fine Researcher
Professional Background
I am a senior at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois. I’m starting research on IPV and intend to continue with research and providing services during and after grad school. My goals are to expand the perception of people who use violence to include their trauma and life experiences, not only their symptomatic behaviors which preceded treatment.
Ms. Valerie A Fisher (Bradenton, USA) Provider
Professional Background
Credentials
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, State of Florida (Licensed in 1999)
National Certified Counselor (Certified in 2000)
Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (2015 – meeting criteria established by NBCC)
Florida Supreme Court Certified Dependency Mediator (Certified in 2006)
Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator (Certified in 2010)
Batterers’ Intervention Program Director (State of Florida Certified in 2006)
Batterers’ Intervention Assessor (State of Florida Certified in 1997)
Batterers’ Intervention Facilitator (State of Florida Approved in 1997)
Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court approved Social Investigator (Approved in 2009)
Collaborative Divorce Facilitator (meeting IACP standards in 2014)
Professional History:
2006 to present – Director, FISHER COUNSELING & MEDIATION SERVICES, INC.
Providing psychotherapy and other services to individuals, partners, and families.
Batterers’ Intervention Program provider. Providing assessment and psycho-educational group treatment to court ordered and voluntary clients for Domestic Violence and/or Anger Management as appropriate. Separate groups for men and women in Sarasota and Bradenton locations.
Drug and alcohol abuse assessment and treatment. Providing services to clients (court ordered and voluntary) through individual or group counseling.
Contract provider for Safe Children Coalition. Providing psychotherapy and psychoeducational services to clients (parents and families) including bio-psychosocial assessment and counseling in group, family, couples’ or individual settings.
12th Judicial Circuit. Social Investigator – complete evaluations and make recommendations and/or Parenting Plan recommendations in Social Investigations for Family Court litigants.
Collaborative Divorce Facilitator – provide neutral facilitation and coordination of Collaborative Divorce Team meetings; help parties identify goals, address emotional challenges, keep the collaborative process moving toward a mutually satisfactory resolution.
2014 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Health Educator. Facilitate community presentations as part of the BCBS Medicare Wellness Program in Sarasota and Ft. Myers.
2006 to 2013 – Contract provider for Manatee Glens Corporation. Complete/provide Comprehensive Assessments for children (in Manatee, Sarasota or DeSoto County) removed from parents or guardians and placed in the dependency/foster care system due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.
2006 to 2013 – Contract provider of Juvenile Dependency Mediation services for the 12th Judicial Circuit, including Manatee, Sarasota and DeSoto Counties.
1997 to 2006 – Manatee County Citizens Review, Inc. Program Coordinator. Responsible for the development and implementation of program policies and procedures and overall functioning of the Citizens Review Program; supervised the scheduling of case review hearings referred by Manatee County Juvenile Court; ensured that all children in out-of-home care under the supervision of DCF received reviews that were timely and comprehensive. Recruited, screened, trained and scheduled 35 – 38 (on average) volunteers. Trained and supervised paid staff. Developed Budgets. Developed Outcome Measures. Wrote grants that secured continuous funding; ensured reporting requirements were met. Provided community and media presentations.
1995 to 2006 – Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (Part time). Assessor and Facilitator. Conducted assessments of individuals and facilitated batterers’ intervention and anger management groups for both male and female populations.
1985 to 1997 – Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. Director, Victim Advocate Program. Developed, implemented and managed the Victim Advocate Program. Supervised staff and volunteers. Provided on-scene crisis intervention to child and adult crime victims and witnesses; provided ongoing counseling regarding the criminal justice system and victim recovery; provided training to staff advocates, volunteers and Manatee County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement officers; wrote grants; ensured adherence to reporting requirements for continued funding; provided community outreach and media presentations.
1988 to 1996 – Manatee Area Vocational and Technical Training Center and Sarasota County Technical Institute Police Academies. Instructor (Part time). Taught in the Law Enforcement and Corrections Academies. Subjects included: Domestic Violence; Human Diversity; Interpersonal Communication; Victim Assistance; Suicide Intervention; Crisis Intervention and Death Notification.
Presentations:
June 27, 2015 – 23rd Annual Conference Florida Family Child care Home Assoc., Inc., Clearwater, Fl. Workshop: Domestic Violence and It’s Impact on Children
June 5, 2014 – Ft. Myers Florida Blue Center, Estero, Florida. Community Wellness presentation. Problems, Treatment and Support for Older Adults Facing Depression
October 17, 2013 – The Citizen Dispute Settlement Program – Twelfth Circuit of Florida. Domestic Violence Education and Mandatory Reporting: What you Need to Know
April 19, 2012 – The Citizen Dispute Settlement Program – Twelfth Circuit of Florida. Domestic Violence and Mediation
November 12, 2011 – Florida Osteopathic Medical Association. Domestic Violence: Characteristics of Victims and Offenders
October 21, 2011 – The 12th Judicial Circuit Family Court Professional Collaborative F.C.P.C. 6th Annual Conference. Domestic Violence: The Honeymooners
April 23, 2010 – The 12th Judicial Circuit Family Court Professional Collaborative F.C.P.C. 5th Annual Conference. Managing Mayhem: Addressing Domestic Violence by Women
Current Professional Affiliations:
American Mental Health Counselor’s Association (member)
Florida Mental Health Counselors Association (member)
Family Court Professional Collaborative (past Vice President)
Florida Alcohol & Drug Abuse Association (member)
Next Generation Divorce Sarasota (Vice President)
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (member)
Previous Professional Affiliations:
Manatee Victim Rights Council (founding member, past president)
Manatee County Domestic Violence Council and Task Force (founding member, past chair)
Florida Network of Victim Witness Services (past board member and secretary)
Family Law Advisory Group – 12th Judicial Circuit (member); (past co-chair Court Services Subcommittee)
Current Community Affiliations:
League of Women Voters of Manatee County, Treasurer (Past President, Past Secretary)
PRISM Youth Initiative (President, past Secretary)
Manatee Pride (Chair)
Services or Research Projects
Dr. Barbara Fisher-Townsend (Fredericton, Canada) Researcher
Professional Background
Ph.D. Sociology, University of New Brunswick
Selected Publications:
Fisher-Townsend, B., N. Nason-Clark, L. Ruff, and N. Murphy. “I am not violent: Men’s experience in group” in Beyond Abuse in the Christian Home: Raising voices for change, edited by C. Clark Kroeger, N. Nason-Clark and B. Fisher-Townsend, 78-99. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2008.
N. Nason-Clark, B. Fisher-Townsend, S. McMullin, and C. Holtmann, “Life stories of religious men who act abusively: Elements of the coordinated community response” in Strengthening Families and Ending Abuse: Churches and their Leaders look to the future, edited by N. Nason-Clark, B. Fisher-Townsend and V. Fahlberg, 40-64. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2013.
N. Nason-Clark, N. Murphy, B. Fisher-Townsend and L. Ruff. “An overview of the characteristics of the clients at a faith-based batterers’ interventin program.” Journal of Religion and Abuse 5.4(2003): 51-72.
N. Nason-Clark and B. Fisher-Townsend. Men who Batter. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Paul Paul S Flack (Salt Lake City, United States) Provider, Researcher
Dr. Mary Ann Forgey (Kingston, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Mary Ann Forgey is a Professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work. She received her BA and MSW from Boston College and her PhD from Columbia University. She has been a full time faculty member at Fordham GSSS since 1994. Dr. Forgey has taught a range of practice courses in the foundation area and in the advanced year and has been responsible for the development of several new courses and curriculum initiatives. Together with a law school colleague, she developed an elective in Domestic Violence: Law and Social Work. She also developed Fordham’s first elective in military social work practice. Dr. Forgey also spearheaded Fordham’s Legacy MSW Online Program in collaboration with a Fordham colleague and JesuitNET cand produced the first Generalist Social Work Practice Online course. Her interests include: evidence-based assessment of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV); social work practice with the military; the use of standardized clients (actors) in social work education and training; international social work education; and distance education. She served as the Principal Investigator on two multi-year research projects related to Intimate Partner Violence within the military. The first study investigated the patterns of IPV among military women. The second study developed an evidence based IPV assessment protocol for the Army and implemented an assessment training program using standardized clients. Her involvement in international social work includes social work curricula development training in Vietnam and a Fulbright Scholarship to Ireland, where she taught at the University College Dublin and conducted joint research on IPV assessment practices. Currently she is the Principal Investigator on an international comparative study of the role of military social worker in multiple counties. Dr. Forgey’s practice experience includes employment as a civilian social worker for the Department of the Army in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she served as the Director of Army Community Services and Family Advocacy Program Manager, and as a Child Protection Services (CPS) social worker in Massachusetts.
Lariana Forsythe (St Petersburg, United States) Provider
Ms. Leah Shanelle Freeman (Pittsburgh, United States) Provider
Rachael Frost (Murrieta, United States) Provider
Mr Matthew Mathias Ganda (Chelmsford, United Kingdom) Provider
Jose G Garcia (Hermiston, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Jose Garcia Is a Counselor with Multiple Certifications from MHACBO,He is Certified Alcohol Drug level II
Gambling Level I/CGACI/expires 06/01/22
CADCII/Alcohol drug counselor/expires/12/01/20.
NAADAC Certification Commission NCACI,/expires 03/31/21
SAP/Substance Abuse Professional/expires 04/30/2022
Member of Anger Management association/
Domestic Violance DVSII/expires/july/30/22
Chair of the Hispanic Advisory Committee at City hall in Hermiston Oregon,
President of the Latino Business network thru the chamber of commerce in Hermiston Oregon.
Ambassador for the STIF Advisory committee appointed by county Commissioners state wide transportation improvement.
Member of the TIO, Trauma Inform Oregon.
Director at New horizons Program.Out patiente Cultural Specific Services.
Member of the Multicultural Advisory Committee/For Gambling Treatment,Salem Oregon thru OHA.
Member of Board of directors and Secretary for MHACBO,Mental Health and addiction counseling Board of Oregon.
Aida Garza (Freeport, Brazoria) Provider
Devon Gaster (Oakland, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I hold a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Loyola in New Orleans.
I am the founder and Executive Director of Men Creating Peace, a certified Violence Prevention and Anger Management provider in Alameda County California.
I have been a state certified violence prevention facilitator and trainer with the Manalive Violence Prevention Program since 1998. I am a former batterer who successfully completed my 52 week violence prevention classes with Manalive and then trained to become a facilitator in the program.
I have over 18 years experience in the field of violence prevention working in various communities in the San Francisco bay area and the Sacramento area. I have worked for several years in county jails in the San Francisco bay area, in Sacramento, as well as in San Quentin State Prison, facilitating violence prevention and anger management groups. I worked for 7 years in the San Francisco County Jail with the Resolve to Stop the Violence Project in custody program as a group facilitator and case manager.
I have lead many workshops and presentations in the Bay Area and in Sacramento on the subject of violence prevention and batterers treatment. I have presented three times at the Institute on Violence and Trauma Conference in San Diego.
irene Gerschenson (Denver, United States) Provider
Ohad Ohad Gilbar (Tel-Aviv, ישראל) Researcher
Ohad Gilbar (Tel-Aviv, Israel) Researcher
Melanie Goldsmith (Columbia, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Mission
The mission of Time For Change is to help people enjoy the benefits of healthy relationships.
Vision
Our role is to REACH people with tools, resources and techniques to identify, promote and achieve healthy relationships in their lives and end domestic violence in our community.
Program Tenets
Time For Change Batterer Intervention and Anger Management programs are foundationally structured around two tenets:
- Victim Safety
- Offender Accountability
We stand for Healthy Relationships
Time For Change believes everyone deserves a healthy relationship. Everyone.
Culture
REACHing people where they are is of critical importance. Time For Change programs and staff model the attitudes and beliefs characteristic of healthy relationships. We expect nothing less than reciprocation of this culture from our clients.
Respect
We will listen and not judge. We will be emotionally affirming and understanding. We value opinions.
Equality
We will be fair.
Accountability
We accept responsibility for our programs and ourselves. We admit when we are wrong.
Collaboration
We will work in partnership with Center of Hope and other community and victim services organizations-including other certified BIPs, law enforcement and the criminal justice system as well as the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence to insure both victim safety and offender accountability.
Honesty
We will communicate openly and truthfully at all times.
Services or Research Projects
Time For Change offers two programs for court-ordered individuals and also welcomes self and community referrals.
- Batterer Intervention Program
- 26-week Certified Program as defined by Chapter 0490-1 | Domestic Violence State Coordinating Council {Tennessee}
- Anger Management
- 8-hour program structured to help clients learn how to identify triggers and appropriately manage feelings and behaviors that accompany anger.
Dr Nicola Graham-Kevan (Preston, United Kingdom) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Graham-Kevan is a Reader in the Psychology of Aggression at the University of Central Lancashire and a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Mittuniversitetet. She also a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the International Society Research on Aggression.
Dr. Graham-Kevan has been researching violence, particulalry family violence, and its treatment for over a decade and has numerous peer-reviewed articles as well as book chapters and professional reports. Dr Graham-Kevan presents her work at national and international conferences as well as delivering training and workshops in the UK and US. She was lead author for the British Psychological Society’s response to government consultations on reducing reoffending and domestic violence. She has worked on several externally funded research projects and is currently the principal investigator for an EU funded project on violent crime victim’s vulnerability to repeat victimization.
Dr. Graham-Kevan is co-author on Inner Strength domestic violence treatment programme. This is a medium to high risk programme for domestically violent men. It adopts a positive, strength-based approach to treating domestic violence. It has been piloting at a medium secure prison in the UK and is on it’s fifth cohort. Of the 50 men who have begun the programme, only one has dropped out. The pre and post psychometric data is excellent and there is a long term reoffending evaulation in place. Dr Graham-Kevan is also an author on Life Minus Violence programme (for non-domestic violence) and Thinking Minds (for enhancing problem solving). Her most recent project has been designing a structured supervision package for probationers which is being pilotted across three counties in England. She has delivered individual and group based interventions with men and women in community, prison and secure hospital settings and is trained in risk assessment and crisis negotiation.
Dr. Graham-Kevan’s focus has always been to use evidence to guide practice and in this capacity she has evaluated several offending treatment programmes including domestic violence (Strength to Change programme, Hull NHS), non-domestic violence (Silence the Violence, Khulisa Crime Prevention) and resilience (Footsteps, Red Road).
Services or Research Projects
Dr Graham-Kevan trains pratitioners (e.g. clinicians, probation managers, therapists, social workers) in deliverying Inner Strength Domestic Violence treatment programme. She is able to train both within and outside of the UK.
Dr Graham-Kevan developes bespoke interventions for the criminal justice system and therapuetic services.
Dr Graham-Kevan is experienced in programme evaluation.
Jose Luis Grana-Gomez (Madrid, Spain) Provider, Researcher
Donavan Issac Grant (Charlotte, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Bio for Donavan Grant, MACC, LCMHC
Donavan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina who earned his Master’s Degree in Christian Counseling from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
He has over twenty years of experience in the area domestic violence working with victims, child witnesses, and specializing in working with perpetrators. Donavan is also experienced in bereavement counseling, and working with youth and adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties. He is well versed in providing individual and group therapy on various life issues, as well as marital therapy.
Donavan is a member of the American Counseling Association, and the current elected Chair of North Carolina Providers of Abuser Treatment. He was a recipient of the National Association of Counties Award in 2010 for innovation in delivery of services to the community.
Donavan is married with two children, and enjoys spending time with his family.
Dianna Graves (Vallejo, United States) Provider
Carolina Grijalba-Rodriguez (Danbury, USA) Provider, Researcher
Veronica Guarneros (San Bernardino) Provider
Veronica Guarneros (Riverside, United States) Provider
Ms Diana M Guerrero (Oxnard, United States) Provider
Ms. Diana M Guerrero (Oxnard) Provider
Dr. Alisha Dyan Guthery (Suquamish, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Alisha Guthery holds a doctorate in Counseling, Education, and Supervision, is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington State, and is the Director of Advocacy and Learning at a domestic violence agency in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Guthery’s primary interests include trauma recovery and violence prevention and intervention. Her work focuses on research-driven program development applied through a trauma-informed lens. Dr. Guthery works with both victims and abusers of violence, and her accomplishments include developing and implementing domestic violence programs and curricula for incarcerated women, youth, and adults. Dr. Guthery has presented on domestic violence at the Washington Counselor Association, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Women in Psychology. Publications include two articles on the subject of transnational feminism and domestic violence.
Craig Halis (Center Line, United States) Provider
John Hamel , LCSW (San Rafael, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
John Hamel, LCSW, acquired both his B.A. in Psychology (1986) and Masters in Social Welfare (1988) from the University of California at Los Angeles, and was licensed as an LCSW (LCS 15194) in November, 1989. Since 1991, he has been Director of John Hamel & Associates, with offices in several San Francisco Bay Area counties. Mr. Hamel and his associates provide a wide range of clinical, consultation and training services. His areas of expertise are in the assessment and treatment of anger management and family violence, as well as substance abuse and co-dependency. He has conducted family violence research since 2005, and his articles have appeared in numerous peer-reviewed scholarly journals. He is the author of Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, 2nd Edition: Evidence-Based Approaches, published by Springer in 2014. Mr. Hamel is co-editor with Tonia Nicholls, PhD, of Family Interventions in Domestic Violence: A Handbook of Gender-Inclusive Theory and Treatment (Springer, 2007); and he edited Intimate partner and family abuse: A Casebook of gender-inclusive therapy (Springer, 2008), which includes chapters by clinicians from the United States and several other countries and is the first domestic violence casebook to include extensive case studies of both male and female perpetrators and victims. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal, Partner Abuse, published quarterly by Springer Publishing.
Mr. Hamel is married and lives with his wife, Judi, and their twins, Jacob and Aviva, in San Rafael, California.
Services or Research Projects
Clinical Services
John Hamel provides individual, couples, family and group counseling and psychotherapy to a wide variety of clients. His specialized clinical services include a substance abuse relapse prevention group, family violence assessments (including specialized assessments in disputed-child custody cases), victim services and advocacy (including victim support groups), and treatment programs for angry and violent men, women, couples, parents and teens. Although many of his clients are voluntary participants, many are referred from Family Court or Child Protective Services, or mandated by the courts to participate in either a batterer treatment program, or a parenting program. These programs are available at several locations in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA, including in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, San Rafael, Berkeley, Oakland and Vallejo. A current group schedule can be found at his website, http://www.johnhamel.net
Mr. Hamel also provides consultation and training for mental health professionals, batterer intervention providers, shelter workers and victim advocates, court mediators and evaluators, teachers, attorneys and law enforcement; and speaks regularly at domestic violence conferences around the country. He is a pioneer in the development of the evidence-based, gender-inclusive approach to domestic violence, a newly-emerging, empirically-based model of research and treatment. His trainings been praised both for their innovative look at theory and policy, as well as their abundance of practical, hands-on intervention tools. Additionally, Mr. Hamel serves as an expert court witness on the subject of family violence, and has testified before the California Legislature on domestic violence public policy.
Research
Currently, Mr. Hamel is working on a manuscript with Gregory Stuart, Ph.D., and colleagues that reports on a study of motivation for physical abuse perpetration in a dating population.
He is also collaborating with Fred Buttell, Ph.D., on an outcome study of batterer intervention programs in Alameda County, California.
Two manuscripts are currently under review for publication in peer reviewed journals. One reports on a new measure of emotional abuse and control, the Controlling and Abusive Tactics questionnaire (CAT); the other provides an overview of evidence-based research on domestic violence intervention programs.
Ms. Suzanne Berteau Hamilton (Gonzales, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the State of Louisiana, United States, a Certified Domestic Violence Specialist-II, a Certified Anger Management Specialist-II, and a Certified Telemental Health Specialist. I have been trained in the Duluth Model, the Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Curriculum: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach, and the Strength At Home trauma-based program for active military, veterans, and couples. I have led court-ordered Domestic Violence and Anger Management groups for 4 years, and have been an LPC for 26 years.
