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Battered Women: A Developmental Life‐Career Counseling Perspective
Author(s) -
IBRAHIM FARAH A.,
HERR EDWIN L.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1987.tb01275.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychosocial , intervention (counseling) , psychology , group counseling , career counseling , career development , applied psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science
The authors describe a career counseling strategy based on specific psychosocial characteristics of battered women. The approach is developmental in nature, focusing on the client's self‐concept. A group format based on a pilot intervention is proposed to assist battered women in developing appropriate life and career decision‐making skills.