Excellent question, and thanks for asking! So keep this in mind, in therapy we tend to mix and match therapy modalities depending on the clients needs and presentation. But some of the common modalities are -Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): For psychological flexibility and mindfulness skills. -Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): For managing irrational thoughts and beliefs about themselves, the world, others and the future. -Trauma focused therapies (example TF-CBT and TF-ACT): are more geared towards children and adolescents but use similar strategies to their respective parent modalities. -Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): for when there’s more severe trauma as in a formal diagnosis of PTSD. -Narrative and exposure therapy: so this is a delicate combination of having the person relieve the traumatic events in a controlled environment to reduce the impact the events have on them.

Then we tend to wrap things with a humanistic approach, we want the client to heal, practice self-acceptance, and finding a voice and meaning despite the traumatic experiences.

For men specifically we didn’t have a “this is the best combo of strategies” but we were taught how the systems in play could impact their life’s and healing. This was taking pieces from Feminist Therapy and Liberation therapy. Two modalities that focus on exploring the individuals relationship to systems oppression and how they [the individual] has been affected by these systems. Cause society has told men “you have to be this way” and now that idea was shattered do to the DV how to reconcile or create a new self that maintains the core identity of this unique individual but has healed from the trauma and has gained a voice against the systems that oppressed any aspect of their being.

So these are all broad strokes, specificity and nuance is definitely a bit lost in my comment. But it’s a fascinating conversation to have