Can I be a good father? – Rebuilding positive fatherhood of the Chinese male abusers of intimate partner violence

Can I be a good father? – Rebuilding positive fatherhood of the Chinese male abusers of intimate partner violence

Based on clinical practice for the Chinese male abusers of intimate partner violence, those male abusers still have their yearnings for rebuilding their relationship with their children even though the marital and father-child relationship have been ruined by their violent behavior. These abusive fathers have their motivation to stop their violence against their intimate partners. Therefore, rebuilding positive fatherhood for male abusers is one of the crucial strategies of abusers counseling. Grounded on this, group treatment of positive fathering for male abusers is the recent development of abusers counseling service in Hong Kong. Apart from enhancing the fathers’ awareness of child-centered fathering, the group strives to enhance their awareness and responsibility of practicing co-parenting with their partners. Ultimately, the treatment can facilitate those abusive fathers to build up healthy and non-violent environment for their children to grow up. In the long run, we find that the interruption of intergenerational cycle of violence can be anticipated.