Batterer intervention programs are extremely diverse yet share many common strategies. This article summarizes the relevant issues, and provides an overview of the intervention strategies most commonly included in these programs. Issues discussed include confidentiality, group structure and length, partner contacts, leadership configuration, and program goals. In the second part of the paper, topics and strategies are presented. These include power and control, anger management, time-out, feelings underlying anger, stress reduction, parenting, and the costs of aggression, substance abuse, communication, and cognitions. Finally, brief descriptions of two frequently modeled, pro-feminist programs, Duluth and Emerge, are presented. Similarities and differences between pro-feminist and cognitive-behavioral programs are discussed.
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