Tim d Hamilton (Las Vegas, United States) Provider
Jesse Hansen (Lakewood, United States) Provider
Kelsey Harford (Oakville, Canada) Provider
Jennifer Jill Harman , PhD (Fort Collins, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Jennifer Jill Harman, Ph.D. received her doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2005, and specializes in the study of intimate relationships. She also has two masters degrees from Teacher’s College, Columbia University in psychological counseling, and served as a family and substance abuse counselor for several years prior to her entry into academia. She is currently an associate professor of psychology at Colorado State University.
Dr. Harman is an accomplished and awarded teacher, and has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has presented her research regularly at scientific conferences around the world. She has also co-authored numerous books such as The Science of Relationships: Answers to your Questions about Dating, Marriage and Family and Parents Acting Badly: How Institutions and Society Promote the Alienation of Children from their Loving Families.
Dr. Harman’s areas of research expertise focus on the topic of power in relationships: power in how intimate partners influence each other for good or bad. As an applied social psychologist, her work has applied social psychological theories on intimate relationships to the study of public health problems ranging from STI prevention to domestic violence. For nearly the last decade, her primary focus has been on the study of parental alienation.
Aside from her professional publications, Dr. Harman also writes articles for general audiences, such as The Conversation, and her work is republished on thousands of other news sites (e.g., Associated Press, Raw Story). Her 2016 TEDx talk on parental alienation, has had thousands of views.
Dr. Harman regularly conducts trainings for legal and mental health professionals on parental alienation, and serves as an expert witness and consultant on civil and criminal cases involving parental alienation and other forms of family violence.
Diane Harpstrite (Clayton, Unite States) Provider
Lisa Hay (Fairbanks, United States) Provider
Professional Background
State of Alaska approved Batterer’s Intervention Program. In operation for the last 20 years. Ongoing continued education for all staff members. Regular provider of trainings on working with offenders, offender dynamics, domestic violence, effects of DV on children to other agencies (probation and parole, school district, children’s services, local health care providers). Provider of expert witness testimony for attorney general’s office and local courts on offenders, offender dynamics, offender treatment, effects of domestic violence on victims – including children. Member of local Domestic Violence Task Force and Community Coordinated Response Team. Member of State Committee to revise State regulations for BIPs in Alaska. web site: http://www.leapalternativestoviolenceprograms.com
Services or Research Projects
Services for offenders:
Male domestic violence offender groups
Female domestic violence offender groups
Individual psychotherapy for offenders post BIP program completion, co-current psychotherapy for offenders while they are in group if needed.
Couples counseling for couples without DV in their relationship, if appropriate post program completion for offenders who are still in a relationship with their victim
Individual psychotherapy for those effected by domestic violence, sexual abuse, trauma, anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, ADHD. Including EMDR.
Mr Edward Hayden (Honolulu, United States) Provider
Services or Research Projects
Parents and Children Together provides counseling for domestic violence offenders, survivors and their children.
Dr. Denise Healy , DMFT (Placerville, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Denise Healy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Streets2Schools, Inc., and its division, Commitment2Change. She specializes in helping corporate leaders and teams repair fractured connections to foster cultures of compassionate respect. Denise also leads a dedicated team of victim advocates who work directly with violent offenders. With over 40 years of experience in teaching, writing, consulting, facilitation, training, administration, counseling, and psychology, she has a proven ability to inspire and add value to teams. Denise was a 2019 nominee for the JMT DNA Culture Award in Nurturing Transformation. She is the author of the popular children’s book Christopher’s Anger (WPS, 2000), Mending Broken Connections (CRP, 2019), and co-author of Success Formula (DNA, 2019) with Jack Canfield. Denise holds advanced degrees in Educational Leadership and Psychology – Marriage, Family, Child Therapy, with an equivalency in School Psychology and earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in Culture, Diversity and Social Justice in a Global Context.
Allyson Henry (Seattle, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, WA. My private practice, Flourishworks, focuses on empowering and inspiring clients to identify and make the changes within themselves to flourish in their lives.
I have over 30 years’ experience helping people achieve their goals. As a therapist, I have been working with families and individuals to address issues such as mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, divorce, school advocacy, couples counseling and parenting. I have had substantial post graduate training in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, TripleP, Gottman Method, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Trauma Focused CBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
My work with families, couples, and individuals has enabled my clients to make changes in their lives while respecting their values and culture. My individualized approach is informed by both theory and experience. I possess an authentic ability to see people’s strengths while guiding the therapeutic process toward healing. I am committed to enabling personal growth for my clients.
I also believe Therapy should be convenient. I offer evening appointments. Please call me for a free 15 min consultation to see if we are the right fit for one another
Dennis L. Henson (Las Vegas, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I have been licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist since 1984. Prior to licensure, I had begun working for the State of Nevada, Department of Mental Health and Hygiene. I retired from the State in 2005, after 28 years of providing clinical and administrative services in the outpatient, residential and inpatient arenas. In 1984, I was recruited as a contract therapist at SafeNest, a private, non-profit organization whose emphasis is to serve victims of domestic violence. In the latter half of 1984, a batterers treatment component was added to the program. In my capacity as a contract therapist, I provide risk assessments, assessments for appropriateness of services, victim services and co-facilitate male batterer groups.
I provide training to advocates and new staff members regarding batterers on a quarterly basis. Previously, I provided training to Judge Pro Temps, Clark County School District employees and the Southern Nevada Housing Authority staff members.
The State of Nevada requires batter treatment providers receive a minimum of 15 CEU’s per calendar year, from an approved list of presenters noted on the State Attorney General’s website.
The works of Donald Dutton, Lundy Bancroft have greatly influenced me over the years. I particularly appreciate John Hamel’s efforts to inform therapists and the general public of the latest research regarding domestic violence.
MSc Dofri Hermannsson (Reykjavik, Iceland) Researcher
Nicole Hinks (Fort McMurray, Canada) Provider, Researcher
Mr. Jamie B. Hodgson (Brockville, Canada) Provider
Professional Background
I have worked with a community based domestic violence treatment program for 20+ years. I have also worked as a facilitator of d/v treatment programs inside Canada’s Federal Penitentiary system in Kingston Onatrio for approx. 4 years.
Juha Holma (Jyväskylä, Finland) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
PhD, Family therapist
Services or Research Projects
Research on groups for men who have physically abused their female partners
Research on couple treatment in intimate partner violence
Encountering Violence in Social and Health Care Organizations
John Hughes (Baldock, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) Provider
Cynthia Diane Hunter-Spears (Lancaster, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I have worked in the social services field for the past twenty years. I began my career as a intake specialist for a drug rehabilitation program that provided behavioral health care services to substance abuse users and domestic violence batterers. I have worked inpatient and outpatient drug rehabilitation, juvenile court, domestic violence shelter, and non-profit agencies. I have a certification in addiction studies as a Masters Level Registered Addiction Specialist from Breining Institute, I hold a Certification as Domestic Violence Specialist for victims, AA degree in liberal studies from Los Angeles Trade Technical College, BA in Sociology and minor in Psychology from the California State University Bakersfield; current graduate student at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology earning a MA in Forensic Psychology estimated completion date December 2015. I am founder and Chief Executive Officer of a social services non-profit organization (for the past ten years) that provides prevention/early intervention services to youth and adults.
Services or Research Projects
I currently provide group counseling in domestic violence (batterers) parent education, anger management, addiction education, utilizing evidenced based curriculum.
Matthew Huss (Omaha, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588
Master of Legal Studies
Received May 2001
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588
Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology
Received August 2000
Dissertation: The Utility of Batterer Typologies and the Construct of Psychopathy In Domestic Violence Perpetrators
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Clinical Internship
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Completed September 2000
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS 66801
Master of Science in General-Experimental Psychology
Received May 1994
Thesis: Comparison Study of Eyewitness, Verbal Earwitness, and Nonverbal Earwitness Stimuli
Creighton University
Omaha, NE 68178
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Received May 1992
Strawhun, J., Adams, N. & Huss, M. T. (2013). The assessment of cyberstalking: An expanded examination including social networking, attachment, jealousy, and anger in relation to violence and abuse. Violence and Victims, 28, 715-730.
Norris, S., Huss, M. T., & Palarea, R.E (2011). A pattern of violence: Analyzing the relationship between intimate partner violence and stalking. Violence and Victims, 26, 103-115.
Huss, M. T., & Ralston, A. (2008). Do batterer subtypes actually matter? Treatment completion, treatment response, and recidivism across a batterer typology. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 710-723.
Covell, C. N., Huss, M. T., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2007). Empathic deficits among male batterers: A multidimensional approach. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 165-174.
Huss, M. T., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2006). Assessing the generalization of psychopathy in a clinical sample of domestic violence perpetrators. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 571-586
Huss, M. T., Covell, C. N., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2006). Clinical implications for the assessment and treatment of antisocial and psychopathic domestic violence perpetrators. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 13, 59 – 85.
Huss, M. T., Tomkins, A. J., Garbin, C. P., Schopp, R. F., & Kilian, A. (2006). Battered women who kill their abusers: An examination of commonsense notions, cognitions, and judgments. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 1063-1080.
Sartin, M., Hansen, D., & Huss, M. T. (2006). Recidivism and treatment response-related characteristics for domestic violence perpetrators. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 11, 425-440.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Shlien, R., Huss, M. T., & Kramer, V. (2004). Attributions about perpetrators and victims of interpersonal abuse: Results from an analogue study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 484-498.
Huss, M. T., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2000). Identification of the psychopathic batterer: The clinical, legal, and policy implications. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5, 403-422.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Huss, M. T., & Ramsey, S. (2000). The clinical utility of batterer profiles. Journal of Family Violence, 15, 37-53.
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BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED
Huss, M. T. (2008). Domestic violence. In N. Salikand (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational psychology (vol. 1) (pp. 273-279). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
Spidel, A., Vincent, G., Huss, M. T., Winters, J., Thomas, L., & Dutton, D. G. (2007). Psychopathy: Subtyping perpetrators of domestic violence. In H. F. Hervé & J. C. Yuille (Eds.). The psychopath: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 327-342). Mahwah, New Jersey: Erlbaum.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Huss, M. T., & Rohling, M. (2006). Assessing violence in adults. In M. Hersen (Ed.). Clinician’s handbook of adult behavioral assessment (pp. 371-400). New York: Elsevier.
Services or Research Projects
An Examination of domestic violence interventions among probationers
Per Isdal , Ph.D. (Stavanger, Norway) Provider
Jennifer Jackson (Chattanooga) Provider
Dr Achini Chinthika Jayatilleke , MBBS, MHSc (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Researcher
Mr. Steve Johnson (Sydney, Australia) Provider
Dr. Joni E Johnston (Del Mar, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Dr. Joni Johnston is a clinical/forensic psychologist and private investigator who has worked with various legal and correctional facilities in the assessment and treatment of individuals who have committed violent offenses.
Dr Argyroula Kalaitzaki (Rethymnon, Greece) Researcher
Professional Background
STUDIES – DEGREES:
- Bachelor degree in Psychology (1992), Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Greece.
- M.Sc degree in Clinical Psychology (1996), Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Greece.
- Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology (2000), Department of Psychology, University of Crete, Greece.
- Ph.D. degree in Psychology (2005), School of Health, Natural and Social Science, University of Sunderland, U.K.
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES / TRAINING:
- European Diploma in the Psychological Therapies (2001), European Institute of Psychotherapy, U.K.
- Psychotherapy methods and techniques
- Psychometric tests and projective techniques
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology (temporary staff), School of Health and Social Welfare, Higher Technological Educational Institute of Crete (2002-2011).
- Adjunct professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Crete (2000- 2002 and 2010-2011).
- Adjunct professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete (2008- 2010).
- Adjunct professor of Clinical Psychology, Nursing Department, Higher Technological Educational Institute of Crete (2002-2008).
- Adjunct professor, Department of Music Technology and Acoustics, Higher Technological Educational Institute of Crete (2003 – 2004).
- Adjunct professor, School of Police Officers (2003-2004).
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Research projects (University of Crete)
- Psychologist in the Specialized Center for Vocational Training “Love” (Rethymnon)
- Vocational Training programs and seminars (Prefecture of Rethymnon and Vocational Training Centers)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Interpersonal relating and interrlating within couples and families
- Psychotherapy interventions and effectiveness of psychotherapy integration in improving negative interrelating
- Dating violence and abuse (perpetration and victimization)
- Parent-child relationships
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT(S) – COLLABORATORS ARE INVITED:
International Parenting Study (IPS). Under the supervision of Angèle Fauchier and Murray A. Straus, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham.
The study questionnaire includes scales that measure, among many other variables, violent family and dating relationships, such as: Conflict Tactics Scales – Between Parents (CTS2-Short Form), Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales (Parent-To-Child), Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales (Child-To-Parent), Conflict Tactics Scales – Dating Relationship (CTS2-Short Form), Corporal and Capital Punishment Attitudes, Corporal Punishment Law Attitudes, Dominance In Dating Relationship, etc.
The data have already been collected and entered in a SPSS file. Collaborators are invited to analyse the data and write papers!
Melanie Kelly (Hood River, United States) Provider
Professional Background
MELANIE KELLY, LCSW: CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Oregon Board of Clinical Social Workers #3784
WashingtonState Licensed Independent Social Worker- #LW00009366
Member-National Association of Social Workers
Clinical Associate Member-Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)
Certified Clinical Therapist-Sex Offender Treatment Oregon board- STB-T-10125498
Washington State certified domestic violence offender treatment program
COUNSELING AND EVALUATION SERVICES
Therapeutic Solutions Inc. provides a broad range of behavioral counseling services to individuals, couples and families that include: Mental and behavioral health treatment, relationship improvement, anger management, social skills development, self-esteem building and sexual abuse treatment (victim and offender). Ms. Kelly evaluates individuals for mental and behavioral health needs. Ms. Hertrich conducts group and individual services as well as conducts domestic violence and anger management evalautions. Therapeutic Solutions Inc. provides many services to individuals who are court-ordered or who are going through legal proceedings (criminal, divorce, child custody and juvenile). We have excellent credibility with the courts in Oregon and Washington.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Ms. Kelly holds a masters degree in Social Work received from PortlandStateUniversity in 2003. She has been licensed as a Clinical Social Worker since December of 2005. She has been working with victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence for the past 15 years. She has provided community based family therapy as well as individual therapy surrounding mental health and violence issues. Ms. Kelly has worked in the alternative school setting providing mental health treatment for at risk youth in addition to providing sex offender specific treatment. In addition she has worked as a co-therapist providing services to domestic violence offenders. Ms. Kelly was trained in working with adolescent sexual offenders at the Kempe Children’s Center in Denver, Colorado.
Ms. Hertrich has worked for 20 years in the criminal justice and social service field. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Family and Childhood development and has specialized training in victim and offender treatment. Ms. Hertrich was trained in DenverColorado at the Kempe Children’s Center where she was certified in working with adolescents who have committed offenses. Ms. Hertrich in addition has been trained in Domestic Violence Offender treatment through Allies in Change by Chris Huffine.
APPROACH TO COUNSELING
Therapeutic Solutions Inc. utilizes a cognitive-behavioral model of treatment that focuses on thinking, feeling and behaving. We have a very practical, solution-oriented approach to counseling. The first step is helping the client to identify the problem(s) in their life and then developing an action plan to cope with the problem and resolve the issue(s). We encourage clients to take responsibility for their behavior and use a variety of self-improvement tools to prevent hurtful behavior and track their progress. These tools include: prevention plans, journals, positive self-talk, workbooks, art therapy and situation scripting-tapes. We are firm believers that people are inherently good, but they sometimes do destructive and hurtful things to themselves and others.
Kelly Eileen Kinderman (Buffalo, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Mission of Community Services
Our mission is to provide or obtain services for people with developmental disabilities and their families in Western New York, which will assist in achieving their highest level of independent living, enable their fullest participation in society, ensure that their civil and human rights are protected, and promote their ability to be productive, contributing members of the community.
Vision of Community Services
- Striving for Excellence
- Supporting Partnerships
- Creating Solutions
- Fulfilling Dreams
Individualized services that help make dreams come true designed and provided with passionate professionals.
Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled employs over 950 full-time and part-time staff who continually strive for excellence in care and service. We currently serve over 2,000 people in Erie and Niagara Counties, supporting partnerships throughout the region.
Our Residential Program provides 40 homes in communities around Western New York including a Safe House and an Emergency Shelter for Developmentally Disabled individuals and their family.
As the leader in person centered care, we offer over 40 different programs to provide a full range of services to meet the personal, social, and vocational needs of individuals. Our programs and services consistently create solutions to meet the goals and fulfill the dreams of the people we serve.
At Community Services we believe that every person is able and deserves the opportunity to live an independent and full life.
Services or Research Projects
Community Services received the Training and Services to End Violence Against Women with Disabilities Grant through The US Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. The three-year grant includes a cooperative agreement with the Family Justice Center to increase capacity to respond to individuals with developmental disabilities who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. The Family Justice Center of Erie County, a victim service provider serving victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and or stalking, is based right in Buffalo, practically out the back door of our Administrative Office. We have a founding partnership with the FJC established nearly 10 years ago. We would occasionally make referrals to the other for services, although not though a codified procedure whereas with a memorandum of understanding between us will aid our collaboration efforts. The number of people with developmental disabilities who face incidences of violence in our community is staggering. By collaborating our efforts with the FJC we can provide expertise in assisting these victims to move forward with their lives and become survivors.
Debra Kaye Knaub (Lakewood, United States) Provider
Nola Nola Knudsen (Fairplay, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Nola Knudsen, MA, LPCC, LAC -My agency provides services to both male and female domestic violence offenders. Additionally, we provide services for DUI and addiction counseling as well as general mental health services.
Brian T. Kohatsu (Lihue, United States) Provider
Mr Bill Kohlmeyer , MSW, LMHC (Des Moines, United States) Provider
Mrs Carol Jean Koppenstein (Overgaard, United States) Provider
Dr. Anant Kumar (Ranchi, India) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Anant Kumar is Assistant Professor at Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Trained in Psychology (University of Allahabad) and Social Sciences in Health (JNU), he offers courses in Public Health and Policy; RCH, Gender and Development; and Organizational Behaviour. He is also associated with various programmes and projects of the Institute.
Before joining XISS, Dr Kumar worked with Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Population Leadership Program in India. He is associated with various organizations and professional groups and has been published in several national and international journals. He is also on the panel of reviewers for various national and international Journals. Dr Kumar is South Asia Representative for Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research Task Group on Global Health Research Partnerships.
Specialties: Public health, women’s health, mental health, population and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, international health, public health policy and leadership.
Dr Lesley Ann Lambo (Baie d’Urfe, Canada) Researcher
Professional Background
I am an Australian, living and working in Montreal, Canada. Currently, my research focusses on women perpetrators of IPV. I have recently completed a qualitative study with female perpetrators mandated to attend support groups. However, in the past I conducted research with male perpetrators, in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria and in Montreal, Canada.
Services or Research Projects
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Anthony Stephen Lanza (Norwalk, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Steve Lanza is a community justice and human development professional with over 27 years of experience in human development, psychotherapy/counseling, and domestic violence interventions. He is on the faculty of the University of Connecticut at Stamford, Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, and Norwalk Community College, Criminal Justice Program. He was a Visiting Lecturer in the Human Rights Program at Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut.
He is a licensed marital and family therapist, clinical supervisor, Connecticut State-approved provider of domestic violence intervention services, and a trainer divorce mediator. For 16 years he served as the Executive Director of a leading community justice agency.
He has served on Connecticut’s Batterer Intervention Programming and Standards Subcommittee where he helped develop best-practices state standards for DV offender intervention; and on the Connecticut Sentencing Commission, Recidivism Reduction Committee where he assisted with the investigation and development of policy and statutory recommendations. He currently serves on Connecticut’s Domestic Violence Offender Program Standards Advisory Council and as a Special Master for the Superior Court’s Regional Family Trial Docket.
Among his publications, a recent co-authored paper received the 2014 American Journal of Public Health Paper of the Year Award. Other publications include a co-authored chapter in the landmark publication “What Causes Men’s Violence Against Women” edited by Michele Harway and James O’Neil; research reports on the effectiveness of domestic violence interventions and interagency collaboration; and editing the Family Violence Education Program Curriculum for the State of Connecticut.
