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Empowering and healing the battered woman : a model for assessment and intervention /

The book spells out in practical, concrete terms what it really means to place the pathology outside the battered woman. The novelty in this approach lies in the implications for practice: battered women are not "sick"--They are in a "sick" situation." Practical and comprehe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dutton, Mary Ann, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Conceptual Framework and Assessment; 1. Women's Response to Battering: A Psychological Model; 2. Understanding the Nature and Pattern of Abusive Behavior; 3. Strategies to Escape, Avoid, and Survive Abuse; 4. Psychological Effects of Abuse; 5. Mediators of the Battered Woman's Response to Abuse; Part II. Intervention; 6. The Framework for Intervention with Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence; 7. Protective Interventions; 8. Making Choices; 9. Posttraumatic Therapy: Healing the Psychological Effects of Battering.