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Sunday, November 10, 2019

What Causes Domestic Violence

A brief overview of how domestic violence is a choice that abusers make.

About Me

Matt Millican has an MA in Counseling Psychology from Pacific University, Hillsboro, Oregon, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Domestic Battery Intervention Supervisor approved by the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance who owns and operates two clinics treating domestic abusers in the State of Idaho.

He has been studying and working with offender issues in forensic mental health since 2008 and has been heavily focused on sex offender and domestic violence treatment and issues.

His mental-health related professional experience includes (but is not limited to):

Time served as a US Navy Military Police Officer with a heavy focus on domestic violence and alcohol abuse issues;

Private practice with sex offenders in outpatient and residential treatment in Portland, Oregon;

The Oregon State Hospital in the Sex Offender Treatment Program;

Department of Corrections in Oregon as a Mental Health Specialist doing case management, individual treatment and diagnosis in a prison setting for inmates.

Was approved by the Supreme Court of Idaho as a Domestic Violence Evaluator for the state of Idaho, is an approved Domestic Violence Evaluator for the Ada County (Idaho) Domestic Violence Court

He currently works in private practice providing treatment for court-ordered domestic violence offenders out of Canyon and Ada Counties, Idaho.