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Transforming conflict: mediation and reparation in a staff team
Author(s) -
Richardson Sue
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0852(199903/04)8:2<133::aid-car531>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - dysfunctional family , mediation , dominance (genetics) , psychology , intervention (counseling) , child sexual abuse , social psychology , public relations , sexual abuse , psychotherapist , political science , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medicine , law , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health , psychiatry , gene
Working with the aftermath of child sexual abuse places the individual practitioners, teams and organizations involved at risk of re‐enacting the abusive dynamics of dominance and submission. An example of an effective intervention into a dysfunctional team illustrates how an alternative pattern of supportive companionable relating can be promoted. The team were enabled to re‐evaluate their relationships and to rebuild in six stages via a process of mediation and reparation. Theoretical concepts informing a framework for change at personal, professional and organizational levels are drawn from attachment theory and research, trauma work, advocacy and groupwork. Reflections are offered on the wider need for transformation and repair as the millennium approaches after a decade of painful controversies in the professional and public domains. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.