Battering and Family Therapy: A Feminist Perspective
A feminist psychological perspective on the treatment of battered women partners is taken by this volume, which offers a challenge to traditional family therapy intervention in family violence.\ Experts on legal, ethical and practical issues propose alternatives to the family systems approach and address key areas such as: the psychological state of women who remain in violent relationships; current laws governing family violence; training therapists to recognize family violence; multiethnic...
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A feminist psychological perspective on the treatment of battered women partners is taken by this volume, which offers a challenge to traditional family therapy intervention in family violence. Experts on legal, ethical and practical issues propose alternatives to the family systems approach and address key areas such as: the psychological state of women who remain in violent relationships; current laws governing family violence; training therapists to recognize family violence; multiethnic perspectives on the problem; and the impact of abusive parental relationships on children. Specific guidelines for individual work with victims are also presented. Booknews Challenging traditional intervention by family therapists in treating family violence, chapters by experts in specific legal, ethical, and practical areas of the problem propose alternative approaches to the treatment of wife battering from a feminist psychological perspective. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForewordAcknowledgments1An Overview of Domestic Violence12The Legal Road to Freedom133Battered Women: Characteristics and Causes294Therapist Perceptions of Family Violence425Studying Battered Women and Batterers: Feminist Perspectives on Methodology546Feminism and Family Therapy: A Review of Feminist Critiques of Approaches to Family Violence697Conjoint Therapy With Violent Couples: Some Valid Considerations828Feminism and Recovering From Battering: Working With the Individual Woman939Treating the Batterer10510Psychotherapy Supervision: Training Therapists to Recognize Family Violence11911Impact of Abusive Marital Relationships on Children13412Therapist Duty in Domestic Violence Cases: Ethical Considerations14713A Multicultural Perspective in the Treatment of Domestic Violence15614Domestic Violence and Child Custody17515Violence in Lesbian Relationships18816Legal Self-Defense for Battered Women20017Establishing Feminist Systemic Criteria for Viewing Violence and Alcoholism21718Intervening With Violent Families: Directions for Future Generations of Therapists227Appendix: State Coalitions Against Domestic Violence252References258Author Index284Subject Index292About the Authors298
\ BooknewsChallenging traditional intervention by family therapists in treating family violence, chapters by experts in specific legal, ethical, and practical areas of the problem propose alternative approaches to the treatment of wife battering from a feminist psychological perspective. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
