This post is part of a series in which Dr. Weeks shares research, data, and clinical presentations on intimate partner violence (IPV) within military families — drawn from her work with the 628th Operations Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland AFB. Read them in order for the full picture, or jump to whichever piece is most relevant to you.
- Military Families and Intimate Partner Violence
- Congressional Research Service report on IPV in military families
- Background and policy issues on military IPV
- How Congress has addressed intimate partner violence in military families
- CRS report on military families and IPV
- USAF Intimate Partner Violence Study
- Peer-reviewed research on IPV prevalence in the Air Force
- A representative study on intimate partner violence in the USAF
- How common IPV is among Air Force personnel
- Air Force IPV prevalence study
- IPV Problem in the U.S. Air Force (Population Health Presentation)
- Dr. Weeks’s Population Health presentation on IPV
- The scope of the IPV problem in the Air Force
- Background data on IPV presented at JBSA-Lackland
- How widespread the IPV problem is in the USAF
- Proposed Solution (Family Cohesion Approach)
- A family cohesion approach to reducing IPV
- Dr. Weeks’s proposed solution to military IPV
- Strengthening family cohesion to prevent relationship violence
- A prevention-focused approach to IPV in the Air Force
- Suggest Response (CoA Briefing)
- A Course of Action briefing for responding to IPV
- Dr. Weeks’s suggested response to IPV in the Air Force
- Practical next steps for addressing military IPV
- A CoA briefing on responding to intimate partner violence
Congressional Research Service (CRS) – Military Families and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): Background and Issues for Congress, December 2019.
Tricha Weeks is a Clinical Psychologist and founder of Grace Endures Psychotherapy, where she provides teletherapy for high-achieving adults navigating anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, sleep difficulties, trauma, life transitions, misaligned values, and relationship challenges. Her work focuses on providing support as her clients prioritize their values to create meaningful change that extends beyond symptom relief. Dr. Weeks focus is reinforced by feedback, observation, and experience about the importance of realigning how you live and lead so success is more sustainable – not depleting. Learn more at graceendures.com.