His consulting practice, Justice Consultants, LLC focuses on effective and restorative policies and practices in criminal justice.
His private practice focuses on distressed relationships, parenting, co-parenting/parenting apart, challenges around divorce, men and masculinity, life-cycle/developmental transitions, and healthy fulfilling relationships.
Mrs Robin Larkin (Queensbury, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Attended the conference in 2018 while working at an agency and co-facilitating a BEP. Now in private practice and created a BEP with same colleague in 2020.
Services or Research Projects
Looking to learn and grow my (our) knowledge base with others in the field.
Teresa A Larson-White (Fort Dodge, United States) Provider
Professional Background
- 1985-1987, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Iowa
- On-going training requirements in social work/human service/mental health issues to maintain licensure
- 1988– 1992, In-Home Family Counselor, Family Crisis Intervention Unit Counselor, batterer education program group facilitator
- 1992-June 30, 2010, Coordinator/Supervisor of Domestic Abuse Intervention Service (DAIS) batterer education program, DAIS group facilitator (men & women), Supervisor of In-Home Counseling staff as well as Family Crisis Intervention Unit staff.
- July 1, 2010 – Present-Supervisor – In-home Counseling and as of October 2012 – Program Manager of the Youth Employment Program, facilitate the Anger Management program groups for men and women, provide direct service through the Behavior Healthy Intervention Service (BHIS) skill development program as needed.
- Contracted by Iowa Department of Corrections to train batterer education program facilitators throughout the State of Iowa
- Certified by the Iowa Department of Corrections to facilitate men’s and women’s batterer education program since 1989
- Certified Family Team Meeting facilitator #10244
- Certified Trainer for Trainers for Iowa Department of Corrections men’s batterer education program
- Co-wrote a training curriculum for Iowa Department of Corrections
- In 2010 served on a State committee that re-wrote the batterer education program curriculum for the State of Iowa
- Licensed Bachelor of Social Work since June 12, 1998
- Trained in domestic violence victim advocacy
- Certified trainer of Mandatory Child Abuse Reporters
- Currently serve on the Advisory Board for the 2nd Judicial District Department of Correctional Services (2012-
- Provided public awareness on domestic violence including public speaking to service groups and trainings for law enforcement and human service providers
- Organized domestic violence coalitions in six counties
Dr. Erika Lawrence (Evanston, United States) Researcher
Laurie Lawrenz (Sheboygan, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Our Domestic Batterer Intervention Program is court approved and our agency is a member of the Wisconsin Batterers Treatment Providers Association.
We offer counseling services for male and female perpetrators of domestic abuse. We are a GLBT friendly agency. We offer couples counseling (female/male, male/male, female/female) for relationship issues. PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT counsel couples in a domestic abuse relationship until after the perpetrator and victim have completed individual counseling services.
We offer individual psychotherapy counseling services for just about any issue that a client is experiencing. We offer dual diagnosis alcohol and drug abuse counseling.
All counseling services are administered by a Masters level or higher mental health counselor. Our counselors believe education and research are an important part of understanding client issues so we frequently attend conferences and seminars to stay attune with new developments in the world of mental health counseling.
Services or Research Projects
We are currently developing programs to incorporate social services into our agency practice. Some up coming projects include client food pantry and personal care item pantries and a needle exchange program to help address the sweeping heroin addiction problem in our communities.
Ashley Nacol LeBlanc (Long Beach, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
My name is Ashley LeBlanc and I was born, raised, and still reside in Long Beach, Mississippi. I have a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The University of Southern Mississippi and I am currently finishing my masters degree in Clinical Mental Health at Loyola University New Orleans. My article, “The Double Standard of Accountability: A Call for Treatment Integrity of IPV Offender Treatment Programs” will be published in the upcoming volume in Partner Abuse this December (2020). I am currently working on comparing treatment modalities other than The Duluth Model. My biggest dream, if there were no obstacles, is to build/design a rehabilitation style facility for IPV offenders, and of course have an effective treatment model. My goals for ADVIP are to connect with like-minded researchers and join an organization to keep me involved and up to date. I would also appreciate any mentorship since my mentor was in my undergrad program. I’m mostly curious about how to make research an actual career, how to get connected to those open positions, and what to do to advance my research that will soon publish.
Mrs Andrea J. Lee (Denman Island, Canada) Provider
Professional Background
I am currently without academic affiliation, possessing a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Canada, and am exploring the possibility of applying to do graduate work in social work or psychology.
Since 1997, I have been an entrepreneur. For the last 14 years, I have trained and coached entrepreneurial women and men to create expertise-based businesses. Both group programs and private work include leadership development, emotional resilience, and conflict management. For some women clients, I also provide coaching for anger management, abusive behaviour towards staff, and emotional abuse in their personal relationships.
From 2011 to present, I have been involved in the creation and start up of a 501(c)3 called the Indrani’s Light Foundation (ILF) whose mission is to eradicate ‘gender-based violence’ (GBV.) The activities of the foundation are two-pronged.
(1) Internationally, in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and Population Services International, the NGO in Washington, DC, funding GBV work in keeping with the U.N.’s Millennial Development Goals.
On the ground in India and Trinidad and Tobago, ILF provides evidence-based, behaviour-change trainings called ‘Live a Brighter Life’ which teach boundaries, shame resilience, and self-care to community workers, NGO-staff, abused women, and schoolchildren.
(2) In the US, ILF provides ‘Caring for the Caregivers’ training to Women’s Shelter caregivers in Houston, Texas and in 2017, Portland, Oregon.
Training in both of the above areas takes place over half a day to, ideally, a 2-day time span for participants in person, however, an online version of the Live a Brighter Life course has also brought measurable results. To support scaling these efforts, ILF has also started to train trainers.
As of 2014, with new trainers in place, I have been studying research methods and conducting qualitative interviews of female perpetrators and male survivors, with the goal of gaining a more balanced picture of the field, and to determine possible future contributions.
For entrepreneurs, I published ‘We Need to Talk: Your Guide to Challenging Business Conversations’ in 2014. In 2003, I published ‘Multiple Streams of Coaching Income.’ In between the two, there have been other titles, all unrelated to domestic violence.
Some books of note for various reasons:
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
The Emotionally Abusive Relationship by Beverly Engel
The STOP Program by David Wexler
An Adult Child’s Guide to What’s Normal by John Friel
The Power of a Positive No by William Ury
Getting our Bodies Back by Christine Caldwell
The Potent Self by Moshe Feldenkrais
My Darkest Hour by Harold Turley II
The Emotional Terrorist and Violence Prone by Erin Pizzey
I Thought it was Just Me by Brene Brown
Mo Yee Lee , Ph.D. (Columbus, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Mo Yee Lee is Professor at the College of Social Work, The Ohio State University; Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong. Her focus is on intervention research using a solution-focused, strengths-based, and systems perspective as well as utilizing integrative body-mind-spirit approaches in treatment. She has conducted research on Integrative Family and Systems Treatment that utilizes family strengths and resilience in treatment with children with DSM diagnoses; solution-focused brief treatment with domestic violence offenders; use of meditation for treating female trauma survivors of interpersonal abuses who also have substance use problems; and exploring factors and processes related to natural recovery of clients with a DSM Axis I diagnosis who are able to recover without ongoing reliance on psychotropic medications. Dr. Lee has published “Culturally Competent Research: Using Ethnography as a Meta-Framework,” “Solution-Oriented Social Work: A Practice Approach to Working with Client Strengths,” “Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Social Work: An empirically based approach to assessment and treatment,” and “Solution-focused treatment with domestic violence offenders: Accountability for change.” The Oxford University Press published these books in 2013, 2011, 2009, and 2003 respectively. She is the recipient of the 2008 Insoo Kim Berg Award for Innovative Research and Application of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. Dr. Lee is also the Editor of the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work.
Thomas Lee (Mobile, United States) Provider
Dr Peter Lehmann (Arlington, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
I have a Ph D in social work from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo Canada. I currently teach at the School of Social Work, UTA, Arlington, TX.
I have BIP work experience but much of my present research involves outcome-based work on batterer programs. I am currently evaluating a solution-focused BIP group in Fort Worth Texas. This evaluation is supported by Court 5 and has been ongoing for 2 years. I am also using a control group to measure outcomes.
I have also been part of a research team that developed YODA-Youth Offender Diversion Alternatives, an assessment and treatment program for youth aged 15-21 who had assaulted their non intimate partner. The program was developed in 2012 and completed in late 2013. Our team used a solution-focused protocol with a trained therapist to evaluate and intervene. Two evaluations have been completed. The program is currently sustainable and is an ongoing part of offender work with youth in Fort Worth.
Dr. Penny A Leisring (Hamden, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Did postdoctoral training at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Marital Violence Research and Treatment Program. Has experience leading gender-specific groups for both men and women.
Services or Research Projects
Have conducted research on male and female perpetrators of IPV. Have examined predictors of treatment drop-out among female perpetrators of IPV. Have written review articles about female perpetrators of intimate partner violence ideas regarding treatment for them. Currently conducting research on cyber forms of partner abuse.
Ms Fiona Alison Lerigo (Birmingham, United Kingdom) Researcher
Marisol Lila (Valencia, Spain) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
PhD Psychology
Associated Professor of Social Psychology
Director of Contexto Program (Research, Training and Intervention with intimate partner violence offenders) since 2006
Services or Research Projects
Research Projects (conducted in Spain)
2012-2014. Community batterer intervention programs: An experimental study of Personalized Motivational Plan effectiveness. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
2013-2015. Life conditions, intimate partner violence and alcohol consumption. Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad.
Selected papers
Catalá-Miñana, A., Walker, K., Bowen, E. y Lila, M. (2014). Cultural Differences in Personality and Aggressive Behavior in Intimate Partner Violence Offenders: A Comparison of English and Spanish Offenders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29, 2652-2669.
Gracia, E., & Lila, M. (2015). Attitudes towards violence against women in EU. Luxembourg: Publication Office of European Union.
Gracia, E., Rodriguez, C. M., & Lila, M. (2015). Preliminary evaluation of an analog procedure to assess acceptability of intimate partner violence against women: The Partner Violence Acceptability Movie Task. Frontiers in Psychology, 6: 1567.
Gracia, E., García, F., & Lila, M. (2014). Male police officers’ law enforcement preferences in cases of intimate partner violence versus non-intimate interpersonal violence: Do sexist attitudes and empathy matter? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 41, 1195-1213.
Lila, M., Gracia, E., & García, F. (2013). Ambivalent sexism, empathy, and law enforcement attitudes towards partner violence against women among male police officers. Psychology Crime & Law, 19, 907-919.
Lila, M., Gracia, E. y Murgui, S. (2013). Psychological adjustment and victim-blaming among intimate partner violence offenders: The role of social support and stressful life events. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 5, 147-153.
Lila, M., Oliver, A., Catalá-Miñana, A., Galiana, L. y Gracia, E. (2014). The Intimate Partner Violence Responsibility Attribution Scale (IPVRAS). The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 6, 29-36.
Lila, M., Oliver, A., Galiana, L. y Gracia, E. (2013). Predicting success indicators of an intervention programme for convicted intimate-partner violence offenders: The Contexto Programme. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 5, 73-95.
Romero-Martínez, A., González-Bono, E., Lila, M. y Moya-Albiol, L. (2013). Testosterone/cortisol ratio in response to acute stress: A posible marker of risk for marital violence. Social Neuroscience, 8, 240-247.
Romero-Martínez, A., Lila, M., Catalá-Miñana, A., Williams, R. K. y Moya-Albiol, L. (2013). The Contribution of Childhood Parental Rejection and Early Androgen Exposure to Impairments in Socio-Cognitive Skills in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators with High Alcohol Consumption. International Journal of Environmental research and Public Health, 10, 3753-3770.
Romero-Martínez, A., Lila, M., Conchell, R., González-Bono, E., y Moya-Albiol, L. (2014). Immunoglobulin A response to acute stress in intimate partner violence perpetrators: The role of anger expression-out and testosterone. Biological Psychology, 96, 66-71.
Romero-Martínez, A., Lila, M., Sariñana-González, P., González-Bono, E., y Moya-Albiol, L. (2013). High testosterone levels and sensitivity to acute stress in perpetrators of domestic violence with low cognitive flexibility and impairments in their emotional decoding process: a preliminary study. Aggressive Behavior, 39, 355-369.
Romero-Martínez, A., Lila, M., Williams, R. K., González-Bono, E., y Moya-Albiol, L. (2013). Skin conductance rises in preparation and recovery to psychosocial stress and its relationship with impulsivity and testosterone in intimate partner violence perpetrators. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 90, 329-333.
Romero-Martínez, A., Nunes-Costa, R., Lila, M., González-Bono, E., y Moya-Albiol, L. (2014). Cardiovascular Reactivity to a Marital Conflict Version of the Trier Social Stress Test in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators. Stress, 17, 321-327.
Martin Loaiza (Yuma, USA) Provider
Professional Background
I’m a Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor in Arizona with over 25 years of experience working primarily with judicial clients with substance use disorders, criminal thinking, domestic violence and distorted perception of reality. Having worked for 12 years at Adult Probation, 5 as a substance abuse counselor for drug court and 7 years as the substance abuse program coordinator, I researched and implement what works best with offenders (EBP). I also provide clinical consultation on SUD, DUI, DV, and re-entry programs. As an owner/operator of my business, I also do training and consultation at different levels. My current area of focus is working with DUI, domestic violence and other judicially involved clients.
Crystal Lopez (Garland, United States) Provider
Laura Cristina Lopez (McMinnville, United States) Provider
Mr. William Kent Loveless (Bremerton, United States) Provider
Cynthia Lowe (Northridge, United States) Provider
Belinda Macdonald (Ringwood, Australia) Provider
James Maddox (Pasadena, United States) Researcher
James Oliver Maddox (Pasadena, United Sates) Researcher
Roland D. Maiuro , Ph.D. (Seattle, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Roland D. Maiuro, Ph.D., is the Clinical Director of the Seattle Anger Management and Domestic Violence Programs located at the Cabrini Medical Tower. Dr. Maiuro is a Washington State certified domestic violence treatment provider at the supervisory level. He has been an Associate Professor on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine and is currently Adjunct Research Scientist for the Moss Rehabilitation Research Intitute and the Albert Einstein Health Care Network.
Dr. Maiuro has received the Social Issues Award from the Washington State Psychological Association, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northwest Domestic Violence Treatment Provider Association, and the Gold Achievement Award from the American Psychiatric Association for program development, teaching, and applied research in the areas of anger and interpersonal violence. Dr. Maiuro has also served an Invited Expert for International Society of Women Law Judges and training consultant to the United States Department of Defense regarding standards of care for intervention in cases of anger related problems, domestic violence and abuse. .
Services or Research Projects
Dr. Maiuro has published 66 articles and book chapters in the areas of domestic violence and abuse, anger, road rage, neuropsychology, stress and coping. He has co-edited Psychological Abuse in Violent Domestic Relations with K. Daniel O’Leary and Stalking: Research Perspectives on Perpetrators and Victims with Keith Davis and Irene Hanson Frieze. A co-edited book on Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change in Intimate Partner Violence with Christopher Murphy was published in May 2009. Dr. Maiuro is Editor-in-Chief for Violence and Victims, an internationally distributed research journal devoted to theory, practice, and public policy related to perpetrators, victims, and the trauma associated with interpersonal violence.
Carmen Malaver (Corinth, United States) Provider
Professional Background
- Court-approved, certified provider in Denton county
- 7 years experience as a Domestic Violence Intervention Provider
Rudy Marin (Fresno) Provider
Shannon Maroney (Bozeman, United States) Provider
Philippe Rene Marquis (Lakewood, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Philippe Marquis is a Colorado approved domestic violence offender clinical supervisor who has worked since 2005 with thousands of individuals who have perpetrated intimate partner violence in a post-conviction criminal justice clinical setting.
He is an adjunct professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Human Services Department and has taught courses on evaluation and treatment related to intimate partner violence.
He is a therapy agency co-owner, and is a trainer for the Colorado Child Welfare Training System, facilitating the “Accountability & Engagement” curriculum, an advanced course offering for child welfare case workers providing a framework for risk evaluation and engagement of perpetrators of intimate partner violence.
He has participated in various statewide policy committees since 2012. He has presented at Colorado domestic violence conferences on the topic of domestic violence offender therapy. He is a Colorado state-approved trainer for the Domestic Violence Risk and Needs Assessment (DVRNA), Colorado’s primary instrument using a Risk/Need/Responsivity framework for risk assessment and differential treatment.
Phillipe Marquis (Lakewood, United States) Provider
Douglass L. Marum , PhD. (Napa, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I am a licensed Marriage andFamily Therapist in private practice since 1976 and have a Ph.D. in Psychology.
I began my domestic violence program on a formal basis in 1981 and have worked with the courts (both adult and juvenile), victim services, and other community agencies since my licensure. I was a member of the Family Violence Council of Napa for many years.
There was no certification process when I began this journey. I was blessed with a local judiciary which actively wanted to have a definitive impact on this difficulty. We met regularly to refine the game plan/coordination for best services we could have in this community. I have been certified since certification was put in place; my wife became certified as well for her direct tenure in the program from 1998 -2008 and continues to maintain it. I still provide groups for men in this certified program ( E.A.R.S. – Effective Anger Resolution Services ) though I have ceased providing womens’ groups.
I see individuals, couples, and families as the bulk of my practice. My history of work includes victims of sexual, physical, verbal/emotional and economic abuse, both male and female.
Services or Research Projects
I have never been a research focused individual. I am a therapist front and center.
Samantha May (Eugene, United States) Provider
Dr. Maurice Darryl McCormick , Ed.D. (Louisville, United States) Provider
Ken McMaster (Christchurch, New Zealand) Provider
Professional Background
Disrupting patterns of behaviour that cause distress to others has been a strong passion for our team at HMA for the past 35 years. We are committed to standing alongside workers to support them to work with the tough issues: family violence, offending behaviour, child safety and addictions work.
‘Working with passion and integrity to bring out the best in people’ is what we stand for. It is the reason we get up in the morning.
We continue through the development of online resources, in-room workshops, resource development, provision the website resources, and practice writing, to support best practice. I am pleased to provide an overview of a range of ways that HMA has contributed to supporting family/whanau well-being. If there is something that we can help you and your team with please do not hesitate to contact us. At HMA we recognise that learning and development is a significant investment in staff. Finding the most efficient way to support staff in gaining knowledge, along with building competency in practice, is the concern of most managers. At HMA we have developed a range of online products that are being utilised by organisations to support staff in their practice. Learning and development is a continuous process, repetiton being the key.
HMA has a rich schedule of learning and development experiences to support the work of your organisation. HMA is known for its blended learning approach to training. When you enrol in a course with us you will be given access to our Totara site where you will be able to undertake pre-course work so that you can make the most of the time in the face-to-face learning environment working on skills development.
All those participating in HMA online or in room workshops can be assured of:
- Cutting edge practice ideas (we develop practice ideas, we write about practice and we are engaged in practice)
- Creative and practical hands-on strategies (we won’t talk at you, we will work with you)
- Engaging materials (we believe that material has to work in the room)
- Competent trainers and workshop presenters (our people are well qualified and experienced in their fields of practice)
- A certificate of workshop completion (this is helpful for professional development records)
- We make learning fun and creative drawing upon multiple learning styles (our expectation is that you will join in and build upon the skills you already have).
Dr. Shannon McShane Provider
Dr. Lisa Merchant (Clyde, United States) Provider, Researcher
Michael J. Mesmer (San Rafael, United States) Provider
Lianna Mika (Woburn, United States) Researcher
Mr. James Dwight Miller (Alexandria, United States) Provider
Professional Background
BA Allegheny College 1986
MA Norfork State University 1991
Certification: MAC (Master Addictions Counselor)
7 years experience working in BIP’s
12 years experience working as a substance abuse counselor/manager.
Services or Research Projects
Counselor in an 18 week Batterer Intervention Program. Specifically the ADAPT program in Fairfax, VA.
