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Domestic Violence: Counseling Strategies That Minimize the Impact of Secondary Victimization
Author(s) -
Hattendorf Joanne,
Tollerud Toni R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1997.tb00528.x
Subject(s) - learned helplessness , psychotherapist , empowerment , psychology , domestic violence , feeling , sexual abuse , oppression , clinical psychology , poison control , suicide prevention , medicine , social psychology , medical emergency , politics , law , political science
topic . Psychotherapy with abused women purpose . To contrast the usefulness of several models of psychotherapy with abused women source . Review of the literature and clinical experience of the authors conclusions . Because marital counseling often focuses on the violence as a product of the couple system rather than oppression of the woman, the authors recommend individual counseling to address developmentally determined feelings of helplessness. The goal of this psychotherapy is empowerment.