Theme of the Week

Tactics of Power and Control

The discussion and presentation in all of this weeks' groups is about the tactics of power and control used by domestic violence abusers.Please click on the "Abuser Contolling Tactics" at the top of the page and you will be taken directly there.

In addition to the tactics, the discussion concerns the use of the "Control Log" which can be a tool used by abusers to analyze their own individual use of the tactics.

After talking about the tactics and the Control Log, vignettes from the Duluth Model curriculum and scenes from appropriate movies will be shown. The group will have the opportunity to analyze each scene with the Control Log.

Abuser Tactics Group Discussion Summary

• Power and Control
• Use of the Control Log
• Vignettes and Movie Scenes
• Further use of the Control Log

The tactic of INTIMIDATION is the discussion point in all groups this week. We will talk about:

• What is it?
• Where did it come from?
• Why do we use it?