Scott Miller (Rigby, US) Provider
Stacy Anne Miller (Jackson, United States) Provider
David Monchusie (Leavenworth, United States) Provider
Roman Montague (Rocklin, USA) Provider
Professional Background
Mr. Montague has been facilitating BTP classes and establishing programs since 1997 through out Northern California from Santa Barbara to Eureka. He established Affordable Counseling and Educational Services, Inc. (A.C.E.S.) in 2001 to better serve the 7 county Sacramento region.
ACES is a full service counseling program holding licenses, contracts, certifications and approvals to provide services to county and state D.H.H.S., C.P.S., Probation, Mental Health, Family Court, Criminal Court, Parole, C.O.E. and Victim’s of Crime, client’s. For a full menu of services please see our web site at:
As a C.E.U. provider, primarily to BTP facilitators and licensed professionals, we also participate in community based provider programs such as Judicial Councils, Reentry Orientations, Provider, Family and Community Resource fairs.
All of our professional and clinical staff hold professional degrees with our clinical staff holding advanced degrees with varying levels of licensure, certification and credentials including drugs and alcohol.
We provide services in English and Spanish to both victims and perpetrators without bias or regard for but sensitivity to religious preference, sexual orientation, gender, culture, heritage, race or creed.
Ms. April Moore (Columbus, United States) Provider
Services or Research Projects
Clinical Services to include domestic violence education.
Terry A Moore (Indianapolis, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Services or Research Projects
Terry is also the creator and producer of the Cognitive Accountability Training (CAT)Model; an evidenced based CBT curriculum for conducting psycho-educational classes to stop immoral behavior. A research project started in November 2009 provided empirical evidence of the model’s effectiveness in changing “criminal thinking” and decreasing violent/abusive behavior.
Dr. Penelope K Morrison (New Kensington, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Morrison holds a PhD in medical anthropology and a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to arriving at Penn State New Kensington, Dr. Morrison served as a co-investigator and senior research associate at Magee-Womens Research Institute where she developed interdisciplinary collaborations with investigators at RAND, Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and the University of Pittsburgh. She has also served as a qualitative methodological expert on projects related to veteran’s health, PTSD, informed consent, maternal to child transmission of HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ youth and substance use, telemedicine, and patient-provider substance use communication.
Dr. Morrison’s own research interests are focused on addressing health disparities for underserved populations of women and children. Her most recent research utilizes traditional ethnographic methods to investigate what intervention practices work best for promoting long term behavioral change among men who perpetrate violence against women, and how to best stem the epidemic of intimate partner violence in the United States.
Paula Ann Nedelcoff (Arcata, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Developed and implemented county certified batterers program for over twenty years. Facilitated and supervised programs; still provide assessments and some supervision and fill in for groups as necessary. Board member of ABIP. Licensed MFT since 1992
Services or Research Projects
expert witness in court cases where dv is suspected working closely with local courts probation and social services
Dr. Howard Eugene Nelson (Memphis, United States) Provider
Janaki Neptune Provider
Prof Unaiza Niaz (Karachi, Pakistan) Provider, Researcher
Tonia Nicholls , Ph.D. (Coquitlam, Canada) Researcher
Susie Nickerson (Greenwood, United States) Provider
Mrs Pamela Nikodem, M.S. (GREEN BAY, United States) Provider
Professional Background
After 4 years working for an agency who sunset their program June 1st, in Wisconsin, I recently started an agency to provide exceptional domestic violence education to clients, both men and women in separate groups. Advanced Behavioral Changes, LLC was born out of a desire to bring hope to hurting families. I recently completed my Internship at Roger’s Behavioral Hospital in Appleton, WI and plan on getting my Substance Abuse Counselor and Licensed Professional Counseling In Training certification soon.
At this time I am a life coach, a relationship coach, and a music teacher (yes, I teach violin on the side twice a week with 12 students). As I move forward in the career and possible my doctorate I would love to collaborate and explore ideas with other treatment providers. ~Pamela
Mr. Michael Andrew Nolan (North Bay, Canada) Provider
Professional Background
Honours BA in Psychology
Services or Research Projects
Coordinator and facilitator for Partner Assault Response program
Individual counseling
Dr Allyson Bodin O’Connor (Vacherie, United States)
Daniel O’Leary , Ph.D. (Stony Brook, United States) Researcher
April O’Mara (Fairfield Gardens, Australia) Provider, Researcher
Brad Orchard (Fort McMurray, Canada) Provider
Mrs Bobbi Dyan Outten (Anchorage, United States) Provider
Professional Background
09/06– Present Director Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK
FWWI Director for the Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) for Southcentral Foundation, a regional Native non-profit health corporation which provides a wide range of health and human services to approximately 46,800 Alaska Natives and American Indians living in Anchorage and southcentral Alaska. Overseas 20 employees with the department. Responsible for training sessions for Family Wellness Warriors Initiative, a culturally competent faith-based training and education program which addresses the core issues of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and sexual abuse from the perspective of spiritual and emotional wellness. Ensures appropriate screening, training, and aftercare of participants in all FWWI events including Beauty for Ashes, Arrigah House, Advanced Leader Education Training and Grace for the Wounded. Oversees the screening process of participants before beginning of any training. Provides supervision, training and guidance to Individualized Care and Care Team, Group Leaders, Counselors and other program staff. Responds to crisis situations during all trainings. Develops training programs for urban and rural areas consistent with the FWWI philosophy. Creates, modifies and edits training materials including manuals, assessment instruments, surveys and related data collection tools. Designs customized training programs including curricula, materials, evaluation measurement and other related materials in alignment with the FWWI philosophy. Ensures appropriate aftercare plans are in place for each participant, working closely with Behavioral Health Clinicians. Creating new brochures, ideas for program public relations. Establishes and oversees the professional standards for the department. Trains staff in safety measures as applicable to variances of work environment during trainings conducted for a high risk population. Assist in use of appropriate program evaluation plans and systems to monitor the program/project once it is implemented.
2002-Present Professional Counselor Severson & DePalatis Christian Counseling, Anchorage, AK
Launched a new division of the company and implemented company policy and procedure. Developing and conducting mental health service provision for locations outside of Anchorage. Overseeing clients for CrossroadMedicalCenter in Glenallen, Alaska. Critical Incident Debriefing. Crisis Intervention for emergency room. Diagnostic and remediation strategies for at-risk students. Counseling in areas including domestic violence, sexual abuse, substance abuse, neglect, marriage and family, divorce, cutting, suicidal ideation, anxiety, eating disorders, and depression.
2002-2006 Clinical Director, Research Analyst and Curriculum Developer
Southcentral Foundation, Anchorage, AK
Individualized Care Counselor and Care Team Member for Beauty for Ashes and Arrigah House trainings. Responding to Critical Incidents. Overseeing care to 100-150 conference participants and group leaders. Coordination of group leader pairing; participant selection and group placement. Research and curriculum design addressing issues of sexual abuse and domestic violence. Arrigah House Program Development and Implementation. Curriculum Development. Presenter, Speaker, Care Team, Group Leader Training and coordination of training. Critical Incident Response and Aftercare services to villages. Overseeing Crisis Intervention Teams and Programs to Villages
2001-2005 Assistant to the Pastor Muldoon Community Assembly, Anchorage, Alaska
Assistant to the Pastor for Ministry to Women. Development and implementation of programs and improvement of systems that facilitate women in implementing the corporate core values. Conducted leadership training. Equipping leaders through education in mission/vision, integrity of a leader, conflict resolution, effective marketing, and coordinating events. Implementation of nine new programs including programs for families with unique hardship situations or long term health issues, single parents maintaining self-sufficiency, outreach programs to villages, prison ministry and mentoring programs, and outreach to hospital or homebound individuals. Community outreach: Service projects and expanded involvement in faith based initiatives. Networking with over 20 community organizations, 13 churches statewide, and National Directors to enhance effective programs for women. Directing state-wide conferences, rallies and seminars. Establishment of a Women’s Council, providing a guiding coalition to the sphere of leaders. Annual Budgets, overseeing financial projects, establishment of funding toward Mission and Vision.
1999-2001 Executive Director Muldoon Community Assembly, Anchorage, Alaska
Developed employee orientation manual and training and oversee 15 employees. Ensured compliance of all required documentation to maintain state standards. Measured productivity and prepared annual budget and program objectives. Developed and conducted training for providers and conducted individual training with providers. Assessed and reported for the internal development of quality assurance. Developed business operations, quality assurance program and measured production. Responded to Requests for Proposals (RFP) and proposal writing. Consulted on resolution of issues and improvement of documentation and billing.
1997-1998 Residential Treatment Counselor Alaska Children’s Services, Anchorage, Alaska
Counselor to youth with severe emotional and/or behavioral problems in residential treatment program. Counseled youth with primary clinical needs for treatment for violent sexual offenses. Development and maintenance of Treatment Plans. MANDT certified; use of Seclusion, No-Runs, Suicide Preventions, Quiet Rooms, contingency observations.
Memberships
07/09– 09/12 Development Committee Member, Stand Together Against Rape Anchorage, AK
07/09– Present Board Member, Stand Together Against Rape Anchorage, AK
1999- Present Individualized Care Counselor, and Care Team Member FWWI Anchorage, AK
2012- Present Trauma Research Steering Committee University of Denver
2011- Present State of Alaska Supervisor Alaska
Education
2007 LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor State of Alaska
2006 University Of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK
MA, Counselor Education
1993 Regent University Virginia Beach, VA
MA, At-Risk Education
1990 Evangel University Springfield, MO
BS, Education, Mathematics
Services or Research Projects
Co-authored an article on FWWI’s healing work that was published in the national Family and Community Health Journal the summer of 2011.
Jeffrey K Parker (Centennial, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Approved Domestic Violence Provider from the State of Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board (DVOMB)
MA,LPC, NCC, Certified EMDR therapist
Amanda Partington (Sidney, United States) Provider
Mario Andres Payarola (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Researcher
Professional Background
Psychologist and Psychotherapist. Profesor at the State University of Buenos Aires, School of Psychology and other Universities (El Salvador, Universidad Abierta Interamericana, Universidad del Museo Social Argentino). Author of many articles on the field of “Interventions with Abusive Men”. More than twenty years experience in facilitating groups for abusive men in government and non-government organizations. Achieved two awards (Enrichment and Research Program) from the International Council for Canadian Studies (1996, 2000). Leader of several training programs for colleagues in different provinces of Argentina and Latin American Countries. Frequently invited to lecture at different State University Schools (Psychology, Medicine, Law, Social Work).
Rebecca Perrenoud (Blackfoot, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Rebecca Perrenoud, LCSW CIBI ACADC
11 years of mental health treatment practice
8 years drug and alcohol treatment practice
5 years domestic violence shadowing
2 years developmental treatment and case management
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Perry (Spartanburg, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I received my B.S. from University of South Carolina-Upstate in Interdisciplinary Sciences (with Concentrations in Psychology and Sociology), and my M.A. and Ed.S. from Gardner-Webb University in Mental Health Counseling. Since graduation, I have been working for the Spartanburg Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (SADAC), which is transitioning into The Forrester Center for Behavioral Health as we shift our focus to include more areas of assistance within the community. One of the initial areas we are expanding into is to offer treatment services for Domestic Violence offenders. Our program is court-approved, and is a certified provider of Domestic Violence treatment within Spartanburg County, SC. Our program is new, but I have an existing background in working within Domestic Violence, as I spent almost 2 years working with Safe Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition in Spartanburg, SC as a Victim Advocate both in the shelter and in the court system. I am excited about transitioning to working with offenders to begin addressing the issue in a new way.
Services or Research Projects
Our agency is excited to be offering group treatment offered to both male and female perpetrators (in separate groups), individual counseling offered to both victims and offenders, substance abuse counseling/treatment, and community referrals to improve the lives of the individuals we serve. Our services are available at flexible times and schedules. We hope that this program will only expand in the future, and increase our opportunity to serve those in our county and state.
Dr. Laura Petracek (San Francisco, United States) Provider
Professional Background
LAURA PETRACEK, Ph.D., LCSW
1208 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94702
(415) 748-0296
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Psychologist, PSY #20033, State of California
LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCS #16971 California
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, 1996
M.S.W., Honors, Social Group Work, Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, New York, NY, 1986
B.A., cum laude, Sociology, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, 1979
A.A., Chemical Dependency Counseling, Minneapolis Community College, Minneapolis, MN, 1977
EXPERIENCE Teaching
- 20 years effective teaching experience, using methods including film, interactive
discussions, and humor. - Designed curriculum and conducted lectures and workshops on HIV/AIDS, family systems, alcoholism concepts, anger management, stress reduction, domestic violence, AA principles, sexuality, physical abuse, co-dependency and spirituality.
- Developed and implemented chemical dependency training program for community
college. - Taught courses in psychology and psychotherapy, as well as traineeship courses Experienced in supervising practicum students.
- Clinical
15 years management experience.
25 years facilitating group and family therapy, individual therapy, and continuing care. Skilled in crisis intervention, interviewing, assessing, appropriately referring clients, and continuing care recommendations in chemical dependency.
15 years experience supervising staff, interns, individuals, and groups.
15 years experience providing staff training for teachers, interns, and colleagues on use of group process, individual therapy, substance abuse, and domestic violence.
5 years experience working in managed care environment.
LAURA PETRACEK. Ph.D., LCSW Page Two
EXPERIENCE (continued)
Forensic Treatment /Psychological Testing
- Skilled in violence/aggression reduction, domestic violence and substance abuse
treatment. - Provide psychological assessments for Child Custody cases, court mediation, with expertise in domestic violence and high conflict couples.
- Provide psychological assessments of sex offenders, mentally disordered offenders and Sexually Violent Predators (SVP) write up reports for court, and appear as expert witness giving opinions on psychological matters involving domestic violence.
- Provide assessments of psychological disorders, level of dangerousness, threat and
violence of mentally ill inmates at California Medical Facility at Vacaville, Sierra
Conservation Center, Soledad State Prison, and Avenal State Prison. - Provide assessments of psychological disorders for children and adults for SSI evaluations.
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
Anger and Women: Annual American Psychological Association Conference, Honolulu, HI, 7-8/04
Women Who Batter: Implications for Theory and Practice, presented at FAVTEA, Family Association Training and Education Conference, Oakland, CA, 4/03
Effectively Addressing Anger in the Chemically Affected Client, Safeco
Corporation/Employee Assistants of Greater Seattle, Seattle, WA, 10/95 and 5/95
The Link Between Chemical Dependency and Domestic Violence, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, 10/93
The Effects of Domestic Violence Upon Women’s Health, Women in Psychology, Seattle, WA, Monthly Meeting 6/95, 7/94
Boundaries: Experiencing Your Power, Knowing Your Limits, Personal Growth Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, 3/95, 11/94
The Link Between Chemical Dependency and Domestic Violence, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, 1/95, 8/93
PUBLICATIONS
Petracek, L., An Anger Workbook for Women, New Harbinger Publications, 9/04.
Petracek, L. “Intervention in the Workplace,” Counselor Magazine, July 1992. Petracek, L., “Intervention with Family Members,” Recovery Newspaper, February 1992.
Petracek, L., “Boundaries: Experiencing Your Power, Knowing Your Limits,” Journey Press, VolII, No. 11, April 1991.
Petracek, L., “Healing Strategies for Couples and Families in Recovery,” Journey Press, Vol II, No. 9, November 1990.
Petracek, L., “Women’s Early Recovery Groups,” Journey Press, Vol II, No. 4, April 1990.
LAURA PETRACEK, Ph.D., LCSW Page Three
WORK HISTORY
Clinical Psychologist SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON, San Quentin, CA 4/07 to 12/13
Contract Psychologist CALIFORNIA STATE PRISONS, CA 4/1/03 3/31/07
Clinical Director, WOMEN’S SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES/NEW LEAF/SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY, San Francisco, CA, 1/98-03/03
Post-Doctoral Internship, GOLDEN GATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS, San Francisco, CA, 9/96-12/97
Professor/Director, ADDICTION TRAINING CENTER, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, Las Vegas, NV, 9/95-8/96
Pre-Doctoral Internship, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TREATMENT PROGRAM, HARBORVIEW HOSPITAL, Seattle, WA, 9/93-8/95
Clinical Supervisor, PERSONAL GROWTH CENTER NORTHWEST, Seattle, WA,
9/89-8/93
Social Worker, SHEEPSHEAD BAY HIGH SCHOOL, Brooklyn, NY, 9/84-8/89
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Psychological Association, 1991-Present
National Association of Social Workers, 1984-Present
Employee Assistance Professional Association, 1981-Present
Dr Gilberto Pichardo (Brooklyn, United States) Provider
Ronald T Potter-Efron (Eleva, United States) Provider
Professional Background
B.A., sociology, Macalester College, 1966
Ph.D, sociology, Purdue University, 1971
M.SW, social work, University of Michigan, 1980
Services or Research Projects
Professional training facilitator: “Healing the Angry Brain” 6 hour seminar.
Professional training facilitator: “Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Training” 12 hour seminar through the National Anger Management Association.
Bill Potterbaum (Elgin, United States) Provider
Dr. Dana L Radatz (Niagara University, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Dana Radatz is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Niagara University in New York. Dr. Radatz received her doctorate in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Radatz’s research interests include batterer intervention programs, corrections, evidence-based practices, female offenders, and a wide range of victimizations (e.g., domestic violence, prostitution, rape/sexual assault). Her most recent work examines domestic violence offenders and the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs using correctional evidence-based techniques. Dr. Radatz’s recent publications have appeared in Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Partner Abuse, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Family Violence, and the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Dr. Radatz teaches an array of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, such as Victimology, Violence, Women & Crime, and Domestic Violence. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Radatz volunteers her time as a research consultant for several agencies that work to end family violence.
Alvin Rentsch (Auburn, United States) Provider
Professional Background
The MAV Center is dedicated to transforming lives by addressing and dismantling the multifaceted nature of domestic violence, encompassing physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual manifestations. Our mission is rooted in the profound understanding that the patterns of violence, often normalized within our cultural fabric, are detrimental not only to individuals but also to the societal structure at large.
Originating from the insightful work of Hamish Sinclair in the 1980s, The MAV Center offers a structured, methodological toolkit aimed at empowering individuals to confront and revise their deep-seated patterns, habits, and beliefs with certified manalive curriculum. By committing to the foundational agreements of ceasing self-violation and the violation of others, we engage participants in a transformative journey toward their authentic selves – the essence untainted by learned patterns of superiority and inferiority.
At the heart of our mission is the commitment to challenge and reshape the ingrained cultural beliefs about power dynamics, advocating for a paradigm where equality and consent are the cornerstones of interpersonal interactions. Our program is designed to facilitate a profound self-awareness that enables individuals to extricate themselves from the narratives of the perpetrator, victim, subordinate, or insubordinate roles and to foster genuine connections grounded in mutual respect and understanding.
Through intensive self-exploration, The MAV Center strives to immunize against defensiveness and violence, promoting a shift from the entrenched Superior/Inferior Belief System towards a model of equality that transcends the traditional frameworks of patriarchy, and socio-economic and racial oppression. Our vision is to cultivate a community where every individual is empowered to live as their authentic self, contributing to a collective future free from the cycles of violence.
In embracing this mission, The MAV Center not only seeks to transform individuals but also aspire to instigate a broader societal change, challenging and ultimately dismantling the systemic structures that perpetuate violence and inequality. Through this transformative journey, we are committed to creating a world where peace, authenticity, equality and accountability prevail, ensuring a safer, more harmonious future for all.
