Foreword - Mary P Koss An Overview of Domestic Violence - Michele Harway and Marsali Hansen The Legal Road to Freedom - Barbara J Hart Battered Women - Michele Harway Characteristics and Causes Therapist Perceptions of Family Violence - Michele Harway and Marsali Hansen Studying Battered Women and Batterers - Maureen C McHugh Feminist Perspectives on Methodology Feminism and Family Therapy - Marsali Hansen A Review of Feminist Critiques of Approaches to Family Violence Conjoint Therapy with Violent Couples - Marsali Hansen and Irene Goldenberg Some Valid Considerations Feminism and Recovering from Battering - Elizabeth Register Working with the Individual Woman Treating the Batterer - Edward W Gondolf Psychotherapy Supervision - Beverly J Goodwin Training Therapists to Recognize Family Violence Impact of Abusive Marital Relationships on Children - Pearl S Berman Therapist Duty in Domestic Violence Cases - Nancyann N Cervantes Ethical Considerations A Multicultural Perspective in the Treatment of Domestic Violence - Nancyann N Cervantes and Joseph M Cervantes Domestic Violence and Child Custody - Marsha B Liss and Geraldine Butts Stahly Violence in Lesbian Relationships - Claire M Renzetti Legal Self-Defense for Battered Women - Lenore E A Walker Establishing Feminist Systemic Criteria for Viewing Violence and Alcoholism - Cynthia S Cooley with Kathleen Severson Intervening with Violent Families - Marsali Hansen and Michele Harway Directions for Future Generations of Therapists