Silence Hurts
Alcohol Abuse and Violence Against Women

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Cognitive Process

Part of the therapeutic work with the abusive man consists of enabling him to learn what triggers his anger, and ways in which he can alter his thinking to prevent an abusive result. The triggers can be words or behaviors that begin the cognitive process of anger, which results in a violent action.

a graph showing how a precipitating event can lead to a pattern of abuse (detailed in paragraph below)

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