Services or Research Projects
Male perpetrator groups
Carolyn Annette Rexius (Eugene, United States) Provider
Darrell Reynolds (, United States) Provider
Charisa Richardson (Pekin, United State) Provider
Brenda Riley (Richmond, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Dutch-Will Assessment Group LLC is BIPP program. We are fully accrediated by the State of Texas. We are court approved for Batterer Intervention Prevention Program (BIPP) for both men and women. Our mission is to the end the cycle of Domestic Violence in families. Additionally, we are also court approved to following classes:
Anger Management
Anti-Theft
Parent Education
Crystal D Riley (Fairfield, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Hello. I have been working at Solano County Probation in Northern California for 19 years. Currently, I am a Supervising Deputy Probation Officer, and I supervise staff who are part of my Domestic Violence team. I am new to this unit and want to dive right in. We are constantly researching and trying to keep up with what’s new. I am very interested in EBP when it comes to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, especially around motivating clients via incentives. When I supervised staff who case manager clients in Substance Use Disorder treatment, Contingency Management is something that goes along with the treatment program regarding an incentives program to help motivate clients suffering from substance use disorders. I have not seen much for a 52-week DV program, and I hope to learn of some innovative ways to help motivates clients who are ordered to complete 52-week program. I also hope to learn more about victim support. My agency did not suggest I register with this organization. This is something I researched and did on my own. I look forwarded to see what all comes from joining ADVIP
Ms. D’Joy Robinson (Inglewood, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Services or Research Projects
We provide psycho-education and trauma services in the form of Evidence-Based CBT, Art therapy, EMDR, Seeking Safety, Domestic Violence Survivors Empowerment, Couples Meditation, and Anger Management, all by way of individual and group therapy sessions.
We are specially trained certified in Supervised child visitation monitoring, Batterers Intervention, youth enrichment, literacy, Life Skills, and LGBTQ support programs. Our goal is to emancipate our clients from all obstacles by providing the tools to thrive forward in their life successfully.
Member of the Southern California’s Association of Batterers Intervention (ABIP) with world-renowned Kendall Evans, Alyce LaViolette. Mentee of Bernita Walker of Project Peace Makers
Fully Court Approved. Los Angeles County Probation, DCFS, and Victim of Crimes Approved
Audrey Linan Rollim (San Fernando, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Audrey Linan Rolim is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Trellis House. She has over three decades of combined experience in Human Services and Management. She has provided services to adolescents and adults involved in the criminal justice system, many of whom suffered from co-occurring disorders. Audrey holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, a Minor in Social Work from Clarion University in Pennsylvania, and a Master’s in Criminal Justice from USC. She is a Registered Addiction Counselor with the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP). In addition, Audrey has become a certified Domestic Violence and Anger Management Counselor and has been approved by the County of Los Angeles Probation Department to be a provider of domestic violence treatment services. She was awarded the W.E.B. DuBois award “Lamp of knowledge” in 2006 by Clarion University in Pennsylvania. Audrey has been a member of the Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society since 2005 and the Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society since 2006. Audrey is also a member of the National Anger Management Association (NAMA) and of the California Chapter of the National Anger Management Association (CAAMP), and member of the San Fernando Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Emily F Rothman (Boston, United States) Provider, Researcher
Amanda Rowan (Mayville, United States) Provider
Valerie Roy (, Canada) Researcher
Tina Michelle Royles (, United Kingdom) Provider
Professional Background
Tina Royles is domestic violence expert, working in this area of expertise since 1990.
A qualified psychotherapist specialising in domestic violence, and relationship difficulties, media spokesperson, trainer, and author on domestic violence.
She is the owner and CEO of an investigation, case-building and emotional support company; which reviews and builds cases for private prosecutions, tribunal’s, grievances, miscarriage of justice including issues around domestic violence, sexual offences, divorce, and immigration. Currently a Doctoral Research Student at the University of Chester her research interests are: Intimate Relationships and Entrepreneurial Success. Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence and Divorce.
Qualifications: Masters Relationship Therapy, University Advanced Diploma Couples Counselling, Diplomas in Domestic Violence Studies, Anger Management and Stress Management. Extensive professional experience, training, and practice within a practitioner, managerial, and strategic setting.
Tina is currently in the 5th year of a doctoral programme of study.
Websites:
Ann Rufiange (Longwood, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Anne Rufiange, LMFT #515
CAP CPP CMHP ICADC
Florida Certified Family and County Mediator
CEO Families In Recovery of Central Fl
CEO Families Against Abuse
Past appointed member of Fl Domestic Violence State Task Force until it was shut down
Can provide resume if needed
Alana (Benner) Rumley Cook (Bennett, United States) Provider
Brenda Russell (University Park, United States) Researcher
Dr. Brenda L. Russell (Reading, US) Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Brenda Russell is a Professor of Psychology at Penn State Berks. Her scholarly and teaching interests include psychology and law, perceptions of victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, homicide defendants, and the social psychological, and cognitive aspects of jury decision-making. She is particularly interested in how gender and sexual orientation play a role in evaluating defendants and victims in legal cases such as self-defense in intimate partner violence, rape, sexual coercion, bullying, and sexual harassment. She has published five books; her most recent book is titled Gender and Domestic Violence: Contemporary Legal Practice and Intervention Reforms (Edited by B. Russell & J. Hamel). Dr. Russell also serves as a consultant and program evaluator for various federal and state educational, law enforcement, justice, and treatment programs. Her teaching interests include an introduction to psychology, social psychology, psychology, and the law (forensic psychology), research methods, social cognition, program evaluation, careers in psychology, senior capstone, psychology of gender, and criminal investigation.
Derek G Ryan (Falls Church, United States) Provider
Dr. William Joseph Ryan (Brooklyn, United States) Provider
Dr William Joseph Ryan , PhD (Brooklyn, USA) Provider
Dr Virgilio Mariano Salazar (Umeå, Sweden) Researcher
Professional Background
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Higher educational degree
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Ph.D in Public Health, Umeå University Sweden.
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May 20th, 2011.
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| Doctoral degree
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Ph.D in Public Health. Umeå University, Sweden.
Title: “Intimate Partner Violence in Nicaragua. Studies on ending abuse, child growth, and contraception.”
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June, 2008 – May, 2011. |
| Master degree
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Master in Science with mention in epidemiology. Nicaraguan National Autonomous University, León, Nicaragua.
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April 2006- April, 2008 |
| Current position | Postdoctoral fellow. Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Sweden.
Project: How do Nicaraguan young men masculinities influence their responses to gender based violence? a qualitative approach
Percentage employment dedicated to research: 80%.
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September, 2012 – August, 2014. |
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Previous positions |
Researcher. Center for demography and Health Research, Nicaraguan National Autonomous University, León Nicaragua.
Head of reproductive health unit. During this time I created a postgraduate training program in sexual and reproductive health with focus on gender equity and prevention of violence against women. The program was fully founded by the Spanish government. 80% (20/ 25) of the first cohort successfully graduated with their thesis presented to relevant stakeholders.
Other duties included teaching and supervising students at the graduated and post graduate levels and project scientific coordinator of population based studies done in collaboration with foreign universities. I also served as deputy director when the director was unavailable.
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June, 2011-August, 2012. |
| Researcher-Ph.D candidate. Center for demography and Health Research, Nicaraguan National Autonomous University, León Nicaragua.
My duties included the design, data collection, analysis and report of epidemiological and qualitative studies on intimate partner violence and child health.
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June, 2008 – May, 2011. |
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| Project coordinator. Center for demography and Health Research, Nicaraguan National Autonomous University, León Nicaragua.
I was in charge of the design, data collection, analysis and presentation of qualitative and quantitative population-and hospital-based studies. I supervised and/or conducted studies on citizen safety, quality of hospital services, violence against women, sexual reproductive health and gender equity. A detailed list of the projects is described below.
Evaluation of quality of service at H.E.O.D.R.A public hospital , León, Nicaragua.
Project coordinator: In charge of designing and applying a qualitative evaluation aimed to identify the hospital´s limitations and strength to improve service quality.
Citizen safety and delinquency at León municipality, Nicaragua. A population-based study.
Project coordinator: In charge of design, data collection, analysis and presentation of qualitative and quantitative findings. The data collection was conducted at León municipality. We gathered data from 1500 inhabitants from urban and rural settings
Somos Diferentes, Somos Iguales. A population-based panel study
Fieldwork coordinator: Data collection and report presentation. I supervised the process of 4, 500 surveys at three Nicaragua cities. In addition, I participated in the descriptive analysis and preliminary report of the main findings.
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Ph.D Thesis
Reports
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Services or Research Projects
Project: How do Nicaraguan young men masculinities influence their responses to gender based violence? a qualitative approach
Abraham Salinas (Tampa, United States) Provider
Dr Clarissa Sammut-Scerri (Msida, Malta) Researcher
Professional Background
I would be happy to send you a cv . I can be contacted on my email address: Clarissa.sammut-scerri@um.edu.mt
Mr Joseph Francis San Antonio (North Creek, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Hello,
I am a mental health professional in Upstate New York (Adirondack Region) who has co-facilitated a Batterer Intervention Program for the past 3 1/2 years. Since leaving the agency which oversaw that BIP program, I am currently working with a colleague to offer our own group that is dedicated to the implementation of evidence-based practice when working with dynamic populations and complex issues.
My full-time role is that of a therapist/counselor for a small mental health clinic in a rural county in upstate New York. I work with clients of all ages and also have the privilege to work in one of the public schools 1-day/week. I am intrigued by the advancements of combining adventure & therapeutic practice and look for ever opportunity to bring this approach into my clinical work with clients. I strive to be trauma-informed, strengths-based, and client-centered when working with all individuals. For each person who walks into my office, they grant me the opportunity to do what Parker Palmer described as “stand respectfully at the edge of that person’s mystery and misery.”
When not working, I am practicing as much self-care as possible. I enjoy the outdoors and adapt to the seasons that come with life in the Adirondacks. I pursue different activities that allow me the chance to connect with nature and family.
Joseph San Antonio, LMSW
White Water River Guide
Former PSIA Level-1 Ski Instructor
Coni Sanders (Lakewood, United States) Provider
Reina Sandoval-Beverly (Concord, United States) Provider
Dr. Esteban Eugenio Esquivel Santoveña (Ciudad Juárez, Mexico) Researcher
Professional Background
I am Licensed Psychologist in México. I obtained my B. A. in Psychology from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. I got my PhD in Psychology from the University of Birmingham in the UK. My research specialises in studying different types of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and their links to mental health. I am part of the Editorial Board of the scholarly peer-reviewed journal Partner Abuse published by Springer Publishing. I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Conducta, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.
Services or Research Projects
I am currently conducting research on different types of IPV in clinical samples in México. This research aims to inform IPV intervention providers in México about the heterogeneity of partner abuse and ways to approach specific types of IPV.
Ms Tina Saunders (Pompano Beach, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I have been in this field more than 20 years, both in inpatient and outpatient settings. My therapeutic orientation tends to focus a lot on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy (or Insight-Oriented Therapy), Integrative and Eclectic Therapy, as well as Faith-Based Therapy (when appropriate). Having raised five children as a single parent while working full time, as well as completing my education in my later years, I feel that I am able to help those that are inundated with emotional turmoil.
My Philosophy
I believe that every human being is unique and the human entity is made up of four different components: physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. They all are significantly and intimately connected. There are provisions made for every individual to reach and maintain their optimal level in each of these areas. Medical professionals bring their skill and knowledge to help heal one’s physical ailments; teachers bring their expertise to increase one’s intellect; spiritual leaders (i.e. pastors, priests, etc.) bring their knowledge about spirituality; whereas, professional counselors help bring insight to one’s emotional pain and behaviors which are hurting them. Healing is a multidimensional process facilitated by integrating the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional components of a person’s being. Each component affects one another in some way.
Angela Scheres (Spokane, United States) Provider
Natalie Marie Schramm (Santa Rosa, United States) Provider
Deborah Kay Schueren (Yorktown, United States) Provider
Elizabeth Seal (Eureka, United States) Provider
Mia Shapiro (Rye Brook) Provider
Ann Silvers (Gig Harbor, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I am a private practice Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington State, United States.
My academic training in domestic violence and the broader topic of partner abuse is from my university education while studying for a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Minor in Women’s Studies at the University of Washington, and a Master’s Degree in Counseling at Antioch University, Seattle, Washington. More recent study has been through reading such sources as the journal Partner Abuse: New Directions in Research, Intervention, and Policy, and the work of Amy Baker, Phillip Cook, Roy Sheppard, and Mary Cleary among others.
I have practical experience helping individual men and women and also couples deal with partner abuse in scenarios where a man is the source of partner abuse, a woman is the source of abuse, and also situations with mutual abuse.
I have written and published the book, Abuse OF Men BY Women: It Happens, It Hurts, And It’s Time to Get Real About It.
Services or Research Projects
I have written and published the book, Abuse OF Men BY Women: It Happens, It Hurts, And It’s Time to Get Real About It.
Valarie Simmons (Moreno Valley, United States) Provider
Patricia Singh (Albuquerque, United States) Provider
Professional Background
A New Awakening, Inc. was established in September of 2000 to reduce the barriers to receive treatment for drug or alcohol addictions. ANA provides services for domestic violence offenders (either court-ordered or self-referred). ANA is certified through the state of New Mexico to provider batterer intervention services. Our program is 52 weeks as mandated by state statute.
Our striving goal is to provide an environment that is safe, culturally competent and supportive of recovery for the person struggling and their families.
We are passionate about integrating the best practices and multicultural protocols to help you get your life to a space of vitality and abundance. ANA provides low-cost therapeutic support to build a sober life.
Services include a mix of individual and group therapy tailored toward individualized needs.
Mr. Mark K Slaughter (Sacramento, United States)
Mrs Ronit Smadar-Dror (Karmiel, Israel) Provider
Professional Background
Higher Education
2011-2013 M.A. Faculty of Education, Field of Clinical-Social Work, Haifa University.
2001-2003 M.A. Department of Education, Treatment and Counseling Arts and Bibliotherapy.
1991-1993 Social-Work Student Instructor, School of Social-Work, Tzfat College.
1987-1990 B.A. Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Science, School of Social Work, Field of health, Haifa University.
* Academic Appointments and Academic Administrative Positions in Institutions of Higher Education
* Learning Center Coordinator, Western Galilee, Haifa University (since 2003). The Center is responsible for training groups of students and individual instructors.
* Supplementary program teacher in the profession of social work, University of Haifa.
* An external teacher, School of Social Work, Tel-Hai College
Teaching
o 2006- Annual Workshop for Social Work. B.A. School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel-Hai College.
o 2012- Supplementary program teacher in the profession of social work, University of Haifa.
o 2006-2008, Interview Methods, Department of Nutrition, Tel-Hai College.
o 2004-2010, Work Student Instructor for Social Worker, Tel-Hai College.
E. Active Participation in Conferences
* Oct, 2009, Conference of Social Work Student Instructors, Best Mature, University of Haifa.
* Oct, 2004, Conference on Dangerous Behavior Amongst Youth, Department of Welfare, Karmiel.
* June, 2001, The Adolescent Pharmacist: Self-Medicating to Take Away the Pain. School of Alcohol and Drug Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
* July, 1992, Conference on cancer and its effects, On behalf of the ICA and Tzfat Hospital.
Non-Academic Activity & Positions
2007- , Private practice in individual, marital and professional training.
2011- Public representative on a parole board (committees thirds) in prisons- Ministry of Justice.
1995-2007 – Efshar Association, Founder and Director of the Regional Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Alcohol and Gambling, Karmiel.
Individual Therapy and Group therapy, Under Supervision.
2002-2004 – Guiding a group of bereaved parents, the Ministry of Defense.
1990-1995- Social Worker in Rivka Ziv Hospital, Tzfat, Departments Orthopedics, Surgery and Oncology Clinic
1993-1995 – Director of the Enosh (for Mentally ill), Karmiel.
1995 – Group facilitation interpersonal communication, dealing with emergencies and stress, interpersonal skills, etc., in various organizations.
1991- 2004 – Training of social work students.
Publications
Smadar-Dror, Ronit, Development of professional identity Social work students, 2007, Meidaos.
Article submitted: Winstok, Zeev & Smadr-Dror Ronit, Sanctions as a Tactic Used in Partner Conflicts: Theoretical, Operational and Preliminary Findings, Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
H. M.A. Dissertation
Differences between the Genders in the Use of Sanctions as a Tactic Used in Partner Conflicts. University of Haifa. Prop. Winstok Zeev, 2014.
Fred Smith (Zion, United States) Provider
Dr Alexandre Smith-Peter (Montreal, Canada) Provider
Dr Madeline Smyth (, United Kingdom) Researcher
Professional Background
BPS Chartered Forensic Psychologist and HCPC Registered Psychologist since 2013.
Worked for HMPPS in various psychological roles since 2002.
Extensive experience in assessment and treatment of men convicted of family violence.
Trainer for SARAv3 and B-SAFER.
Recently completed a DPsych at Nottingham Trent University: Novel research exploring why male perpetrators continue to be abusive from custody; Systematic review considering the role of denial in intimate partner violence.
Dr Jared W Snow (Loomis, United States) Provider, Researcher
Martin Söderquist , Ph.d (Malmö, Sweden) Provider
Professional Background
Psychologist, Psychotherapist & Couples Counsellor. 30 years experience of therapeutic work and research in child and adolescent psychiatry, drug abuse and addiction, family assessment of families referred from Child Protection, child sexual abuse and couples counselling.
Trained with and done presentations on conferences and workshops with Insoo Kim Berg, Steve de Shazer, Andrew Turnell, Arlene Vetere, Allan Wade and Jeff Young and Nancy McElheran.
Services or Research Projects
At the moment and for the last couples of years I work with couples with various backgrounds and problems. Many of the couples making appointments with me and my colleagues are in conflicts and some of them are domestic violence cases.
I also am very interested in Single Session, inspired by Eastside in Calgary and Bouverie in Melbourne. I and some of my colleagues started 2011 offering Single Session to all our couples, the results are very good and we plan to continue. We do follow ups in all these cases.
I have written five books in swedish on drug abuse, child sexual abuse, family assessment, supervision and one book together with clients. Several articles in swedish, some in english and a chapter in one of Jahn Hamesl books.
Dr. Daniel Jay Sonkin , Ph.D. (Sausalito, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Education
B.S. 1975 University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
M.A. 1979 California State University, San Francisco, California
Ph.D. 1981 Columbia Pacific University, San Rafael, California
License/Certifications
Marriage and Family Therapist, California License MFC16644
Certified for Psychotherapeutic use of Hypnosis, California Certificate 1302
Certified California State Community College Instructor, CA245316
Certified California State Community College Counselor, CA254800
Current Positions
11/81- Psychotherapy and Forensic Consultation Practice
Sausalito, California
5/07- Consulting Mental Health Advisor – Salesian Society of Don Bosco – Western Province
San Francisco, CA
Past Professional Experience
7/94-6/05 Adjunct faculty
Counseling Department
California State University, Sonoma
1/98-12/04 Expert consultant
Enforcement Unit
Board of Behavioral Sciences
Sacramento, California
9/96-6/99 Consultant – Domestic Violence Program
Family and Community Counseling Services
Santa Rosa, California
9/89-7/98 Ethics Committee Chair
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
San Diego, California
9/93-7/96 Staff Supervisor
Community Institute for Psychotherapy
San Rafael, California
5/94-6/96 Consultant and Clinical Supervisor
Catholic Charities of Marin
San Rafael, California
11/92-95 Peer Utilization Reviewer
Foundation Health Plan
Rancho Cordova, California
9/87-6/90 Family Therapist
Adolescent Recovery Center
Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, California
7/82-10/83 Clinical Staff
Family Service Agency, San Rafael, California
3/80-9/82 Offender Program Coordinator–Family Violence Project
San Francisco District Attorney, San Francisco, California
3/79-3/80 Crime Analyst
Planning and Research Bureau
San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco, California
Consultation
7/97-6/00 Consultant – Youth at Risk Project
Family Institute of Marin
San Rafael, California
10/93-95 MFCC Oral Examiner
Consultant – Central Testing Unit
Board of Behavioral Science Examiners
Sacramento, California
1982-1993 Psychiatry Service
Veterans Administration Hospital
San Francisco, California
7/86-9/86 Superior Court
Family Relations Division
State of Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
5/86-7/86 United States Marine Corps
Family Service Center
Camp Lajeune, North Carolina
9/83-7/85 Domestic Violence Treatment Program
Family Advocacy Program
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Oakland, California
Teaching/Supervision
3/94-3/95 Adjunct Faculty
Professional School of Psychology
San Francisco, California
1992-1994 Graduate Lecturer
Psychology Department
California State University, San Francisco
9/88-6/90 Intern Supervisor
Adolescent Recovery Program
Marin General Hospital
Greenbrae, CA.
