Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-157) and index.
Contents
Pt.1: Understanding the batterer. Affect regulation and narcissistic equilibrium. The experience of self and other. Identification with the aggressor -- Pt.2: The politics of the batterer-treatment movement. Political versus clinical determination of abuse and other associations. Our unwitting persecution of the batterer and other facile conveniences -- Pt.3: Treatment. Countertransference. Transference. Joining techniques. Working through: A synthesis.