MFT-6113: Assessing and Treating Family Violence

Lawson, D. M. (2013). Family violence: Explanations and evidence-based clinical practice (pp. 1-14;17-28).
Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the history and theories of family violence.

Becker-Blease, K., & Kerig, P. K. (2016). Maltreatment from a developmental psychopathology perspective. In Child maltreatment: A developmental psychopathology approach (pp. 3–17). American Psychological Association.
This resource reviews a developmental psychopathology approach to understanding the effects of child maltreatment.

Classen, C. C., & Clark, C. S. (2017). Trauma-informed care. In APA handbook of trauma psychology: Trauma practice, Vol. 2 (pp. 515–541). American Psychological Association.
This resource reviews the importance of providers shifting to trauma-informed care as well as the core principles of this approach.

Escobar-Chew, A. R., Carolan, M., & Burns-Jager, K. (2015). Connecting trauma and health for mothers in the child welfare system.Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 27(2), 47–71.
This resource discusses a trauma-informed and ecodevelopmental lens to understanding mothers involved in the child welfare system.

Martinello, E. (2020). Applying the ecological systems theory to better understand and prevent child sexual abuse. Sexuality & Culture, 24(1), 326–344.
This article reviews the occurrence of child sexual abuse through an ecological lens to inform treatment and prevention.

Zielinski, D. S., & Bradshaw, C. P. (2006). Ecological influences on the sequelae of child maltreatment: A review of the literature. Child Maltreatment, 11(1), 49–62.
This is an additional resource that illustrates how child maltreatment causes and effects are ecological in nature.