Intervention Strategies with Victims of Domestic Violence
(Family Violence Prevention Fund)

1. Ask about the violence and the emotional coercion.
   
   
2. Support her telling her story again and again. Acknowledge the courage in telling.
   
   
3. Find her strengths and point them out to her.
   
   
4. Build upon her hopes, dreams and plans for the future.
   
   
5. Rebuild her social-support network or create an alternative network that is trustworthy.
   
   
6. Stick with her, even when you get frustrated.
   
   
7. Build her knowledge of options and advocate for her.
   
   
8. Provide concrete assistance.
   
   
9. Take an active concern and help her plan for safety.
   
   
10. Respect her choices. Only she lives with the
    
    consequences. Let her maintain control.
    
    
11. Collaborate with other services that can help her.
    Work actively with them.