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Domestic violence: counseling strategies that minimize the impact of secondary victimization
1Saint Joseph College of Nursing, College of St. Francis, Joliet, IL, USA.
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
|January 1, 1997
Abstract
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.