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Table 3 ADVANCE sessions

From: Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to design an intervention for partner abusive men in drug and alcohol treatment

Session title

Session objectives

1. Introduction

1. Get to know fellow group members

2. Understand the aims of the group

3. Understand what IPA is and how substance use can affect such behaviours

4. Learn new skills that can help in times of distress

2. Managing Myself

1. Shift focus from managing your relationship to managing yourself

2. Understand how substance use affects self-regulation

3. Be able to identify self-regulation and monitoring skills

3. Being a Respectful Man

1. Examine costs and pay-offs when being abusive

2. Identify triggering situations

3. Have improved self-awareness

4. Practise behavioural analysis

4. Impact of Intimate Partner Abuse

1. Understand the key aspects of IPA behaviours and how substance use affects them

2. Understand the impact of IPA on women

3. Continue to practise behaviour analysis

5. Children and Parenting

1. Recognise the impact of childhood experiences

2. Be able to identify the impact of witnessing IPA on children

3. Be able to identify the impact of parental substance use on children

4. Accept the past, build resilience, and learn from mistakes

5. Identify the strategies that lead to repeat or not repeat

6. Relating

1. Promote respectful and equal behaviours in ongoing relationships

2. Give up controlling behaviours within a relationship

3. Be able to recognise and challenge relationship jealousy

4. Become aware of unhelpful automatic thoughts and core beliefs

7. Improving Communication

1. Recognise challenges to communication in relationships and when using substances

2. Reduce abusive communication and increase respectful egalitarian communication

3. Develop a staying safe plan

8. Dealing with Distress

1. Understand what distress is

2. Learn to manage mood and emotions

3. Understand how substance use affects distress

4. Understand thinking errors and their impact

9. Planning to be Better

1. Identify high risk situations for IPA

2. Develop plans to manage high risk situations

3. Increase skills for staying safe

10. Positive Relationships

1. Understand the impact of behaviours in different relationships: substance using relationship, non-substance using partners, substance use discordant relationships

2. Be able to identify features and benefits of equal relationships

3. Be motivated and capable of using respectful behaviours in relationships

11. New Future, People’s Plans, Positive Activities

1. Create and engage with positive social networks

2. Identify meaningful activities and positive behaviours

3. Select realistic positive goals

4. Identify explicit positive life goals

12. Recap ‘What Have We Learned’

1. Describe new skills, identify strengths and progress

2. Identify positive resources to help maintain change

3. Identify further referrals

4. Understand where to reach help, support, follow up and to say goodbye