The Survivor Therapy Empowerment Program (STEP) is a carefully designed, evidence-based psychotherapeutic program that can be used to work with individuals or groups of abused women who have experienced intimate partner abuse or other forms of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. STEP is based on a feminist and trauma-informed model where negative affect and anxiety are specifically addressed. There are six major goals for the STEP: safety, validation and support, cognitive clarity, emotional stability, healing from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and rebuilding resiliency and positive growth. The STEP is based on feminist and trauma theory and presents education about common issues for abuse victims that then can be discussed as they relate to the woman herself. She is then presented with learning new skills or reinforcing old skills that can help her make better choices in the future.