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In this section:

A Conversation with Paul Bellan-Boyer: Getting Started and Getting Better in BIP
The Change Process With Daniel Adams
Skills Great Facilitators Have
WhoTook it Away From You?: Working to get our emotional expression back
Core Beliefs: The Shadow and Golden Shadow Message
3 Tools to get to Ownership in BIP
Wait "til She Bites You
Practicing Emotional Dysregulaton
Tips to Understanding Motive Among Those Who Batter
The Cover Story and Sacred Ground in Battering Intervention
Facilitator Error With The Best of Intentions
Is There a Hole in Your Fence?
Adding a Bottom Up Approach in BIP
The Beginnings of Transformational Change
Addressing Male Socialization in Battering Intervention
The Enlightened Witness and the Golden Shadow
The Primary Colors of Emotions in Battering Intervention
If it Works, Do It!: Making Connection in Battering Intervention
Gratitude in Battering Intervention
Helping Those Who Batter to Explore Shame
Pursuing Authenticity With Those You Serve In Battering Intervention
Reciprocal Relationships in Battering Intervention
Facilitator Regulation: Great Facilitation Starts with Emotional Awareness
Trauma Reenactment: Deja Vu in Domestic Violence Intervention
3 Common Mistakes Facilitators Make
Transformational Conversations with the Funnel
It is Weird to Not Feel
Kids are like Scientists: Digging into Pro-abuse Beliefs in the River of Cruelty
Addressing Pro-Abuse Beliefs
Motive of Those Who Batter in Your Group Room
Self-disclosure in Battering Intervention
Helping Those Who Batter to Feel Safe
The Most Important Question In Battering Intervention
The Check-in: Accountability from the Beginning
Variations on the Control Log in Battering Intervention
2 Myths about Trauma-focused Battering Intervention
Domestic Violence Intervention and Tele-video Groups
Are You Colluding?
Domestic Violence Beyond the Soundbite
Leading by Example in Battering Intervention
“The Only One” Working With Incarcerated Women
The Folly of "Fixing" Those Who Batter
Anger Management: Barking up the Wrong Tree
Having Fun in Battering Intervention Classes
Getting past the “Cover Story” in Battering Intervention
Addressing Battering Behavior and Childhood Trauma
Battering is a Choice, But...
Let's Stop Sending DV Victims to Battering Intervention Programs
The Roots of Entitlement in Domestic Violence
Moving Beyond Accountability for Those Who Batter
“It is a Scary Time for Young Men in America”
A Facilitators Worst Nightmare in Domestic Violence Intervention
“All Women are Bitches”
The Victim Who Lied...and Changed My Work Forever
Thoughts vs. Feelings...Chicken or the Egg?
Excellent Victim Services Will Not Stop Domestic Violence
Promoting a Change of Focus in BIP
How Do I Start? The Group Check-in
Beliefs Can be Beautiful Doorways to Change in BIP
The "Ping Pong Effect" in Batterer Intervention
Thoughts on Sexual Respect
Interns Experience the FPI Orientation
A Motive to Consider in the Case of Stephen Paddock
The Man in the Mirror
It is All in the Message
"Situational Violence" Rarely Is
The Completion Letter
Domestic Violence is Child Abuse
The "Mantra of Shame" in Domestic Violence Intervention
Handing off the Football: Fear in Batterer in Batterer Intervention
"Only When I Deserved It": Those who batter and corporal punishment
Maybe the Greatest Gift
Going to the Dark Side
A Missing Piece in Batterer Intervention
Looks Can Be Deceiving in Domestic Violence Intervention
The Power of Mixed Gender Co-facilitation
"Facilitator Error" and The Value of Introspection in BIP
One Defining Moment
The Value of Victim Contacts in Batterer Intervention
Needing Help in Your BIP? Know the Five Focus Areas.
Minimization, Denial and Blame: It is All in How We Frame It
Getting to Ownership: The Value of Making a List
Easter Eggs and Battering: Survival-based Motive in DV
What Time Does Your Group Start? Thoughts on Engagement