Battering and Family Therapy
Author: Marsali Hansen
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1993-03-23
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780803943216
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.