1/86-6/86 Faculty Docent
Department of Psychology
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
9/84-1/85 Clinical Supervisor
Domestic Violence Project
Psychological Services Center
Berkeley, California
9/83-12/85 Adjunct Faculty
California School of Professional Psychology
Berkeley, California
3/83-4/85 Training Provider – California State Board of Corrections & POST
Training for Law Enforcement and Probation Officers
San Francisco, Alameda and Marin Counties
1977- Conducted over 100 clinical trainings, seminars and workshops across the country and abroad on domestic violence for mental health professionals, armed forces personnel, medical professionals, criminal justice and social service service providers.
Other professional contributions
Contributor, Mental Help Net Blogs Relationship Matters – 2011
Board of Directors – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists – 1998-2000.
Editor – Journal of Emotional Abuse – Hayworth Press, 1997-Present.
Special Consultant, Violence and Victims Journal – Springer Publishing Company New York, New York – 1985-Present
Series Editor, Focus on Men – Springer Publishing Company New York, New York – 1985-1995.
President, Board of Directors – Marin Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists – 1990
Past-President, Board of Directors – Marin Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists – 1991
Founder and Co-Coordinators of the Marin CAMFT Disaster Response Team – Marin Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists – 1989-1991
Newsletter Editor – Marin Chapter of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, 1987-1989, 1992
State Ethics Committee – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists – 1989-1998
Board of Directors – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists 1998-2000
Advisory Board – Domestic Violence Institute, Denver, Colorado – 1990-2000.
Special Testimony
Marin County Human Rights Commission, San Rafael, Ca., January 9, 10 & 11, 1979.
United States Attorney General’s Task Force on Family Violence, Sacramento, Ca., February 15, 16 & 17, 1984.
Senate Judiciary Committee-Police Response to Domestic Violence, Sacramento, Ca., April 10, 1984.
Alameda County Social Services Commission-Marriage License Funds for Shelters, April 26, 1984, Oakland CA
Connecticut Governor’s Task Force on Family Violence, New Haven Connecticut, October 8, 1985.
Expert Testimony in civil and criminal trials where domestic violence is an issue, 1979-present.
Memberships
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Marin Chapter – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Awards
Distinquished Clinical Member – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, April 2000.
Clark Vincent Award for Literary Contribution to the field of Marriage and Family Therapy – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, April 1989.
Software
Sonkin, Daniel J. (2002). Domestic Violence Assessment. (Macintosh and Windows)
Books
Sonkin, Daniel J. and Durphy, Michael (1982; rev. 1985, 1989, 1997). Learning to live without violence: A handbook for men. San Francisco: Volcano Press.
Sonkin, Daniel J.; Martin, Del. and Walker, L.E. (1985). The male batterer: A treatment approach. New York: Springer Publishing.
Sonkin, Daniel J. (Ed.)(1987). Domestic violence on trial: Psychological and legal dimensions of family violence. New York: Springer Publishing.
Sonkin, Daniel J. (1992). Wounded boys/heroic men: A man’s guide to recovering from childhood abuse. Stamford, CT: Long Meadow Press.
Sonkin, Daniel J. (1993). Stabilization program for stalkers: A manual for counselors. Denver, CO: Endolar Publications.
Sonkin, Daniel J. (1993). Stabilization program for stalkers: A workbook for men. Denver, CO: Endolar Publications.
Sonkin, Daniel J. (1996). A counselors guide to Learning to Live Without Violence. San Francisco: Volcano Press.
Sonkin, Daniel J. (1997). Domestic violence: Perpetrator assessment manual. Sausalito, CA: Daniel Sonkin, Ph.D.
Sonkin, Daniel J. (2000). Domestic violence: The court mandated perpetrator assessment and treatment handbook. Sausalito, CA: Daniel Sonkin, Ph.D.
Dutton, Don and Sonkin, Daniel (2003). Intimate Violence: Contemporary Treatment Innovations. New York: Haworth Trauma and Maltreatment Press.
Chapters and Articles
Sonkin, Daniel (2011). Is This You Or Me That I Am Feeling? Emotional Contagion In Close Relationships. The Therapist, Vol 23, #2.
Sonkin, Daniel (2010). Anger: Attachment and Neurobiological Perspectives. The Therapist, Vol. 22 #6.
Sonkin, Daniel (2010). She’s Leaving Home (Bye, Bye): Understanding Parent’s Reactions to the College Transition Through the Lens of Attachment Theory. The Therapist,Vol 22, #1.
Sonkin, Daniel (2009). Angst in the Face of Economic Meltdown: Managing Your Anxiety When The Stress Won’t Go Away! The Therapist, Vol 21, #4.
Sonkin, Daniel (2007). Psychotherapy with attachment and the brain in mind. The Therapist. Vol 19, #1, pp. 64-70.
Sonkin, Daniel (2007). Domestic violence and attachment theory: Clinical applications to treatment with perpetrators. In Jackson, N.A. (ed), The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. New York: Taylor and Francis.
Sonkin,Daniel (2005). Psychotherapy and attachment theory. The Therapist. Vol 17, #1.
Sonkin, Daniel and Dutton, Don (2003). Attachment theory and domestic violence. In Dutton, Don and Sonkin, Daniel (ed). Intimate Violence: Contemporary Treatment Innovations. New York: Haworth Publishing.
Sonkin, Daniel and Liebert, Douglas (2002). The assessment of domestic violence. Journal of Trauma, Aggression and Maltreatment. Volume 6 Number 2, pp 3-36.
Sonkin, Daniel (1995). Anne Frank in Marin County. San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal, Vol. 14, 2.
Sonkin, Daniel & Liebert, Douglas (1998). Legal and ethical issues in the treatment of multiple victimization of children. In B. Rossman, M. Rosenberg & R. Geffner (Eds.),Multiple victimization of children: Conceptual, developmental, research and treatment issues.
Rosenberg, M. & Sonkin, D. (1991). The prevention of child maltreatment in school aged children. In D. Willis, E. Holden, & M. Rosenberg (Eds..), The prevention of child maltreatment: Ecological and developmental perspectives. NY: Wiley.
Sonkin, D.J. & Dutton, D. (Eds..)(1988). Special issue: The male batterer. Violence and Victims, 3 (1).
Sonkin, D.J. (1988). The male batterer: Clinical and research issues. Violence and Victims, 3 (1).
Sonkin, Daniel J. (1987). The assessment of court-mandated male batterers. In D. Sonkin (Ed.), Domestic violence on trial: Psychological and legal dimensions of family violence. New York: Springer Publishing.
Sonkin, D. J. and Fazio, W. (Ed.)(1987). Domestic violence expert testimony in the prosecution of male batterers. In D. Sonkin (Ed.), Domestic violence on trial: Psychological and legal dimensions of family violence. New York: Springer Publishing.
Sonkin, Daniel Jay & Ellison, Jean (1986). The therapist’s duty to protect victims of domestic violence: Where we have been and where we are going. Violence and Victims, 1(3).
Sonkin, Daniel Jay (1986). Clairvoyant vs. common sense: Therapist’s duty to warn and protect. Violence and Victims, 1(1).
Sonkin, Daniel Jay (1985). The male batterer: An overview I. The Military Family, 5(1), pp. 3-5.
Sonkin, Daniel Jay (1985). The male batterer: An overview II. The Military Family, 5(2), pp. 3-6
Professional Presentations (partial list)
2011 – Invited Speaker, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, San Francisco, CA.
2011 – Invited Speaker, California Council on Family Relations, San Diego, CA.
2010 – NWADVTP Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
2010 – Invited speaker, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Annual Conference, San Jose, CA.
2009 – International Conference on Family Violence, San Diego, CA.
2009 – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Annual Conference, San Jose, CA.
2008 – California State University, Fullerton Conference on Domestic Violence
2007 – First Nordic International Conference on Domestic Violence, Oslo, Norway
2006 – Alberta Conference on Domestic Violence, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2005 – Central San Joaquin Chapter of CAMFT, Visalia, CA
2004 – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Annual Conference, San Jose, CA.
2003 – The International Conference on Family Violence, San Diego, CA.
2001 – The International Conference on Family Violence, San Diego, CA.
2000 – Utah Conference on Family Violence, Park City, Utah
2000 – Kansas Conference on Family Violence, Manhattan, Kasas
2000 – Marine Corp Conference on Family Violence, Parris Island, South Carolina.
1999 – The International Conference on Family Violence, San Diego, CA.
1998 – 4th International Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence, San Diego, CA.
1998 – Statewide conference for domestic violence providers. Yakima, Washington.
1997 – California Association of Batterer Intervention Programs. Rohnert Park, CA.
1993 – Naval Family Advocacy Program’s Yearly Regional Conference. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
1990 – Montana Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Missoula, Montana.
1987 – New Mexico Psychological Association Convention. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1987 – Naval Family Advocacy Program’s Yearly Regional Conference. Orlando, Florida.
1987 – Naval Family Advocacy Program’s Yearly Regional Conference. Naples, Italy.
1986 – Naval Family Advocacy Program’s Yearly Regional Conference. Dunoon, Scotland.
1985 – American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Los Angeles, California.
1984 – American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.
1984 – American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.
1984 – California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley, Ca.
1983 – American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Anaheim, Ca.
Alicia Spidel (Vancouver, Canada) Researcher
Professional Background
I have worked as a psychologist, counsellor, clinical supervisor, mental health coordinator and trainer in corrections and community-based counselling agencies, addictions services, and mental health, for over 15 years. In addition I have lectured at SFU, Douglas College, Kwantlen, UBC, UFV, and JIBC in the criminology and psychology departments. My clinical and research interests include trauma, PTSD, violence and substance use and their impact on mental health and treatment compliance. I have published over 40 journal articles and book chapter and have given over 100 presentations both nationally and internationally on these subjects.
Katherine Anne Stansbury (Oregon City, United States) Provider
Professional Background
All my professional study and work is guided by the question of how we treat each other.
BA Anthropology – Antioch College
Mediator/Conflict Specialist – Marylhurst University
Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor II
2009-2011 – Clackamas Co. Community Corrections – Women’s Empowerment Project – education group for women impacted by DV – curriculum development/co-facilitator
2010-2011 – Clackamas Women’s Services – TurningPoints Project – education group for women impacted by DV – curriculum development/co-facilitator
2010-2013 – Multnomah County Circuit Court – small claims case mediator
2012-Present – ChangePoint/Central City Concern – group facilitator/counselor for combined DV offender intervention/addictions program. Piloted female offenders program.
Oregon Mediation Association Conference Presenter
2011: Gunsmoke’s Marshal Matt Dillon: Conflict Specialist
2014: Motivational Interviewing: Using Resistance to Create Change
2015: Domestic Violence Intervention: Changing the Conversation (panel discussion with DVIP participants and facilitators)
2018: Accountability: Why It Matters and How to Get There
TurningPoints Training:
2020: DV 101 for Substance Abuse Counselors – one-day course on addressing domestic violence within the scope of addictions counseling
Dr. Harry Stefanakis (Vancouver, Canada) Provider
Professional Background
Dr. Harry Stefanakis is the president of the Intelligent Compassion Society.
Dr. Harry Stefanakis, registered psychologist, is an experienced counsellor and educator who communicates effectively with both humour and clarity. Harry has over 20 years experience working with victims and offenders in the field of family violence and has completed a research project on how men stop using violence and abuse. He has designed several community and institutional programs and has provided training and supervision on domestic abuse and trauma intervention. Harry has presented at national and international conferences and training seminars. In addition, Dr. Stefanakis has worked as an advocate for larger social and policy changes through his work with the Ending Relationship Abuse Society of BC (past president) and the BC Community Coordination for Women’s Safety Committee. Dr. Stefanakis was a consultant to the Ministry of the Attorney General in their Family Violence core programs initiative and a visiting expert for the United Nations: Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. He currently runs a clinical and consulting practice in Vancouver, B.C and is the founder of the new nonprofit Intelligent Compassion Society dedicated to promoting compassionate individuals, families and communities through the provision of education and interventions that focus on accountability, respect and an appreciation of the mutual interdependence between all peoples and all life.
Services or Research Projects
Clinical Services:
Compassion based intervention groups for those that have engaged in abusive behaviours. The groups focus on accountability and change through a strength-based perspective.
Sandra M Stith (Manhattan, United States) Researcher
Dr. Carla Smith Stover (Tampa, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Dr. Carla Smith Stover is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor with faculty appointments at the University of South Florida Department of Mental Health Law and Policy and the Yale University Child Study Center. She has extensive clinical experience with families impacted by trauma and domestic violence including police-mental health collaboration, early intervention, and longer term evidence based treatments including Trauma Focused-CBT and Child Parent Psychotherapy. Dr. Stover has been the principal investigator on multiple studies examining the efficacy of outreach and intervention efforts for families impacted by domestic violence and other traumas. She currently has multiple projects to evaluate an intervention for fathers with co-occurring substance abuse and intimate partner violence histories that specifically targets their roles as fathers. She has developed the program Fathers for Change and is conducting outpatient and residential treatment studies on the effectiveness of the intervention for fathers of young children.
Stover, C. S., McMahon, T., & Easton, C. (2011) The Impact of Fatherhood on Treatment Response for Men with Comorbid Alcohol Dependence and Intimate Partner Violence. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 37(1), 74-78.
Stover, C. S., Hall, C., McMahon, T., Easton, C. (2012). Fathers Entering Substance Abuse Treatment: An Examination of Substance Abuse, Trauma Symptoms and Parenting Behaviors. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Stover, C. S., Urdahl, A., & Easton, C. (2012). Depression as a Mediator of the Association Between Substance Abuse and Negative Parenting of Fathers. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 38, 344-349.
Stover, C. S., & Spink, A. (2012). Affective Awareness in Parenting of Fathers with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence. Journal on Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 5, 74-85.
Stover, C. S. (2012). Police-Advocacy Partnerships in Response to Domestic Violence. Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations, 12:2, 183-198.
Stover, C. S. (2013). Fathers for Change: A New Approach to Working with Fathers Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law.
Stover, C. S., Easton, C., McMahon, T. (2013). Parenting of fathers with co-occurring intimate partner violence and substance abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Stover, C. S. & Morgos, D. (2013). Fatherhood and Intimate Partner Violence: Bringing the Parenting Role into Intervention Strategies. Professional Psychology Research and Practice.
Stover, C. S. & Kahn, M. (2013). Family of origin influences on the parenting
of men with co-occurring substance abuse and intimate partner violence. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 6, 84-94.
Stover, C. S. & McMahon, T. (2014). Opioid Dependence and Intimate Partner Violence: Associations with the Current Parenting Behavior of Fathers. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 7, 1-12
Stover, C. S. & Kiselica, A. (2014). Hostility and Substance Use in Relation to Intimate Partner Violence and Parenting Among Fathers. Aggressive Behavior.
Stover, C. S. & Kiselica, A. (2014). An initial examination of the association of reflective functioning to parenting of fathers. Infant Mental Health Journal.
Stover, C. S. (2015). Fathers for Change for intimate partner violence and substance abuse: Initial community pilot. Family Process.
Stover, C. S. & Coates, E. (2016). The relationship of reflective functioning to parent child interactions in a sample of fathers with co-occurring intimate partner violence and substance abuse. Journal of Family Violence.
Stover, C. S. & Lent, K. (2014). Training and certification for domestic violence service providers: The need for a national standard curriculum and training approach. Psychology of Violence.
Stover, C. S. (2015). Throw away dads? Promoting parental attunement of fathers in families where there has been intimate partner violence and substance abuse. Zero to Three
Stover, C. S. (in press). Interventions for perpetration of intimate partner violence. In Sturmay, P. (Ed), Wiley Handbook of Violence and Aggression Volume 2. John Wily and Sons.
Dorthy Stucky-Halley (Topeka, United States) Provider
Rita – Sullivan , Ph.D (Medford, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Ph.D Clinical Psychology 1985
Licensed Practicing Psychologist since 1991
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 1990
CADC III (Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor)
Sub specialty certification from APA (American Psychological Association) in the treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders
Member American Board of Disability Analysts
Clinical Member of the Oregon Psychological Association
Services or Research Projects
Provided supervision to large staff for over 35 years including domestic violence reeducation and victims services
Developed many mondel programs
Principal Investigator on many large Federal, State, Foundation grants
Carol Sutcliffe (Poughkeepsie, United States) Provider
Gloria Sverchek (Greenbrae, United States) Provider
Spencer Swain (North Carolina, United States) Provider
Professional Background
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Erskine Theological Seminary (M. Div./Concentration in Counseling |
2004 – 2007 |
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University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC B.A. Bus. Administration |
1988 – 1992 |
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German Reformation / Foster Home Lecture & Tour in Germany |
2012 |
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE, South and North Carolina |
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Lead Pastor, Grace Lower Stone Church (285 members) |
2008 – 2014 |
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Student Pastor, The Bridge (190 members) |
2007 – 2008 |
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Director of Students, Greenwood First ARP (160 members) |
2004 – 2007 |
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BUSINESS EXPERIENCE |
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Owner, Paradise Franchises |
2001 – 2003 |
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Marketing Associate, Sysco Food Services of Atlanta |
1997 – 2001 |
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Director of Operations, Southern Amusements |
1992 – 1997 |
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VOLUNTEER/COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION |
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Board of Camp Epworth, SC, Summer Camp for foster kids, Member |
2001 – 2011 |
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Rotary Club, Greenwood, SC, Member |
2003 – 2007 |
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Outreach Committees Chairperson |
2004 – 2014 |
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Local and Abroad Missions Chairperson |
2005 – 2014 |
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Commitment to protect the welfare of those experiencing crisis in the community as evidenced by 10 years of progressively responsible leadership roles. Initiated efforts to address these issues by entering the ministry, fundraising, leadership development and crisis management/prevention to over 1000 business owners, retirees, students, families and children. Coached and mentored future leaders, managed fundraising campaigns with 40-65% participation rates, experienced supervisor managing budgets of $5 million and 5-45 staff.
Services or Research Projects
Over the last 8 years, I have led groups and one on one counseling sessions, ranging from 5-20/1hr week group sessions to 5-20/weekly or biweekly one on one sessions (per case, per group need) impacting over 500 people in the following areas.
Janet Switzer (, United States) Provider
Mr Joseph Szlamnik (San Francisco, United States) Provider
Casey Taft (Danvers, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Casey T. Taft, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at the National Center for PTSD in the VA Boston Healthcare System, and Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Taft was the 2009 Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award winner from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma. He has served as Principal Investigator on funded grants focusing on understanding and preventing partner violence through the National Institute of Mental Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Centers for Disease Control, the Department of Defense, the Blue Shield Foundation of California, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. He was the primary developer of the Strength at Home program to prevent intimate partner violence, with current grants to implement the program within the VA and in military settings as well as a pilot grant to adapt and evaluate the program for civilians. Dr. Taft is on the Editorial Boards of five journals and has published over 110 peer-reviewed academic articles and a book on trauma-informed partner violence intervention, published by the American Psychological Association.
Ali Thomas (Ogden, United States) Provider
Daniel Thomas (Sacramento, United States) Provider
Professional Background
We are a “Batterers Accountability and Advocacy Re-education Program”. Man Alive Sacramento Inc, (MSI), is a Certified Batterers Treatment Provider,(BTP), in Sacramento providing services to approximately 210 men and women in the public and incarcerated classes. Participants in the program learn to recognize their violent behaviors and the process by which they choose to do violence. We then learn and practice accountability for our actions, awareness of the impact our violence has, and become advocates, (take action), for ourselves and others to end that violence. We learn to recognize the gender-specific training that supports us to believe we are superior to others and that a man’s or woman’s value depends on how he or she controls their intimate partner, their environment, and themselves.
Who conducts the program?
Classes are facilitated by program graduates who have continued with training that meets or exceeds California Penal Code section 1203.097, for Batterers Treatment Programs. Daniel Thomas completed the program in 2007, and has since worked continuously as a volunteer or staff member with the Sacramento programs in the public sector and in the Sacramento County Jail and Rio Consumes Correctional Center in Elk Grove. The facilitators of MSI each have 400 to over 2000+ hours of training and classroom experience in working with men to stop their violence, and each has maintained relationships free of verbal and physical violence with current or former partners, children, or other family members. They also maintain 16+ hours of continuing education from various sources to remain in compliance with local penal codes set forth by Sacramento County Probation.
