Help for Domestic Abuse Survivors
Consulting and Therapy with Dr. Jeanne King

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We offer personalized consulting and individual therapy for individuals in abusive relationships. Our focus is on domestic abuse victim/survivor advocacy and practical psychotherapy.

We realize you have options when it comes to healthcare and intervention for domestic violence. You could utilize the services of another psychologist or healthcare provider, and hope they have specialized skills in domestic abuse victim/survivor advocacy. Be careful, most do not.

Or you could utilize the resources of your local domestic abuse agency. However, it is highly unlikely that you will find the therapeutic skills of a seasoned practitioner of over 25 years. It is not realistic for most nonprofits to hire expertise at that level. Now this doesn’t mean you will not get good service, rather a different level of service.

Partners in Prevention recognized this gap in service delivery for domestic abuse victims/survivors. We seek to help individuals utilizing the traditional domestic violence services to insure that they not become one of the 95% of individuals ending up with a psychiatric diagnosis, many of which are improper mental health labels.

(For more on this, please read Domestic Violence - Who's Crazy? The Psychosocial Politics of Domestic Abuse.)

We do not publish case studies or patient/client testimonials on the internet from domestic abuse survivors whom we have helped for the obvious reasons.

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Below is a biography of Dr. King and a link to her curriculum vita. We know how difficult it is to find help when you need it most. And moreover, to find competent and caring professionals with skills in both domestic abuse victim/survivor advocacy and professional psychotherapy.

After learning more about Dr. King's background, let us know if you want to explore your questions concerning your situation and the possibility of working together to accomplish your goals.

Biography of Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Dr. Jeanne King helps people stop domestic violence before it spirals out of control. She shows individuals and professionals in healthcare how to break the cycle of abuse and heal the wounds of interpersonal violation. She is a 25-year seasoned psychologist, published author and leading expert in identifying the subtle communication patterns of battering relationships.

Dr. King serves as a consulting expert in criminal and civil cases of family violence, and offers keynotes and training for government and healthcare organizations nationwide. She has been featured in dozens of newspapers and appeared on numerous radio and TV talk shows across the country. Her work is known as the bridge between psychology, healthcare and domestic abuse advocacy.

Dr. King received the Heart of Gold Award 2006 for outstanding humanitarian contribution by T Harv Eker Peak Potentials Training in recognition for her work in domestic abuse education with healthcare professionals.

Her groundbreaking book All But My Soul: Abuse Beyond Control has been used as a college textbook in criminal justice and has helped thousands of people break the cycle of abuse and reclaim a life of peace, dignity and respect.

Dr. King developed the Intimate Partner Abuse Screen®, which is an assessment tool that makes detection of intimate partner violence more expedient and accurate in both professional and personal use. It is the first tool to clearly bring to light the subtle communication patterns of intimate partner violence.

Dr. King earned her doctorate degree in Psychology from Northwestern University. She was founding director of the Chicago Center for the Treatment of Pain and Stress, and past president of the Illinois Biofeedback Society. Before shifting her focus to helping abuse survivors and their advocates, she pioneered the Biofeedback and Stress Reduction Program®, conducted in hospitals with thousands of patients for the treatment of pain, stress and illness.

Her shift in professional focus from bio-behavioral medicine to domestic abuse advocacy was precipitated by her own personal encounter with family violence and the legal abuse syndrome. Instead of letting the tragedy of her own losses define her, she chose to turn the crash into a crusade and inspire her to help others.

That inspiration ignited the vision for Partners in Prevention: to bridge healthcare delivery and domestic abuse victim advocacy. Partners in Prevention helps physicians and nurses nationwide to recognize domestic abuse and develop clinical skills to effectively interface, and intervene, with patients who are victims of violence.

To learn more about Dr. King's professional experience, please see her curriculum vita.

For individual help with domestic abuse prevention and/or intervention, contact us.

Dr. King does not give personalized professional advice by email to individuals that she has not worked with prior. If you want help, let us know and we'll send you an invoice for your initial session.

If you plan to use your health insurance for your care with Dr. King, we will provide you with the necessary information to process your insurance re-imbursement.

If you have a third party sponsoring your care, we will provide you with information on how to make these arrangements.

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