Construct a treatment plan that details specific therapist tasks, goals, and interventions that would be considered at the initial, working, and closing phases of the therapy process. Your treatment plan should be based on Domestic Violence Focus Couples Therapy (Solution Focused Therapy) and include safety considerations.
Your couple client is presenting for therapy due to a history of conflict that escalates into situational couple violence. The partners in the couple identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Your treatment plan should consider general treatment guidelines for the target population. Include a brief discussion on how you will ensure that your treatment plan is relevant to the unique needs of your client’s LGBTQ+ identity.
Template:
Initial Phase
Therapist tasks:
Goal #1:
Intervention:
Intervention:
Goal #2:
Intervention:
Intervention:
Working Phase
Therapist tasks:
Goal #1:
Intervention:
Intervention:
Goal #2:
Intervention:
Intervention:
Closing Phase
Therapist tasks:
Goal #1:
Intervention:
Intervention:
Goal #2:
Intervention:
Intervention:
References:
Stith, S. M., McCollum, E. E., & Rosen, K. H. (2011). Domestic violence–focused couples therapy within a solution-focused framework. In Couples therapy for domestic violence: Finding safe solutions (pp. 31–42). American Psychological Association.
Stith, S. M., & McCollum, E. E. (2011). Conjoint treatment of couples who have experienced intimate partner violence. Aggression & Violent Behavior, 16(4), 312–318.
Merchant, L. V., & Whiting, J. B. (2018). A grounded theory study of how couples desist from intimate partner violence. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 44(4), 590–605.
Oka, M., & Whiting, J. B. (2011). Contemporary MFT theories and intimate partner violence: A review of systemic treatments. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 10(1), 34-52.
