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Using rituals in couple therapy in cases of wife battering
Author(s) -
Shamai Michal
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1995.tb00027.x
Subject(s) - wife , unit (ring theory) , psychotherapist , psychology , family therapy , gender studies , criminology , psychoanalysis , social psychology , sociology , political science , law , mathematics education
This article describes the work of a unit specializing in helping couples where there is violence towards the woman. It focuses particularly on ritual, describing couple violence as a type of family ritual, and outlines a number of specific healing rituals which can be substituted for the destructive ritual of violence.