Intimate Partner Violence

This book brings into focus an ecological and clinical frame for addressing the psychological effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) and expands the discourse by arguing that IPV is a complex psycho-social-political-relational problem that must be understood from a multitheoretical and intersectional perspective.

Dr. Samuel Aymer is an associate professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Prior to academia, Aymer worked in the field of intimate partner abuse (for over 25 years) in the role as a therapist with abused women and abusive men, as a group facilitator for batterers' treatment programs, and as a director of training for programs designed to serve victims and abusers of intimate partner abuse and community violence. Moreover, he supervised counselors and therapists who served abused women, children, and abusive men. Currently, his research and scholarship center on the multiple ways in which intimate partner violence (IPV) affects the psychosocial needs of children, women, and men. Socio-cultural factors germane to misogyny, race, culture, gender, and patriarchy underpin Aymer's scholarly pursuits in researching and writing about intimate partner violence.

Acknowledgments Preface 1 The Traditional Framing of Intimate Partner Violence 2 Sociocultural and Intersectional Factors Underlying IPV: Centering Black and Brown Women 3 Women's Formative Experiences and Exposure to IPV in the Family: An Object Relations Framework 4 Adolescent Males' Exposure to IPV: Practice Issues 5 Mothering and Motherhood in the Context of IPV 6 Toxic Masculinity and Men Who Batter 7 A Self-Psychological Frame for Working with an Abused Woman 8 Men's Work: A Call to Action Concerning Violence against Women and Girls 9 Shared Vulnerability: Countertransferential Reactions, Supervision, and Self-Care Appendix 1: Key IVP Terms Appendix 2: A Biopsychosocial Assessment Framework for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Cases Involving Cisgender Women Appendix 3: A Biopsychosocial Assessment Framework for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Cases Involving Cisgender Men References Index