Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Intervention Training for Mental Health Professionals
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This two-day program, presented in partnership with New Hope Midcoast, is designed for social workers, substance abuse counselors, and other mental health professionals, as well as clergy, police officers, and first responders, to become certified in intimate partner violence training.
The following topics will be covered during the 12 contact hours of the program: foundations of domestic abuse, addressing the lasting impact of domestic abuse, intervention strategies for domestic abuse, and trauma-informed and culturally competent responses to domestic abuse.
About Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Intervention Training
This 12-hour curriculum was developed collaboratively by the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence and partners in the mental health field in order to meet the 2020 domestic violence training requirements for psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and licensed clinical professional counselors (see L.D. 1238, 126th Legis. 2013). The four three-hour modules include information that will help mental health professionals be prepared to work with people who have experienced and perpetrated domestic abuse and violence.
Day 1
Module 1 – Domestic Abuse: Foundations
Participants will be able to:
- Define domestic abuse and trauma
- Examine the multitude of barriers to safety that batterers create for their partners and family members
- Identify the tactics that batterers employ to obtain and maintain power and control over their partners and family members
Module 2 – Domestic Abuse: Addressing the Lasting Impact
Participants will be able to:
- Discuss the impact of trauma on the brain
- Identify several short and long-term health impacts of domestic violence
- Describe particular challenges facing survivors of multi-abuse trauma
Day 2
Module 3 – Domestic Abuse: Intervention Strategies
Participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between appropriate roles for mental health providers and those for domestic violence advocates
- Identify screening strategies to use in your practice
- Describe the basic safety planning strategies, including how to refer to a domestic violence resource center
- Define the difference between risk analysis and evidence-based risk assessment
- Analyze batterer tactics of control as they relate to seeking professional help
Module 4 – Domestic Abuse: Trauma-Informed and Culturally Competent Responses
Participants will be able to:
- Describe various aspects of culturally competent services and list culturally-specific domestic violence resources in Maine
- Discuss trauma-informed strategies for working with survivors
- List strategies for addressing secondary trauma that you may experience as a provider
- Analyze the barriers and resources faith provides to both survivors and abusers
- Psychologists
- Licensed clinical social workers
- Licensed clinical professional counselors
Lori Rodriguez
New Hope Midcoast Community Prevention Educator / Domestic Violence Resource Center Advocate
Hillary Waterman, Ph.D.
New Hope Midcoast Community Prevention Educator
Program Details
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