CCRA is a clinical approach to working with men who are violent and abusive toward their partners and children. CCRA is an evidence-based approach (Takano, 2014, 2017) that promotes the repair of estranged relationships. CCRA promotes three different types of responsibilities to rebuild the relationship with self and with those who are affected by violence and abuse at home.

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1). Intrapersonal responsibility:

CCRA promotes change in men themselves to help build a better relationship with themselves. CCRA promotes people’s sense of responsibility for their lives and happiness, regardless of their life situations. CCRA actively work on a sense of shame, guilt, and hurts in the past to become their own choice makers for their lives. CCRA challenges people to reclaim their lives and to become their own authors of their lives.  

 

2). Interpersonal responsibility:

Violence and abuse are social events. They affect not just partners and children, but all the people who are involved, including men themselves. If men hurt their partners and children through domestic violence, men are responsible for repairing the damage in a way that makes sense and is meaningful to their partners and children. This process involves authentic reflections of men’s accountabilities of their choices and behaviours as well as creating the goals in the relationship which is meaningful to themselves and their partners and children.

 

3). Community responsibility: 

We are a part of the society, culture, and future of the next generations. When violence and abuse happen, people including children, friends, and extended families, will be impacted by violence and abuse. Those who harmed others are accountable for taking responsibility for creating a better community.  

 

CCRA is a clinical approach to help men and affected family members to regain violent-free lives.