Domestic Violence Offender Intervention Program and Anger Management Treatment

Good Fences Counseling provides structured, ethically grounded intervention services for people working to change harmful or ineffective patterns of behavior. Our Domestic Violence Offender Intervention Program (DV-OIP) and Anger Management services promote safety, strengthen relationships, and support real behavior change, without shame, harsh confrontation, or sweeping assumptions about who you are. People are capable of change when they're given clear guidance, appropriate accountability, and a professional setting that treats them with dignity and respect.

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For courts and referring agencies

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• Meets the Montana Board of Crime Control's Offender Intervention Program Standards; fully court-compliant

• Structured group format that fulfills the state's 40-hour treatment requirement

• Certificate of completion recognized by courts and referring agencies

• Includes legally required coordination with victim services

 

Domestic Violence Offender Intervention Program (DV-OIP)

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The program focuses on accountability, emotional regulation, communication, and relationship-focused change. Accountability is central, but the work is never shame-based. We draw a clear line between holding someone responsible for their actions and writing them off as fundamentally abusive. People act abusively for many reasons, among them emotional dysregulation, relational instability, learned patterns, and power-and-control dynamics. Understanding what drove the behavior is what makes genuine accountability possible, without reducing a person to the worst thing they've done. That balance holds two truths at once: the behavior is the participant's responsibility, and people can learn healthier ways of relating.

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Victim safety and victim choice are core priorities. The program includes the legally required coordination with victim services and offers trauma-informed outreach to victims and impacted partners. A victim's participation is always voluntary. This structure supports accountability, transparency, and safety while protecting the autonomy and wellbeing of victims throughout the process.

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Anger Management Services

 

Anger Management treatment is available in both group and individual formats, depending on what you need. Many participants come on their own; we also welcome court-mandated referrals and people who are here because a partner or family member encouraged them to get support. The curriculum is structured and skill-based, focused on emotional regulation, communication, accountability, and self-awareness.

You'll learn to recognize the early signs of escalation, manage the physical and emotional cues that come with anger, set effective boundaries, and respond in ways that protect your relationships instead of damaging them. The focus is on practical skills and lasting change, not punishment or judgment.

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A Foundation of Accountability, Safety, and Change

 

Across both programs, the goal is the same: meaningful, lasting change that improves relationships and reduces harm. Our approach is formal, ethically grounded, non-gendered, and respectful of everyone involved. It rests on a simple premise: behavior has to be addressed directly and responsibly, and people are genuinely capable of change when they're given structure, support, and a clear path forward. Good Fences Counseling is committed to helping participants build safer, healthier, more accountable relationships, free of aggression and abuse.