How did “ManAlive” get started?
The ManAlive program was originally developed in the late 1970’s by Bay Area men who realized their behavior had an impact (caused loss, damage, or destruction) on their partners, children, families, communities, and themselves. They sought the help of a victim’s group—Marin Abused Women’s Services (MAWS) of San Rafael, CA—to recognize what violence was and what damage it caused. Based on what they learned from MAWS and other resources, the program was then written by Hamish Sinclair, director of manalive in San Francisco. Resolve to Stop the Violence project (RSVP) continues to offer man alive in the San Francisco Jail facilities.
What is “ManAlive’s” philosophy on violence and how men can stop?
ManAlive is based in the philosophy that violence toward people we are also intimate with is not natural or inevitable, but is the result of a formal and informal system of training. That system—which we call the “Old Male Role Belief System” which results in a distorted image of male identity and behavior. The vast majority of men who do violence are not stupid, insane, or evil; they are well-trained in what we call the “Old Male Role Belief System”:
- “Old” – because the system of patriarchy has existed for over 8,000 years,
- “Male” – because the system rigidly defines male identity, which in turn defines female identity,
- “Role” – because that identity is inauthentic, upheld only by dramatically pretending to be what the man or woman is not. We are also taught an inauthentic identity for women, and that he must enforce both his Male Role and her Female Role, or he fails as a man,
- “Belief” – because the man is taught to believe that adherence to the Role makes him superior to those men that do not, and also to women. In fact, the better a woman fulfills her Role under this system, the more inferior she is, and
- “System” – because this belief is ubiquitous; surrounding men 24/7/52 in their families, their social circles, advertisements, media, literature, music, sports, mythologies, religions, traditions, and more. Even men who never had a male parent in the home learn this system because very little alternative modeling is available. This belief also re-enforces that women are inferior instead of equals in the relationship.
- MSI’s classes are set up as “peer group processes” style to create a safe and trusting environment where the participants can be honest with themselves and others in the group. The participants practice empathetic listening skills while holding each other accountable for the violence in their lives.
- The participants also are encouraged to get up in front of the class and teach what they are learning. This re-enforces the material in them and the group will often learn more from one of their peers than from an authority figure or a facilitator.
Mark D Throckmorton (Tahlequah, United States) Provider
Darla Timberlake (Hampton, United States) Provider
Professional Background
The Center for Child and Family Services has been providing Batterer Intervention treatment for over 40 years. Our BIP program is certified by the Virginia Batterer Intervention Certification Board and all facilitators meet best practice training and educational standards. Our treatment is trauma focused and individualized for adult men and women. Our intensive bio psycho social assessment includes an in depth trauma assessment as well as the administration of The Domestic Violence Inventory (DVI.) The DVI rates lethality and risk levels in violence, control, coping skills, drug use, alcohol use and truthfulness and is invaluable information that helps with proper group placement and proper length of treatment. The DVI has been normed on over 75,000 perpetrators and is in the high 90% for validity and reliability. During group treatment, that can range from 36-56 hours of treatment, clients are offered the opportunity to attend individual sessions to address underlying issues and past trauma with advanced techniques such as Eye Movement Integration. The recidivism rates for group members who successfully complete our program is consistently significantly lower than the national average. Those that successfully complete our program are offered the opportunity to attend free couple’s and family counseling.
Wyatt Trammell (Angels Camp, United States) Provider
Mr. Mitchell Isaac Turner (Madison, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Welcome to my program Stay Focused Counseling, LLC! It is divided into 4 sections. Each section is further divided into 8 steps. Every step is an important and vital part in someone’s development in becoming a better and more successful person.
I have worked as a Probation / Parole Agent with the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections since 4-15-96. A disproportionate number of cases on my caseload over the years have been comprised of probationers and parolees with significant mental health issues. I have worked collaboratively with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and therapists, and other mental health professionals to supervise, guide, advise, and hold individuals accountable for their behavior.
At D.O.C., I am a Motivational Interviewing Ambassador. As agents, we are continually being trained on Evidenced-Based Practices and learning new and innovative ways to work with this population to address community safety. We use Carey Guides and BITS (Brief Intervention ToolS) developed by the Carey Group. SFC will use these tools to help you. I am striving to become a MINT (Motivational Interviewing Network Trainer).
In addition to working as a P&P Agent over the past 20 years, I have worked as a Human Services Specialist for 4 years providing crisis stabilization at the Dane County Care Center with Tellurian, 11 months at a Community-Based Residential Facility for a population of older adult males with persistent and chronic mental illness, and almost 3 years as a Youth Support Specialist at Catholic Charities in the Youth Living Alternatives program providing community support for youth with severe behavioral challenges on the autism spectrum.
I graduated from UW-Madison in 1990 with a B.A., majoring in Psychology. I took advanced classes in Psychochemistry, Advanced Physiological Psychology, and the Sociology of Mental Health & Mental Disorders. I graduated “With Distinction (Top 10%). I graduated from UW-Madison in 1994 with a M.S. in Counseling. I wrote my Master’s Thesis on Assessing Abuse in an Intimate Relationship. Around 2003, I created a domestic violence education program called Stay Focused on Healthy Relationships (which has been incorporated into SFC). For this program, I designed a tool to assist one in controlling their behavior called The Model of Self-Control. I am in the process of applying for membership with the Wisconsin Batterers Treatment Provider Association so I can provide certified abuser treatment.
On 7-19-13, I obtained my Professional Counselor Training License (LPC-IT 1829-226) which is valid until 7-19-17. I need to accumulate 3000 clinical hours approved by the Department of Safety and Professional Services and take the National Counseling Examination in order to become a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). In 2015, I completed an externship (300 hours) at Family Service in the Alternatives to Aggression program as a facilitator in a certified abuser treatment program. Lynn Gilpin, M.S., CRC, of Elite Cognition, LLC, is my DSPS-approved clinical supervisor.
I have applied to be a Comprehensive Community Services (CCS) provider with Dane County Human Services. CCS provides psychosocial rehabitiation for mental health and substance abuse issues. All of my CCS will be supervised.
In the Spring 2017, I will be taking 1 of the required 7 courses (I completed 6 of the classes when I was in college and graduate school) so that I can apply for my SAC-IT (Substance Abuse Counselor In Training). I am also seeking to become certified in teaching WRAP (Wellness Action Recovery Program) and a T4C (Thinking 4 Change) facilitator.
I will continue to build my program by gathering information and presenting it to you on this website. I want to help people stay out of jail or prison and change their lives with better relationships and and more satisfying jobs. I want to assist you on the road to success!
Services or Research Projects
Think Freedom
Stay Focused Counseling, LLC guides you through 32 different steps that all converge into a place where you find happiness, fulfillment, and meaning in your life. It is designed to help you make better choices to enjoy your freedom. Where are you headed when you leave the courtroom? What can you do now and in the future to remain in the community?
Stay Focused on Healthy Relationships provides Domestic Violence Counseling for Healthy Relationships. We all have the potential to be violent, abusive, or controlling. In addition, we are constantly faced with stressors that give rise to the possibility of our acting in a hurtful or regretful way. We will breakdown your role in the relationship to improve everything you contribute.
Stay Focused on Healthy Living explores your Health and Wellness. Your sense of wellbeing is continually under pressure to encounter the world under a variety of factors that include diet, exercise, mood, and your thoughts and feelings about your self-worth. Your sobriety is key. We will examine these factors so you can address your mental health and be comfortable with your existence.
Stay Focused on Freedom centers on Cognitive Restructuring or revising your thinking and perceptions of the world. Just as antisocial cognition is the number one criminogenic factor that causes criminal behavior, so too do your thoughts shape every aspect of your life. We will analyze these very thoughts that influence your feelings, which, in turn, govern your behavior for which you need to take responsibility.
Stay Focused on Career Development delves into shaping and honing your career goals. We begin by determining what gives your life purpose and figuring out what specialty areas you want to grow personally and professionally. We will come up with a strategy for preparing you for the work arena and presenting yourself in the best possible light. You will learn to take calculated risks and strive to become an expert in the subject matter that you are most passionate.
Everybody has a unique Pathway to Success. We will design the steps you need to take to reach the destination that brings you and the world around you the highest level of satisfaction!
Mrs Sarah Tweedie (Fort McMurray, Canada) Provider
Vera T. Tzenova-Bochnowicz (Newtown, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Vera T. Tzenova-Bochnowicz, Treasurer and Secretary of and Part-time Facilitator at S.A.F.E. Counseling Program, Inc., Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
B.A. in Political Science, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania, 2003
M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania. 2005
2004: Intern at The Peace Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania assisting in delivering conflict resolution programs in elementary and middle schools and assisting with research and evaluation of Bullying Prevention program.
2004-2006: Observer and Trainee at S.A.F.E., A Supportive Alliance for Family Empowerment, Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
2005: Volunteer Peace Educator at The Peace Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania supervising Peace Camp counselors and delivering conflict resolution and emotional intelligence lessons.
2007-2009: Ventures In Peace, (V.I.P.) Program Coordinator and Youth Group facilitator for delinquent and at risk male and female youth age 11 – 17 years old at The Peace Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
2007-2009
Full-time Facilitator and Co-Facilitator at S.A.F.E., A Supportive Alliance for Family Empowerment, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
2011- Present
Part-time Facilitator, Treasurer and Secretary of S.A.F.E. Counseling Program, Inc., Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Services or Research Projects
Providing Batterer Intervention Services and Anger Management Services to male and female clients in gender specific groups referred by the courts, social services, mental health counselors, psychologists, attorneys, physicians or to self-referred clients.
Interested in collaborating and guidance in designing an empirical study to examine the effectiveness of the S.A.F.E. Counseling Program, Inc. in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Ms Brenda K. Ulmer , LCSW, LSCSW (Independence, USA) Provider
Professional Background
Masters of Social Work, University of Kansas, 1998
Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1999
Licensed Specialist in Clinical Social Work since 1999
Co-Owner and Clinical Therapist of KeyPoint Counseling Services 2001-2015
18 years as Clinical Casemanager for the Missouri Department of Mental Health, QMRP
5 Years Child and Family Therapist for Kaw Valley Behavioral Health
Certified in Anger Management, Batterers Intervention, and Sexual Offender Treatment
Certified Penile Plethysograph Clinician I & II
Bachelors Degree in Psychology, University of Arkansas, 1983
Calvin Umezurike , J.D. (Laurel, United States) Researcher
Professional Background
Calvin Umezurike is a practitioner mediator and alternative dispute resolution consultant. He has conducted extensive research, training and conceptual development in family mediation and creative conflict resolution. As a mediator, Calvin assesses the effect of domestic violence on children and its impact on family mediation. He directs domestic violence victims to community based intervention programs as needed. Calvin is a member of Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution (MCDR) and Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM). Calvin subscribes to Maryland Program on Mediator Excellence (MPME). Calvin holds a Juris Doctorate in Law from Michigan State University College of Law and Master’s in Conflict Management from Kennesaw State University.
Cary Usher (Tampa, United States) Provider
Todd Vassallo (Sydney, Canada) Provider
Professional Background
For over twenty five years, Cornerstone Cape Breton has delivered programs for men aimed at providing tools for building safe and respectful relationships. As well as delivering domestic violence intervention for men involved with the court and social services system.
Arlene Louise Vetere (Mortimer, United Kingdom) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
I am Professor of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice at Diakonhjemmet University College, Oslo, Norway; and Associate Professor in the Department of Family Studies at Malta University; and from 2003-2013 I was Professor of Clinical Psychology at Surrey University, United Kingdom. I am registered in the United Kingdom as a clinical psychologist, family and couple therapist and systemic supervisor. For the past 17 years I have co-directed an independent family violence intervention project in the town of Reading, United Kingdom. I am a practitioner, supervisor and trainer in the field of family violence therapeutic work.
Pr. Don A. Voeks (Gresham, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Japan Lutheran Thoelogical Seminary and College B. Th. 1973
Christ Seminary Seminex M. Div. 1977
Portland State University MS 1988
Services or Research Projects
LGBT, women, After care, prefer self referred clients.
Debra L Walker (Moreno Valley, United States) Provider, Researcher
Michael Walker (Guerneville, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
I am a Pre-Doctoral Intern in clinical psychology at the Wright Institute, Berkeley, California. I am conducting a study for my dissertation exploring the trauma histories of men who have been court ordered to attend Batterer Intervention Programs.
The Title of the Dissertation: THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA ON LEVELS OF PTSD AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN MEN ATTENDING COURT-MANDATED BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAMS
Participation in the study consists of completing psychological tests. All participants will receive $20 for their participation. This study has been approved by the Wright Institute and more information is available by contacting me at mwalker@wi.edu or by calling (707) 536-3608. Dissertation Chair: Matthew McKay, Ph.D.
I have also been a Batterer Intervention Provider for 15 years in Sonoma County through Russian River Counselors. I have provided trainings for Batterer Intervention Group Facilitators as well as supervision for MFT Trainees and Interns.
I completed my APA Pre-Doctoral Internship in rural Alaska through the the Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium and Norton Sound Health Corporation, Nome AK. Norton Sound Health Corporation is in the Bering Strait Region of remote Northwest Alaska and operates the regional hospital in Nome as well as clinics in 15 Native villages.
Currently I am working at Providence: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Outpatient Behavioral Health Program.
Jonathan Allen Waller (Sacramento, United States) Provider
Charles Walters (Somerset, UNITED STATES) Provider
Ms Sheryl Ward (Princeton, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I spent 27 years in the field of child protective services, including 14 of those years delivering training and education for the state of Kentucky’s social workers. I had 4 years as a therapist in adolescence psychiatric hospital. I have been a BIP provider for a year.
Dr. Patricia Warford , PsyD (Newberg, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I did my doctoral dissertation on female victims of domestic violence. I graduated George Fox PsyD program in 1996, licensed Oregon in 1998. I have worked in community mental health and private practice. I began working with victims of family violence (including child witness/victims and sexual abuse victims, male and female victims) in 1992 and with batterer intervention in 2003. I have served on the Oregon Governor’s Council for Domestic Violence and current serve on the Oregon Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team. I have taught an adjunct class on domestic violence. I have presented nationally and in the DR Congo on impact of violence.
Services or Research Projects
My practice is currently limited to forensic evaluations.
David Waters (LEXINGTON, United States) Provider
Rod Watson (Weyburn, Canada) Provider
Judith Weaver , LPC (Harrisonburg, United States) Provider
Professional Background
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice and have been running the BIP through the practice for 22 years. We offer services in 5 counties in VA.
Services or Research Projects
We do a demographic summary every year as well as a Final Evaluation/ Outcome summary. We have done two recidivism studies. We participated in a national DV study.
Christauria G. Welland , Psy.D. (Solana Beach, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Education
California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego. Doctor of Psychology Program, Family and Child Track. August 1999.
California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego. Master of Arts, Psychology, August 1997
Bachelor of Arts, San Diego State University, Spanish, Summa cum Laude, with distinction in Spanish. Minor in Psychology. December 1994.
Training
40-hour Batterer Provider Certificate in Domestic Violence, 1996. Duluth model, San Diego, CA
40-Hour Advanced Training Certificate in Domestic Violence, 1999. Relationship Training Institute, San Diego, CA
60+ hours of continuing education as a domestic violence group facilitator, Relationship Training Institute, San Diego, CA. 2002 – 2014
ACT against Violence National Workshop. May 2006. American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.
Experience/Teaching
Named to Advisory Committee to the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force on Immigration, August 6, 2010.
Fulbright Specialist Grantee, awarded for teaching at Latin American universities in the field of intimate partner violence. 2008-2013.
Alliant International University, San Diego, CA. Adjunct Faculty, California School of Professional Psychology. Licensure course on intimate partner violence for doctoral students. May 2004 – present.
CETYS Universidad, Tijuana & Mexicali, B.C., México. Visiting Professor, November, 2012.
Services or Research Projects
Clinical Practice
Private Practice, English and Spanish, Solana Beach, CA. 2001-present.
Rehabilitation Practice, English and Spanish, Paradise Valley Hospital, National City, CA. 2001-present.
Rehabilitation Practice, English and Spanish, Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Encinitas, CA. 2012-present.
Dad’s Club, Social Advocates for Youth, San Diego, CA. Developed and presented pilot course on effective parenting and family violence prevention to Latino men and women whose children are in elementary school. Grants obtained from the Parker Foundation and the California Endowment. October 2005 – April 2009.
Professional Community Services, El Cajon, CA. Lead facilitator of Spanish IPV group for Latino perpetrators. Research and pilot group. August, 2001 – August 2005.
Family Advocacy Center, U.S. Navy, San Diego, CA. Facilitator for two IPV groups for Navy perpetrators. Research project. January 2002 – January 2003.
Professional Community Services, El Cajon, CA. (Internship). IPV groups for male perpetrators. August 1997 – August 1998.
Relationship Violence Training Institute, San Diego, CA. (Psychological assistantship). Group therapy for male IPV perpetrators at the Family Advocacy Center of the United States Navy, September 1997 – August 1999.
Women’s Resource Center, Oceanside, CA. (Employment). Family Violence Intervention Program. Group therapy for Latino male IPV perpetrators (Spanish). Sept. 1995 – Sept. 1996
International Teaching/Training
Government or university-sponsored workshops and conferences in Spanish in Mexico, Peru, Guatemala and the United States to teach the use of the Sin Golpes intervention model to Spanish-speaking professionals.
Volunteer university and agency-sponsored workshops in English in South India and Uganda.
Current and Recent Research
Pilot group with outcome evaluation of Latina victims of intimate partner violence, using the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy model of Linehan & Fruzzetti, Ph.D. Self-funded. San Diego, CA 2012 – present
Pilot group with outcome evaluation of Latino parenting education group to prevent IPV, funded by the Parker Foundation and the California Endowment through SAY San Diego, 2005-2008.
Cross cultural study in San Diego-Tijuana region of Mexican/Latino male perpetrators of partner abuse, focusing on psychological characteristics. Research partially funded by the Transborder Institute, University of San Diego. Study completed in March, 2005.
Selected Publications:
Welland, C. (2011). Individual Treatment for a Latino Partner Abusive Man: A Case Study. Partner Abuse, 2, 4, 468-483.
Welland, C. & Ribner, N. (2010). Culturally specific treatment for partner-abusive Latino men: A qualitative study to identify and implement program components. Violence and Victims, 25, 6, 799-813
Healing from Violence: Latino Men’s Journey to a New Masculinity, with Neil Ribner, Ph.D. 2007. New York: Springer Publications
Sin Golpes: Como transformar la respuesta violenta de los hombres en la pareja y la familia. Therapist manual and client workbook. With David Wexler, Ph. D. 2007. Mexico City: Editorial Pax.
Violencia Doméstica 2000, Programa Integrado de Habilidades para Hombres Latinos, con adaptaciones culturales. Co-authored with David Wexler, Ph.D. Translated by José Antonio Valenzuela and Christauria Welland, Psy.D. Cultural adaptations by Christauria Welland, Psy.D. September, 2002. Health Transformations, San Diego.
A Demographic and Risk Factor Survey of Mexican Immigrants Mandated to Partner Abuse Treatment in San Diego County, with Neil Ribner, Ph.D., August 2001, Family Violence Bulletin and Sexual Assault Bulletin..
June, 1999: Doctoral Dissertation: A Qualitative Analysis of Cultural Treatment Components for Mexican Male Perpetrators of Partner Abuse.
Dr. David B Wexler , Ph.D. (San Diego, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
David B. Wexler, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Diego, specializing in the treatment of relationships in conflict. He is the Executive Director of the non-profit Relationship Training Institute, which provides education and treatment internationally for relationship development and the prevention and treatment of relationship violence. He has also served as the Clinical and Administrative Supervisor for the NIMH-sponsored research study of domestic violence in the Navy from 1991 through 1996, and again from 2001 through 2006.
