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 -- part 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 -- part 3: Treatment. Countertransference. Transference. Joining techniques. Working through: A synthesis.