Domestic Violence
Our team provides offenders with help identifying abusive behavior, accepting responsibility, and choosing a non-violence future.
Involved in Abuse?
Abuse happens when one person tries to control or hurt another. Abuse is not only physical. It can also occur verbally and mentally. If you’re wondering if you may be an abusive partner, ask yourself the following questions:
Do or have You…
- Use fear to control your partner?
- Push, shove or throw your partner around (into walls, floors, etc.)?
- Slap your partner with an open hand?
- Make your partner ask your permission for things?
- Control who your partner can see or be with?
- Criticize your partner’s friends and relatives?
- Grab or injure your partner by holding or squeezing too tightly?
- Feel your partner spends too much time with family and friends?
- Embarrass your partner?
- Control your partner’s spending?
- Try and strangle your partner?
- Pinch your partner?
- Blame your partner for your actions or behavior?
- Force your partner to have sex with you?
- Usually get your way?
- Use fear to control your partner?
- Push, shove or throw your partner around (into walls, floors, etc.)?
- Slap your partner with an open hand?
- Make your partner ask your permission for things?
- Control who your partner can see or be with?
- Criticize your partner’s friends and relatives?
- Grab or injure your partner by holding or squeezing too tightly?
- Feel your partner spends too much time with family and friends?
- Embarrass your partner?
- Control your partner’s spending?
- Try and strangle your partner?
- Pinch your partner?
- Blame your partner for your actions or behavior?
- Force your partner to have sex with you?
- Usually get your way?
If you identify with any of these behaviors, it may be helpful to consult and work with a State of Utah approved provider for Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention.
Why People Abuse
Domestic violence stems from a desire to gain and maintain power and control over an intimate partner. Abusive people believe they have the right to control and restrict their partner’s lives, often either because they believe their own feelings and needs should be the priority in the relationship, or because they enjoy exerting the power that such abuse gives them.
Abuse is a learned behavior. Some people witness it in their own families growing up; others learn it slowly from friends, popular culture, or structural inequities throughout our society. No matter where they develop such behaviors, those who commit abusive acts make a choice in doing so. There are many people who experience or witness abuse who use their experiences to end the cycle of violence and heal themselves without harming others.
*National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
A Way Out
If you are exhibiting abusive behavior, whether it be physical, verbal, or emotional, the next step is contacting a State of Utah approved site that offers group treatment for Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention. Taking responsibility for your behavior and getting help through the right sources is key to living non-violently.
How Can We Help?
Roots Counseling & Wellness is certified by the State of Utah to deliver specialized treatment for Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention. We conduct thorough Domestic Violence Evaluations as required by court orders. Additionally, we administer online group therapy sessions tailored specifically for individuals who have engaged in Domestic Violence. Our treatment approach prioritizes skill-building through a blend of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS), fostering an environment conducive to personal growth and healing, in alignment with our motto: learn, heal, grow, strengthen. Sessions are conducted via Telehealth to ensure maximum confidentiality and safety, facilitating long-term positive change.