Domestic Violence

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses a specific case of violence in a family situation from a therapist's standpoint. The paper presents suggestions of how the therapist should approach assisting the victim. The paper explores the various avenues available to the victim to protect herself and her child: shelters, counseling, support group therapy, and legal proceedings.

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"The individual should be given all the local information on domestic violence shelters and systems. The responsibility of the counselor does not necessarily end here, though. If the individual is reluctant to relocate, for any number of reasons it may take some convincing and even some phone calls to ensure that the systems are in place and available to the individual and her child. It should be stressed to the victim that in many cases of domestic violence the controlling nature of the abuser, as a precursor to physical abuse may isolate the individual from his or her social network, to attempt to retain control over the abused partner. Because of this, it must be stressed to the individual that she is not alone and that the systems in place will account for this isolation and offer her a haven without the concerns of the partner's awareness of her location and who she might be with that could be further manipulated by the abuser."

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