Beyond Violence: A Prevention Program for Women is a forty-hour, evidence-based, gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment program specifically developed for women who have committed a violent crime and are incarcerated. This program offers counselors, mental health professionals, and program administrators the tools they need to implement a gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment program within the criminal justice system. This Participant Workbook helps participants understand the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; learn new skills, including communication, conflict resolution, decision making, and calming soothing techniques; and become part of a group of women working to create a less violent world.
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Stephanie S. Covington, PhD, LCSW, is a clinician, author, and organizational consultant. She is a pioneer in the design and implementation of gender-responsive treatment services for women in public, private, and institutional settings.
Zusammenfassung
Beyond Violence: A Prevention Program for Women is a forty-hour, evidence-based, gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment program specifically developed for women who have committed a violent crime and are incarcerated. This program offers counselors, mental health professionals, and program administrators the tools they need to implement a gender-responsive, trauma-informed treatment program within the criminal justice system. This Participant Workbook helps participants understand the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; learn new skills, including communication, conflict resolution, decision making, and calming soothing techniques; and become part of a group of women working to create a less violent world.
Inhalt
Orientation Session 1
Introduction to the Program 1
Overview of the Program 2
Your Workbook 2
Group Introductions 3
Topics Covered in This Program 4
Group Agreements 5
Triggers and Coping Tools 6
Five Senses 7
Breathing and Exhaling 7
Statistics on Violence in the United States 8
Definition of Violence 10
The SocialEcological Model (People in the Environment) 11
Creating a Container 14
Discovering Your Anger Style 16
Anger Survey 19
Assignment 20
Self-Soothing Activity: Palms Down, Palms Up 21
Part A: Self
Session One: Thinking Our Thoughts 25
The Spirals of Violence and Nonviolence 26
Cognitive Distortion 27
My Typical Distorted Thinking 29
Feelings Inside and Outside 31
The DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 32
Understanding Keila 32
Understanding Me 34
Assignment 36
Session Two: Feeling Our Feelings 39
Identifying Feelings 40
Beliefs About Feelings 43
Intensity of Feelings 44
Emotional Wellness 48
Feelings and the Body 49
When Feelings Threaten to Overwhelm You 50
The Observer Self 51
Assignment 52
Session Three: Violence and Trauma in Our Lives 53
Types of Abuse 54
The Process of Trauma 54
Calming Strategies 58
Two Calming Activities 59
Mindful Breathing 59
Ten-Point Body Scan 59
Assignment 60
Session Four: The Effects of Trauma 63
Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey 64
The Effects of Trauma and Substance Use on the Brain 68
Risk Factors for Addiction 69
Personal Experiences with Substances 70
Triggers and the Body 71
Yoga Poses and the MindBody Connection 74
Assignment 75
Session Five: Women and Anger 77
Words for Anger 78
Meeting a Feeling 79
The Anger Funnel 80
Anger Triggers 82
Anger Management Strategies 83
Anger Dos and Don'ts 85
Hidden Anger 87
Self-Inflicted Violence 88
Assignment 89
Session Six: Understanding Ourselves 91
DVD of What I Want My Words To Do To You 92
Understanding Keila 92
Understanding Me 94
Understanding My Behavior 96
Understanding Keila 96
Understanding Me 97
Becoming Whole 98
Assignment 100
Part B: Relationships
Session Seven: Our Families 103
Self-Soothing Activity: Deep Breathing 104
Risk Factors 105
Family Sculpture 106
The Cost of Violence 107
Feelings and the Family 108
The Anger Questionnaire 109
Wheel of the Nurturing Family 112
Assignment 115
Session Eight: Communication 117
Communication Styles 118
Nonverbal Communication 119
Communicating Emotions 120
Strategies for Creating Connection Through Communication 121
Responses to Stress 122
Assignment 124
Session Nine: Power and Control 125
The Power and Control Wheel 126
Types of Abuse in Relationships 130
The Violence Continuum 132
Escalation and De-escalation 134
Violence in Prison 136
Using the Time 137
Assignment 138
Session Ten: Conflict Resolution 141
Fair Fighting 142
Words, Words, Words 143
Impulse Control 144
The Equality Wheel 147
Assignment 150
Session El...