What is the treatment approach and plan for victims of BWS? The survivor therapy empowerment program (STEP) is the central approach to helping BWS patients recover. Labeling and validation of abuse and safety planning (i.e. identify it, name it, and develop a plan for ongoing safety) Cognitive restructuring (i.e. mentally free the victim from the willingness to accept the abuse and conditions producing the abuse) Recognizing danger and building strengths Reducing stress and PTSD symptoms Learning about the existing cycle of violence (between behaviors and abusive actions) Identifying and treating additional components of post-traumatic stress disorder Calculating and adjusting for the impact on children Grieving relationships and letting go Emotional re-regulation (i.e. reprioritizing your emotional investments) Rebuilding new relationships Learning to appropriately allocating your pleasing behaviors and compliance issues Termination (i.e. ending association with negative behavioral and individuals)
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