Module 3 Direct Service Issues
This curriculum is intended to be a tool to assist domestic violence service providers offering victim services (such as those outlined in California Penal Code §13823.15-13823.16) for the purpose of ensuring advocates working with survivors meet the requirements of a “Domestic Violence Counselor” pursuant to Evidence Code §1037.1(a)(1).
Objectives
• To understand the role of the DV Advocate.
• To learn basic counseling skills and how to apply them in such a way as to facilitate change.
• To understand the key points necessary in making a successful referral.
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Crisis
The Chinese word for crisis wei ji combines two elements: Danger and Opportunity
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Case Study
Assume that the information in this case study was gathered during the intake
process.
Read the vignette and answer the questions that follow.
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Activity
“Web of Services”
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Guiding Principles
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What are Guiding Principles?
• Fundamental truths or methods of operation that link, direct and show the way.
• An anti-oppression approach with a social justice analysis
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Guiding Principle
Client Centered
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Guiding Principles
Safety
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Guiding Principle
Empowerment
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Guiding Principle
Advocacy
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Guiding Principle
Hope
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Advocacy
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What is Advocacy?
• To do something for someone that they cannot do for themselves
• To speak on someone’s behalf when they cannot do it for themselves
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Group Discussion
What are some examples of advocacy?
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Advocacy
• Language Access• Acquire Income• Assist with Social
Service System• Refer to Legal
Assistance
• Secure Childcare• Criminal Justice
Advocacy• Obtain Adequate
Housing• Facilitate Healing
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Role of the Domestic Violence Advocate
• Advocacy
• Crisis Counseling/Intervention
• Peer Counseling
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Crisis Counseling/Intervention
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What is a Crisis?
• A stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
• A condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change.
• A dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person's life.
("crisis." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 14 Apr. 2007. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crisis>.)
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Characteristics of Someone in Crisis
• Physical: – Shock – Numbness – Frozen – Fight, flight or freeze– Hyperventilation– Slow motion– Adrenaline rush – Heart rate increase
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Characteristics of Someone in Crisis
• Emotional: – Shock– Disbelief, Denial– Terror– Confusion– Guilt– Relief– Grief– Loss of Trust
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Crisis Intervention
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Crisis Intervention
• Empathy vs. Sympathy• Short Term• Listen and Understand• Danger and Opportunity• Address Safety• Identify Options
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Basic Crisis Intervention Skills
• Take a moment to create a clear space externally and internally
• Remain calm and centered• Regulate your own feelings and the
survivor’s anger and agitation.• Encourage survivor to make decisions for
her/his future.• Let the survivor decide her or his own
pace for change.(Source: Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence Training Manual)
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Basic Crisis Intervention Skills
• Be mindful about not imposing your personal values or feelings regarding the situation
• Minimize educational, social, and economic differences as much as possible.
• Allow the survivor to discuss negative feelings about an abusive partner, but do not reinforce general stereotypes about abusers
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Basic Crisis Intervention Skills
• Do not convey disappointment or rejection if a survivor elects to return to an abusive relationship.
• Explain all kinds of information thoroughly.
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Peer Counseling
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Group Discussion: Peer Counseling
What is it?
What does it look like?
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Peer Counseling
• Active Listening• Reflective Listening• Open Questions• Feedback: Paraphrasing, Summarizing• Building Self-Esteem• Identifying and Prioritizing Needs• Reviewing Options/Establishing Realistic
Goals
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Social Justice Context
• Recognition of social, economic, cultural, ethnic, racial, and familial influences on a client’s life and choices.
• Subordination is identified and sexism in society is explored in relation to domestic violence.
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Active Listening
• Empathy• Non-Judgmental• Be Aware of Your Body Language• Non-Verbal Cues from Survivor
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Reflective Listening
• Listen• Understand• Respond– Reflection– Restate or Paraphrase– Question– Summarize
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Reflective Listening
• Questions– Clarifying– Open-Ended– Hypothetical– Consensus
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Reflective Listening
• Clarifying Question– I’m not really clear; could you explain
that some more?–What does that mean to you?– Do you mean…..?
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Reflective Listening
• Hypothetical– Suppose you did it that way… what
would happen?– If that didn’t work, what other ways
would you explore?–What is the worst thing that could
happen?
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Reflective Listening
• Consensus– Does this seem to be the problem?–Which of these concerns is more
important right now?– Do we agree on what happens next?
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Reflective Listening
• Summarize: come to a consensus about the issues at hand and next steps.
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Principles of Reflective Listening
• Listen more, talk less• Respond to what is personal rather than to
what is impersonal.• Clarify and summarize/paraphrase.• Understand the feelings contained in what
the other says.• Develop the best possible sense of the
other’s frame of reference.• Respond with acceptance and empathy.
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Open Questions
• Allows Client to Explore Emotions and Situation– Aware of Self– Take Control– Advocate Cares
• Closed vs. Open• Avoid “why”
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Feedback: Paraphrase, Summarize
• Counselor/Advocate check, do you understand the client?
• Assures client you are listening• Validates survivor’s experience• Allows the survivor to hear their own
feelings expressed
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Building Self Esteem
• Believe in the survivor’s ability to problem solve
• Remember the survivor’s situation and dynamics
• Reaffirm the survivor’s strengths• Ask the survivor to identify their own
strengths
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Identify & Prioritize Needs
• Immediate Needs - Long-Term goals• Safety - Comfort• Personal - Family• Obtainable - Desirable
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Review Options/Establish Realistic Goals
• Check in • Assess the survivor’s resources• Review other resources available• Be aware of your own need and your
pace
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Incorporating an Empowerment Approach
• All work must be empowering
– Avoid– Embrace
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Making a Referral
• Know your referral agencies
• What do you need to know?
• Warm vs. Cold Referral
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Role Play
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Documentation
• Good documentation is critical.
• Documentation can help the survivor in court.– Use survivor’s own words in quotes– Document extensively
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Documentation
• Organization Policies
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This project was supported by Grant Number G-1101CAFVPS from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the California Emergency Management
Agency (Cal EMA).
The opinions, findings, and conclusions in this publication are those of the author and not necessarily those of HHS nor Cal EMA.
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