Battering and Family Therapy
A Feminist Perspective
Edited by:
- Marsali Hansen - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Department of Criminology, USA
- Michele Harway
May 1993 | 312 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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.
Mary P Koss
Foreword
Michèle Harway and Marsali Hansen
An Overview of Domestic Violence
Barbara J Hart
The Legal Road to Freedom
Michèle Harway
Battered Women
Michèle Harway and Marsali Hansen
Therapist Perceptions of Family Violence
Maureen C McHugh
Studying Battered Women and Batterers
Marsali Hansen
Feminism and Family Therapy
Marsali Hansen and Irene Goldenberg
Conjoint Therapy with Violent Couples
Elizabeth Register
Feminism and Recovering from Battering
Edward W Gondolf
Treating the Batterer
Beverly J Goodwin
Psychotherapy Supervision
Pearl S Berman
Impact of Abusive Marital Relationships on Children
Nancyann N Cervantes
Therapist Duty in Domestic Violence Cases
Nancyann N Cervantes and Joseph M Cervantes
A Multicultural Perspective in the Treatment of Domestic Violence
Marsha B Liss and Geraldine Butts Stahly
Domestic Violence and Child Custody
Claire M Renzetti
Violence in Lesbian Relationships
Lenore E A Walker
Legal Self-Defense for Battered Women
Cynthia S Cooley with Kathleen Severson
Establishing Feminist Systemic Criteria for Viewing Violence and Alcoholism
Marsali Hansen and Michèle Harway
Intervening with Violent Families