Mary Allen

Narrative Therapy for Women Experiencing Domestic Violence

Supporting Women's Transitions from Abuse to Safety

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how women experiencing domestic violence employ strategies of resistance and survival, and how narrative therapy helps them define their identities and resist abuse. It demonstrates how an understanding of this resistance can help practitioners effectively intervene and support these women in transitions from abuse to safety.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051903
• ISBN-10: 1849051909
• Artikelnr.: 33769290

Autorenporträt

Mary Allen was Lecturer in Social Work, University College Dublin, Ireland, and Chair of Women's Aid, Ireland. Her primary research interest lay in Intimate Partner Violence, and she worked and carried out research in Ireland, Africa and South America.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. 2. Complexities Surrounding Intimate Partner Violence. 3.
Resistance and Strategic Responses to Abuse. 4. Identity and Meaning. 5.
Leaving the Abusive Relationship. 6. Narrative Therapy in Working with
Abused Women. 7. Narrative Social Work and Counselling Intervention for
Intimate Partner Violence. Appendix. References. Index.