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Battering and Family Therapy: A Feminist Perspective » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Battering and Family Therapy: A Feminist Perspective by Marsali Hansen

Authors: Marsali Hansen (Editor), Michele Harway (Editor), Michele M. Harway
ISBN-13: 9780803943216, ISBN-10: 0803943210
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: March 1993
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Marsali Hansen

Book Synopsis

A 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.

Booknews

Challenging traditional intervention by family therapists in treating family violence, chapters by experts in specific legal, ethical, and practical areas of the problem propose alternative approaches to the treatment of wife battering from a feminist psychological perspective. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
1	An Overview of Domestic Violence	1
2	The Legal Road to Freedom	13
3	Battered Women: Characteristics and Causes	29
4	Therapist Perceptions of Family Violence	42
5	Studying Battered Women and Batterers: Feminist Perspectives on Methodology	54
6	Feminism and Family Therapy: A Review of Feminist Critiques of Approaches to Family Violence	69
7	Conjoint Therapy With Violent Couples: Some Valid Considerations	82
8	Feminism and Recovering From Battering: Working With the Individual Woman	93
9	Treating the Batterer	105
10	Psychotherapy Supervision: Training Therapists to Recognize Family Violence	119
11	Impact of Abusive Marital Relationships on Children	134
12	Therapist Duty in Domestic Violence Cases: Ethical Considerations	147
13	A Multicultural Perspective in the Treatment of Domestic Violence	156
14	Domestic Violence and Child Custody	175
15	Violence in Lesbian Relationships	188
16	Legal Self-Defense for Battered Women	200
17	Establishing Feminist Systemic Criteria for Viewing Violence and Alcoholism	217
18	Intervening With Violent Families: Directions for Future Generations of Therapists	227
	Appendix: State Coalitions Against Domestic Violence	252
	References	258
	Author Index	284
	Subject Index	292
	About the Authors	298