Repeated explorations of violent scripts: psychotherapy for men acting violently against their female partner

Figures & data

Table 1. Sessions selected and included as data.

Client name (by pseudonym indicating outcome)	Early sessions	Middle sessions	Late sessions	Sessions selected/total
Edward	1, 2	6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 21	23, 25	10/25
Elliot	1, 2	4, 10, 11, 16, 17	20, 21	9/21
Charles	1, 2, 3	5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 24, 25	30, 32, 35	16/35
Colin	1, 2, 3	6, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 31, 34, 36	38, 39, 40	20/40

Table 2. Interactional patterns for addressing core scripts and therapist strategies.

Superordinate theme: Interactional patterns for addressing core scripts of violence
Repeated explorations of the core script of “the annoying other”	Repeated explanations of the core script of “hopeless me”
Subordinate themes: Therapist strategies
Specifying personal problems in ways that facilitate agency Including personal history to access feelings and needs in the present Encountering new incidents of violence as opportunities to expand relational involvement Practicing caring responses to facilitate awareness Exploring partner/children as subjects with needs and feelings	Explaining and describing “hopeless me” in general terms Using personal history to explain present personal problems Validating the client as human Encountering new incidents of violence as exceptions from otherwise positive progress Teaching caring responses to learn new skills Constructing partner/child as someone to be handled