The Identification Assessment And Treatment Of Adults Who Abuse Animals: The Anicare Approach (paperback)

This book provides step-by-step guidance on how to identify, assess and treat adults who have abused animals. The theoretical framework employed is broad, encompassing cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, attachment, and trauma-based theories. Organized by stages of therapy, the text discusses how to frame the therapy, establish a working relationship, deal with resistance, establishing accountability, clarifying values related to animals, and teaching self-management skills such as empathy, attachment, accommodation, reciprocity and nurturance. Additional materials are included or referenced, including an appendix of cases that illustrate the variety of client presentations and electronic supplementary material demonstrates role-played interviews and a workshop presentation. Acknowledgments 8 Contents 10 1: Introduction 12 1.1 Introduction to the Second Edition 12 1.2 The Violence Connection 14 1.2.1 Animal Abuse and Male-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 15 1.2.2 Animal Abuse and Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) 16 1.2.3 Animal Abuse and Other Forms of Criminality 17 1.2.3.1 Graduation Hypothesis and Deviance Generalization Hypothesis 18 1.2.4 Animal Abuse and Self-Harm 19 1.2.5 Policy Implications 19 2: Identification and Assessment 23 2.1 Defining Abuse 23 2.2 Sources of Identification of Abuse 27 2.2.1 Criminal Justice System 27 2.2.2 Veterinary Medicine 28 2.2.3 Public Education 29 2.2.4 Human Services 29 2.3 Assessment 31 2.3.1 Introduction 31 2.3.2 Assessment for Comorbid and/or Co-occurring Disorders 32 2.3.3 Specific Assessment of Animal Abuse 32 2.3.3.1 Severity 32 2.3.3.2 Culpability 35 2.3.3.3 Motivation/Psychodynamics 35 2.3.3.4 Attitudes/Beliefs 36 2.3.3.5 Emotional Intelligence 36 2.3.3.6 Family History 37 2.3.3.7 Mitigating Circumstances 37 2.3.4 Risk Assessment 37 2.3.5 Treatment Options 39 3: Intervention 42 3.1 The Initial Phase of Therapy: Establishing a Working Relationship 42 3.1.1 Joining the Client 42 3.1.2 “Countertransference”: Therapist Feelings Toward the Client 43 3.1.3 Framing the Therapy 44 3.2 Establishing Accountability 50 3.2.1 The Compliant Client 51 3.2.2 The Resistant Client 53 3.2.3 The Defensive Client 55 3.3 Interpersonal Skills: Empathy 59 3.3.1 Introduction 59 3.3.2 Assessment of Empathy 61 3.3.3 Intervention 62 3.3.4 Emotional Contagion: How Do You Think He Felt? 62 3.3.5 Perspective-Taking: Tell Me More About How He Felt and Why Do You Think He Felt That Way? 63 3.3.6 Compassion: How Do You Feel About Him Feeling That Way? 66 3.3.7 Animal-Assisted Therapy 70 3.4 Other Interpersonal Skills 73 3.4.1 Respect 73 3.4.2 Nurturance 76 3.5 Complementary Approaches 77 3.5.1 Problem-Solving Therapy 77 3.5.2 Trauma-Focused Therapy 78 3.5.3 Narrative Therapy 79 Conclusion 80 4: Appendices 81 4.1 Appendix A: Supplementary Cases 81 4.2 Appendix B: Screening Instrument 90 4.3 Appendix C: History 92 4.4 Appendix D: Animal Hoarding 95 4.4.1 What Is Animal Hoarding? 95 4.4.2 Characteristics of Animal Hoarding 96 4.4.3 Characteristics Common to Object and Animal Hoarding 97 4.4.4 Differences Between Object and Animal Hoarding 98 4.4.5 Types of Animal Hoarders 99 4.4.6 How Do We Explain Animal Hoarding Disorder? 100 4.4.6.1 Biological Abnormalities 100 4.4.6.2 Distinct from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 100 4.4.6.3 Dissociation, Delusional Disorder, and Dementia 101 4.4.6.4 Addiction Model 102 4.4.6.5 Attachment Disturbances and Trauma 102 4.4.6.6 Self-Psychology Model 103 4.4.6.7 Self-Neglect 104 4.4.7 Interventions 105 4.4.7.1 Issues and Guidelines 105 4.4.7.2 Specific Intervention Strategies 107 4.4.8 Conclusion 113 4.4.9 Animal Hoarding References 113 References 116 Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-11 Identification and Assessment....Pages 13-31 Intervention....Pages 33-71 Appendices....Pages 73-107 Back Matter....Pages 109-115