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Violence / Aggression

Innovative approaches in treatments for intimate partner violence (IPV): Exploring perspectives from the survivor, offender, and the family system

3 - (SYM 12) Strength at Home Intimate Partner Violence Intervention: Current Research

Friday, November 21, 2025
4:01 PM - 4:30 PM CST
Location: Strand 1, Level 2
Keywords: Abuse / Maltreatment, Treatment, Clinical Trial
Recommended Readings: Stover, C.S., Beebe, R., Clough, M. et al. Evaluation of a Statewide Implementation of Fathers for Change: a Fathering Intervention for Families Impacted by Partner Violence. J Fam Viol 37, 449–459 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-020-00199-5,   Johnson, E., Jenssen, S., Wernette, G. T., Tweel, T., Johnson, D., & Zlotnick, C. (2022). Web-based intervention to reduce intimate partner violence during perinatal period: A modified protocol in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry research, 317, 114895.,   Taft, C. T., Creech, S. K., Gallagher, M. W., Macdonald, A., Murphy, C. M., & Monson, C. M. (2016). Strength at Home Couples program to prevent military partner violence: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 84(11), 935.,   ,  
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The Strength at Home programs were initially developed through funding from the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Defense, and VA Healthcare System to serve as a model for trauma-informed, evidence-based intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention for service members and Veterans. Intervention components include motivational strategies for clients in lower readiness for change, understanding the impact of trauma on interpretations of conflict situations and core themes that may underlie abusive behavior, conflict de-escalation strategies, and communication and emotional expression skills training. The program has been empirically supported through randomized controlled trials and other clinical treatment studies of veterans and has been implemented nationally across the VA healthcare system. More recently, the program has shown efficacy in diverse court-mandated samples of civilians who reported using severe forms of IPV, and is currently being evaluated in several randomized controlled trials of civilians internationally. The program has not only shown efficacy in reducing physical, psychological, and sexual IPV across trauma-exposed populations, but also associated trauma-related problems such as symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use problems. This presentation will review the social information processing model for IPV that the Strength at Home intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention programs are based on, provide an overview of Strength at Home program elements, and describe the state of the current research for the program.