2-Day Domestic Violence Seminar

Evidence-Based Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse:
A Workshop for Mental Health Professionals, Batterer Intervention Providers and Victim Advocates

Presented by: John Hamel, Ph.D., LCSW • johnmhamel@comcast.net • www.JohnHamel.net
16 CEUs available for MFTs, LCSW’s and BIPs (California PCE 3921)

(1 Day Seminar Also Available)

First Day

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration

8:30 – 10:30
Current Models of Partner Abuse Policy and Treatment

Definitions of abuse
Show short film of classic male abuse perpetration
Overview of the current paradigm
Paradigm strengths and limitations
Show short film of female abuse perpetration

10:30 – 12:15
Research, Part I

Evidence-based practice
Physical abuse prevalence rates
Exercise: Which is Worse?
Sexual and emotional abuse and control
The context of abuse: Unidirectional vs. bidirectional
The context of abuse: Motivation and initiation

12:15 – 1:15
Lunch

1:15 – 3:15
Research, Part II

Partner abuse in ethnic minority and LGBT populations
Partner abuse worldwide
Risk factors
Show short film featuring Joe Torre
Impact of abuse on victims and families

3:15 – 5:15
Assessment

Research on risk assessment
Diagnostic considerations
Handout and Exercise: Who’s the Dominant Aggressor?
Exercise: What is the Well-Intended Motive?
Perpetrator typologies
Handout: Assessment Protocol and Questionnaires

5:15 – 5:30
Wrap-up

Second Day

8:30 – 10:30
Treatment Basics

Research on Prevention and Treatment
The evolution towards evidence-based practice
Handout and Exercise: Who’s the Victim and Who’s the Perpetrator?
A systemic, evidence-based approach
Goals in perpetrator treatment
Basic treatment options
Phases of treatment
Handout: Battering Dynamics; Exercise: Richie

10:30 – 12:15
Group Work with Perpetrators

Research on perpetrator treatment
Results of Hamel & Buttell national survey
Proposed standards for mandatory treatment
John Hamel & Associates: Main features
Curriculum modules
Handout: Facilitator Guidelines
Handout: Client Workbook; Exercise: Messages Send and Received

12:15 – 1:15
Lunch

1:15 – 3:15
Working with victims

Research on victim interventions
Treatment emphasis
Five phases of intervention
Show short film of lesbian abuse
Working with underserved populations
Handout: Victim safety plan and community resources

3:15 – 5:15
Family Interventions

Reasons and preconditions for couples and family therapy
Handout: Mutual Abuse Dynamics
Couples therapy: Phases I and II
Handout: Fair Fighting Principles
Couples therapy: Phase III
Family therapy
Handout and Exercise: Family Therapy Case Studies

5:15 – 5:30
Wrap-Up

John Hamel, Ph.D., LCSW, provides individual expert consultation to mental health professionals, prosecutors, defense attorneys, victim advocates and others on a variety of issues and topics related to family violence.

His consultation services and court testimony draw upon a broad knowledge of domestic violence research, including numerous original studies in the areas of treatment effectiveness and law enforcement responses, as well as twenty years of experience working with perpetrators and victims of family violence.

Since 2001, Mr. Hamel has consulted with defense attorneys and prosecutors throughout Northern California, and has provided expert witness testimony in both the criminal court and the family court. He has been retained in a variety of misdemeanor and felony cases, involving male and female perpetrators and victims as well as defendants in same-sex relationships

Testimonials

I am a criminal defense attorney in San Rafael, California, and have been working with John Hamel for many years in my domestic violence cases.

I have benefited from his trainings, have consulted with him regarding various cases, and regularly refer clients to his court-approved domestic violence perpetrator groups because his compassionate, evidence-based treatment approach is superior to the confrontational style used in other programs."