Dr. Wexler is the author of When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior Change Your Relationship (2004), and Is He Depressed or What?: What to Do When the Man You Love is Moody, Irritable, and Withdrawn (2006). Men In Therapy: New Approaches for Effective Treatment (2009), was released in 2009. Dr. Wexler has been featured on the Dr. Phil show and the TODAY show, in the Washington Post, “O” magazine, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Men’s Health, and on dozens of radio and TV programs throughout North America to help educate the public about relationships in conflict and how to resolve them. Psychotherapy Networker devoted an entire issue to issues of men in therapy in May/June 2010 built around Dr. Wexler’s feature article.
Dr. Wexler has authored an internationally-recognized domestic violence treatment manual: the newly revised and updated The Stop Program—Third Edition was released by W.W. Norton in 2013. Dr. Wexler has trained thousands of community professionals, military personnel, and law enforcement officials through extensive training seminars on The STOP Program model throughout the world. Dr. Wexler is also the former Chairman of the Treatment & Intervention Committee of the San Diego Domestic Violence Council and has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award for Treatment by this Council. The California Psychological Association has also designated Dr. Wexler as a Master Lecturer and he received CPA’s Distinguished Contribution to Psychology award.
Dr. Wexler recently received the prestigious award of Practitioner of the Year from the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, a division of the American Psychological Association.
The Relationship Training Institute is approved by the San Diego County Probation Department to provide clinical training for all authorized county domestic violence treatment programs for court-ordered offenders. These five-day training workshops are offered twice annually in San Diego County.
The U.S. Navy contracted with Dr. Wexler to design an innovative intervention program for the prevention of date and acquaintance rape. TRUE CONSENT: Sexual Assault Awareness Training for Men, was administered to 50,000 incoming Navy recruits annually at Great Lakes Naval Training Center as part of a four-year research study on prevention of sexual violence in the Navy.
Dr. Wexler has served as an expert witness in numerous forensic cases in which the understanding of domestic violence offender characteristics, domestic violence patterns in relationships, and battered women’s syndrome (now known as “intimate partner battering and its effects”) can help the Court clarify the complex legal issues. He has testified for both prosecution and defense.
Dr. Wexler is also the former Director of Psychological Services at Rancho Park Hospital, where he developed the internationally recognized PRISM model for self-management. He has pioneered the development of self psychology and cognitive behavior therapy in treating adolescents. He is the author of THE ADOLESCENT SELF: Strategies for Self-management, Self-soothing, and Self-esteem in Adolescents, The PRISM Workbook, The Advanced PRISM Workbook, published in 1993.
To contact Dr. Wexler or other RTI staff and faculty about professional training or consultation, please go to the RTI website at http://www.RTIprojects.org or call 619.296.8103.
David Wheeler (Fort McMurray, Canada) Provider
Norma Whitaker (Shreveport, United States) Provider
Services or Research Projects
You Are Not Alone Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center (YANA) was incorporated April 16, 2012, and received 501(c) (3) status of the same year. The mission of You Are Not Alone (YANA) Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center is to provide a safe refuge for victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and their children. We seek to assure that anyone affected by Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence needs are met and that they are treated with dignity and respect.
You are not Alone also seek to help batters become better spouses and family members.
The goals of You Are Not Alone Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center, Inc. are :
- To reduce the immediate impact of the crisis
- To understand the precipitating circumstances
- To help the person access healthy coping skills, support systems, and resources in the community.
Mission
Empower individuals of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault victims to achieve their full potentials. This will be accomplished by education, and advocacy to help return a sense of personal self worth as they move forward to take back control of their lives. You Are Not Alone also wish to help batters get a understanding of Domestic Violence and develop a life without violence.
Ms. Ricka L. White-Soso (Oakland, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Mrs. Fredericka (Ricka) L. White-Soso, MSW, LCSW, CEAT is a professional Social Worker in private practice whose special interests are community health issues including health disparities, health and wellness, foster and transitional youth advocacy, and public service. She has been working in the behavioral health and social services field for the past 25 years.
Her work in earlier years as a group home counselor moved her to further her education, which lead her to the work she does today. She has a wealth of experience working in group home, residential, day treatment, foster/adoption agency, behavioral managed care, hospital and private practice settings with diverse populations from a variety of backgrounds: including severely emotionally disturbed, abused, chemically dependent, developmentally disabled, foster/transitional age youth, victims of crime, domestic violence victims and batterers, and criminal offenders.
A graduate of San Francisco State University, Ricka received her BA in Psychology and a Master in Social Work with an emphasis in Administration and Planning. She also has the following certifications: Clinical Supervision Certification, Expressive Arts Practitioner/Therapist Certification (national), Batterers’ Intervention Program Facilitator Certification, Domestic Violence Counselor Certification, Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting Leader Certification (M.A.P.P.) and Sexual Assault Advocate Certification.
Services or Research Projects
Services available for: individual therapy, couple therapy, group therapy, Domestic Violence counseling and BIP group facilitation.
Sunny Wilkins (Clinton, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Serving Sampson and Duplin Counties, we accept referrals from other counties where there are no providers.
Mike Allen Willbur (Vancouver, United States) Provider
Professional Background
Retire from Army after twenty-three years in 1993. BS Psychology, MS Counseling. Specialize in counseling Veterans having transitional difficulties as well as PTSD symptoms. I have been working with DV perpetrators for eight years, completed the mandatory 60 hours of prep training as required by the State of Washington and ongoing continuing education. Currently, I conduct DV evaluations only and for the criminal court, family court, and CPS.
I authored “More Than Domestic Violence, The Insidious Story” first published by CreateSpace in 2012 and republished in June 2014 with Tate Publishing. The book can be purchased on Amazon, B&N, or on my website: http://www.willburcounseling.com.
LaBryon O Williams (Springfield, United States) Provider
Professional Background
M.A. Counseling Webster University
B.S. Psychology Missouri Valley University
Services or Research Projects
Individual and group anger management
Robert Williams (Orlando, United States) Provider
Aillean P Wilson (Aberdeen, United States) Provider
Zeev Winstok , Ph.D. (Haifa, Israel) Researcher
Ives Kenneth Wittman (Roseville, United States) Provider
Professional Background
EDUCATION AND TRAINING: Currently, I am enrolled in the Adler Graduate School nearing completion of a Masters degree in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy in the Mental Health Counseling and Licensed Psychological Clinical Counselor (LPCC) track. My training includes completion of a Relationship Coaching Certificate with a focus in sex and love addiction administered and taught by a local therapist in the area. The course of study utilized a theoretical foundation of Transactional Analysis.
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: 1) Mentoring teenage boys, 2) Masters degree in English with a concentration in masculinity studies, and; 3) over 15 years of informal work with men. My mission includes championing the inner lives and maturity of men and boys and accepting a role as steward of male and female empowerment and relationship.
CURRENT EXPERIENCE: I am a therapist in the domestic/intimate partner abuse program for men (group and individual treatment) at the Lee Carlson Center in Blaine, MN, a court-approved, certified provider of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence services.
Number of years worked as a Domestic Violence Intervention Provider: 1.5 years
The number of hours of domestic violence training received: On-site training provided by site supervisor (clinical director, Licensed Psychologist).
Domestic violence trainings conducted for others, and any published books: None
Amongst the books and articles recently accessed include:
* Ronald Potter-Efron’s Healing the Angry Brain, Handbook of Anger Management and Domestic Violence Offender Treatment, Stop the Anger Now, and RAGE
* Donald Dutton’s The Abusive Personality
* Dave Decker’s Embracing the Dark Side: Learning to Recognize and Transform the Anger Within and Around You
* John Hamel’s Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse
Steven Stosny’s Love Without Hurt
Our program also uses resources from John Gottman, PhD, John Ashfield, PhD, and David Richo, PhD
Dr. Pamela Sue Woodman (Camrose, Canada) Researcher
Professional Background
I have a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.
I have been working in the field of mental health for about 14 years as a provider. I have also taught psychology courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
I received training in Domestic Violence treatment during my doctoral studies and have also attended a number of workshops on this topic.
Services or Research Projects
I work therapeutically with children who have witnessed domestic violence and their families.
I am currently working on a research project that looks at the ways in which parents impacted by domestic violence can help their children develop healthy relationships so as to minimize the intergenerational pattern of intimate partner violence.
Stan Woody (Richland, United States) Provider
Mrs Haslinah Binti Ya’cob (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Provider, Researcher
Ms Robyn Susan Yaxley (Hobart, Australia) Provider
Professional Background
I am a clinical psychologist working in private practice and a Clin. Psych. PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania, Australia. I have practiced in the area of correctional psychology since 1995 and have held both practice and policy related roles in the area of domestic violence intervention since 2006.
I presented two posters at the 8th World Congress on Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies titled: “Best practice methods in the treatment of female perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Treatment Provider Perspectives” and “Treatment needs of female perpetrators of Domestic Violence: What do we know”.
I recently had a paper accepted for publication in Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law titled: “Psychological Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence”.
Services or Research Projects
Services Provided:
Individual psychotherapy
Substance abuse counseling
I am particularly interested in developing evidence based treatment for female perpetrators of intimate partner violence and this is the overall goal of my PhD.
I am currently seeking treatment providers views on the treatment needs of female perpetrators and what constitutes best practice in this area, to inform the development of an intervention program for female perpetrators fit for the Australian context, where no such programs currently exist. A link to the survey which take approximately 15 minutes to complete can be found above.
Nada J Yorke , LCSW (Sequim, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
Nada Yorke, LCSW, has a B.A. in Psychology (1984) and an M.S.W (2009) from California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). During the course of her twenty-five year career as a probation officer in California, she developed specialized caseloads for identified gang members and high-risk drug offenders, and spent three years a victim advocate in the Victim/Witness unit, focusing on domestic violence cases. That assignment led to her becoming president of the Domestic Violence Advisory Council to help make systemic changes to improve responses for both victims and perpetrators. After retirement in 2006, she started Yorke Consulting, a company which works with criminal justice agencies as well as treatment providers to provide training, strategic planning and effective domestic violence interventions. Ms. Yorke relocated to Sequim, WA in 2016 and continues to work with professionals at both the national and international level to find workable solutions to stopping family violence.
She is a recognized court expert, authored a 52-week BIP curriculum which utilizes evidence-based clinical interventions, and she developed a measurement tool for providers to evaluate the objective changes of their participants post-intervention.
Research Projects
Nada Yorke implemented a probation-department certified batterers intervention program in a maximum security prison in 2007-09 with 23 voluntary participants who were assigned to the Substance Abuse Program. She developed a measurement tool to assess the participant’s recognition and acceptance of personal responsibility for committing abusive behaviors (RPRS). Although the entire program was unable to be implemented (due to institutional restrictions), the results were statistically significant after 23 weeks and the participants highly recommended the program for anyone in a relationship and paroling back into society. Since many of the participants were serving life sentences, a recidivism study was not conducted. The research was published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation (Oct 2010).
Since the curriculum design for the prison program was so well-received, Ms. Yorke collaborated with a local community-based organization (CBO) who obtained private funding to provide a faith-based, certified batterer intervention program for court-ordered men. Forty-seven men were enrolled in the pilot project, which included three volunteers. After 90 days, 90% of the men were still in the program, and after 52-weeks 68% (N=32) graduated. According to the Probation Department, these numbers represented a significant improvement from most other programs which typically had 30-40% retention at the 90-day mark. The RPRS measurement was given three times and the results were also statistically significant. Recidivism for new domestic violence arrests was evaluated and at 18-months post graduation there were zero arrests for the graduates (N=32), whereas there were three arrests (N=15) for the non-graduates. At three years, post-graduation, there were three arrests for the graduates and one additional arrest for non-graduates. The CBO continues to conduct the program and is still experiencing high retention and low recidivism.
Services
Expert Witness and Training
Since 1999, Ms. Yorke has been providing expert witness testimony for both the prosecution and defense, as well as family law cases. She has testified in over 30 trials and is regularly consulted by attorneys, the Courts, and law enforcement, as well as victim advocates and other therapists. She has also mentored and coached fellow professionals to become expert witness’ in their respective fields.
As a trainer and speaker, Nada has interacted with national and international audiences of therapists, forensic counselors and law enforcement personnel about the issues concerning domestic violence and the value of working with perpetrators to stop the intergenerational cycle of domestic violence. She served as an appointee to the Behavioral Health Board of Kern County in 2014, in addition to serving on various State and local task forces and professional advisory boards and committees.
With over thirty years of forensic court experience, eighteen of which are specific to domestic violence, Nada has personally trained over 100 people to become batterer intervention facilitators and provides consultation throughout California to programs seeking certification of their batterer intervention programs. She continues to provide basic and advanced training for facilitators and providers.
Currently, Yorke Consulting is an STC provider to provide training for California probation officers who are tasked with overseeing and assessing batterer intervention programs.
Publications
Based on the positive results from the prison and community-based program, Ms. Yorke’s curriculum “Another Way…Choosing to Change” was published in 2014 and the Participant’s Handbook was recently translated into Spanish. The curriculum and program design uses evidence-based clinical interventions and address’ criminogenic factors and adverse childhood experiences (ACES). Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change model are incorporated in the design and delivery of the material. Research indicates that CBT and DBT are effective for those participants exhibiting borderline and/or antisocial traits/characteristics so both the class design and homework assignments integrate these research-supported interventions. Participants have evaluated the curriculum as helpful for changing their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors within their interpersonal relationships and reports from their partners and objective measurements have supported their self-assessments.
Yorke, N (2017) Otra Forma de… Elegir el Cambio, Manual del Participante Charleston, South Carolina. Create Space.
Yorke, N. J. (2015). Avoiding Collusion with Batterers through Recognition of Covert Behavior for Better Outcomes in Family Court. J. Am. Acad. Matrimonial Law., 28, 563.
Yorke, N (2014) Another Way…Choosing to Change-Participant’s Handbook. Charleston, South Carolina. Create Space.
Yorke, N.J. (2014) Another Way…Choosing to Change-Facilitator Guide. Charleston, South Carolina. Create Space.
Yorke, N.J., Friedman, B., Hurt, P. (2010) Implementing a Batterer’s Intervention Program in a Correctional Setting: A Tertiary Prevention Model. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 49(7), 456-478.
Dr. Amie Zarling (San Rafael, United States) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
Assistant 2014-Present Iowa State University, Human Development and Family Studies
Professor
Postdoctoral 2012-13 The University of Iowa, Clinical Psychology
Fellowship
Ph.D. 2013 The University of Iowa, Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: The Clinical Utility of a Functional Model of Aggression
Clinical 2011-12 Duke University Medical Center
Internship Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Track
B.S. 2005 Iowa State University, Psychology
BOOKS AND ARTICLES RELATED TO FAMILY VIOLENCE:
Zarling, A. & Taylor, A.B. (forthcoming, 2016). Third wave therapies and the treatment of violence and aggression. In P. Sturmey (Ed.), Wiley Handbook of Violence and Aggression. John Wiley & Sons Publisher.
Zarling, A., Orengo-Aguayo, R., & Lawrence, E. (2015). Coercion in committed relationships and effective interventions. Dishion, T. & Snyder, J. (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Coercive Dynamics in Close Relationships: Implications for Development, Psychopathology and Intervention Science.
Zarling, A., Lawrence, E., & Marchman, J. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for aggressive behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 199-212.
Brock, R., Barry, R., Lawrence, E., Rolffs, J., Cerretani, J., & Zarling, A. (2014). Online administration of questionnaires assessing psychological and physical aggression: Establishing psychometric equivalence. Psychology of Violence.
Zarling, A., Taber, S., Murray, A., Knutson, J.F., Lawrence, E., Valles, N., DeGarmo, D.S., & Bank, L. (2013). Internalizing and externalizing symptoms in young children exposed to intimate partner violence: Examining intervening processes. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 945-955.
Lawrence, E., Orengo, R., Langer, A., & Brock, R.L. (2012). Consequences of psychological and physical abuse for victims: Review and critique of the literature. Special Series: Partner Abuse State of Knowledge. Partner Abuse, 3, 406-428.
Langer, A., & Lawrence, E. (2010). Emotion regulation and experiential avoidance in intimate partner violence. F. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 70. NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Langer, A., & Lawrence, E. (2010). Toward an integrated, empirically supported theory of intimate partner violence. K. Osterman (Ed.), Indirect and Direct Aggression (pp. 357-374). Peter Lang Printing House.
Lawrence, E., Yoon, J., Langer, A., & Ro, E. (2009). Is psychological aggression as detrimental as physical aggression? The independent effects of psychological aggression on depression and anxiety symptoms. Violence & Victims, 24, 20-35.
Langer, A., Lawrence, E., & Barry, R. (2008). Using a vulnerability-stress-adaptation framework to predict physical aggression trajectories in newlywed marriage. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 756–768.
Ms Neli Aleksandrova Zhekova (Sofia, Bulgaria) Provider, Researcher
Professional Background
In 2011, I graduated with a Master’s degree in Social and Legal Psychology. My interest in culture and violence against women led me to the decision to investigate this topic and I have conducted a research on socio-cultural factors of violence against intimate partner in Portugal.
In 2013 I have undergone a nine months Specialization Course in Gender-based Violence. The Course was a great opportunity to acquire knowledge in gender-based violence, its factors and causes as well as to learn more about the intervention techniques with perpetrators and victims of domestic violence.
In 2013, I have been providing consultations on domestic violence issues during the “Speak Out Against Domestic Violence” Campaign of AVON.
Since 2011, I provide psychological counseling to voluntary and court-mandated domestic violence offenders. My work as a psychologist under supervision involves a pro-feminist approach along with correctional and psychoeducational methods.
Services or Research Projects
I am currently working on a research project, which investigates the cultural beliefs of Brazilian perpetrators of domestic violence and their influence on violent behavior.
My study period at Porto University was mainly devoted to the investigation of socio-cultural factors of gender-based violence and the influence of the culturally prescribed roles and beliefs in the interpersonal conflicts. I have conducted a comprehensive analysis of the causes of violence against women in Portugal. This study was published in Bulgarian Journal of Psychology. Жекова, Н. (2011). Поведенчески анализ на извършителите на насилие срещу интимния партньор: Социални и културни фактори в Португалия. В: Българско списание по психология.№3-4, с.866-872.(Zhekova, N. (2011). Behavioural analysis of domestic violence offenders. Socio-cultural factors in Portugal. Bulgarian Journal of Psychology, 3-4 pp. 886-872 ).
Below are the titles of interviews that were published:
1. Zhekova, Neli (2013). Нека говорим открито за домашното насилие. Как да разпознаем насилника до
нас.(Speak Out Against Domestic Violence. How to recognize the domestic violence offender next to us). Retrieved
31/07/2013, from http://www.edna.bg/svobodno-vreme/mnenieto-na-specialista/neka-govorim-otkrito-za-domashnoto-nasilie-4631127
2. Да говорим срещу домашното насилие (2012). В: Журнал за жената. (Speak out Against Domestic Violence
(2012).[ Interview with Neli Zhekova]. Journal for women” magazine, 37 Sep. 2012: 32-33. Print.)
3. Домашното насилие е престъпление (2013). В: Журнал за жената. (Domestic violence is a crime (2013).
[Interview with Neli Zhekova]. Journal for women magazine, 28-29. Print).
4. Как да се предпазим от домашно насилие (2013). В: Преса. 202(553), 40. (“How to protect us from domestic
violence”(2013). [Interview with Neli Zhekova]. Pressa, 202(553), 40. Print.)
5. Psicologas visitam Centro de Referencia do Homem em Duque de Caxias (2013). Caxias Digital (Psychologists visit
the Reference Centre for Men in Duque de Caxias. [Interview with Neli Zhekova and Emannuelly Peçanha].
Retrieved 28/01/2013, from http://www.caxiasdigital.com.br/blog/psicologas-visitam-centro-de-referencia-do-homemem-
duque-de-caxias/
6. Василева, М (2013). В България домашният тормоз не се смята за престъпление. В: Доктор. 16-17.
(Vassileva, M. (2013). Domestic violence is not considered a crime in Bulgaria. Doktor. [Interview with Neli Zhekova
and Daniela Gourbonova], 16-17. Retrived 09/05/2013, from http://www.blitz.bg/article/34253