@article{ref1,
title="Couples treatment for intimate partner violence: Clients' reports of changes during therapy",
journal="Partner abuse",
year="2014",
author="Mendez, Marcos and Horst, Kyle and Stith, Sandra M. and McCollum, Eric E.",
volume="5",
number="1",
pages="21-40",
abstract="In 2005, 68% of the 50 states in the United States expressly prohibited the funding of any program that offers couples or family counseling when there has been intimate partner violence (IPV; Maiuro & Eberle, 2008). However, many couples experiencing violence want to participate in couples treatment. The purpose of this study is to examine the changes experienced by clients during participation in a couples treatment program for IPV. In this study, we analyzed interviews with couples participating in a specific treatment program, Domestic Violence Focused Couples Treatment (Stith, McCollum, & Rosen, 2011), to learn from them what changes they made while participating in the treatment program. Clients reported changes in both individual and relational domains. In addition, a few clients reported no change or an increase in stress. This article examines these changes and provides implications for practice.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1946-6560",
doi="10.1891/1946-6560.5.1.21",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1946-6560.5.1.21"
}