Domestic Violence
Groups are held in Lansing, Okemos, and St. Johns - Monday evenings at 7:15 in Lansing; Tuesday evenings at 6:00 in St. Johns; Wednesday mornings at 9:00 in Lansing; and Wednesdays evenings at 6:00 in Okemos.
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Every person in every generation has the potential to be abusive and violent. Sadly, society will never rise to such a level of civility that domestic violence and abuse are eliminated. To see a listing of many of forms that abuse and violence can take, click here.
Dr. Wilde has long been a
leader in Michigan’s batterer intervention services movement.
Since 1993, his groups have emphasized personal
responsibility, victim impact, respect and trust issues, along with
family and community considerations.
His men’s domestic violence groups meet State Standards for
best practices without yielding to a ‘once a batterer, always a
batterer’ mentality.
Properly practiced,
accountability leads to credibility.
Two group options are available--a 42-lesson
format and a shorter, 26-lesson format.
The longer format is the preferred option in part because:
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True male-privilege-based domestic violence is a deeply rooted mindset and behavior that does not easily or quickly yield to change.
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The longer format can still be completed within a one year probation period.
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The foremost batterer groups in Michigan are at least 40-lessons long. 26-lesson programs meet only the minimal State Standards.
Not every domestic violence assailant deliberately dominates and subjugates his partner and/or family, but it is prudent to assume that the offense may be only one event in a longer pattern of abuse. The 26-lesson option should be taken only when the circumstances of the offense, and the judgment of the courts, agree that the situation is out of character for the assailant. A client in the 26-lesson program may be bumped up to the 42-lesson program if abusive behavior continues after he starts in the group or if he practices other anti-social or illegal behaviors.
Individual or couples counseling in domestic violence cases is not
recommended, and then only after the assailant has completed at
least half of the group process.
