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Counselling and Psychotherapy after Domestic Violence This page intentionally left blank Counselling and Psychotherapy after Domestic Violence A Client View of What Helps Recovery Jeannette K. Roddy UniversityofSunderland,UK ©JeannetteK.Roddy2015 Softcoverreprintofthehardcover1stedition2015 978–1–137–43458–6 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedherrighttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthiswork inaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2015by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-55740-0 ISBN 978-1-137-43459-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137434593 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress. To my husband Dermot With love This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofTables ix Acknowledgements x ListofAbbreviations xi Introduction 1 1 DifferingViewsinResearchandPractice 7 Whatisdomesticviolence? 7 Mentalhealthproblemsafterdomesticviolence 9 Counsellingoradvocacy 27 Theparticipantsandtheresearchprocess 31 Summary 34 2 AccessingAppropriateCounselling 36 Recognisingtheneedforhelp 36 Experiencesofdomesticviolence 47 Previouscounsellingexperiences 49 Otheravailablesourcesofsupport 52 Decidingwhototrust 53 Initialexperiencewiththeagency 59 Summary 64 3 TheFemaleExperienceofCounselling 66 Thefirstsession 67 Creatingtherightenvironment 70 Decidingtocontinue 76 Takingtimetoworktogether 79 Settlingdown 82 Changingperspectives 88 Workingthroughpastexperiences 91 Summary 94 4 TheMaleExperienceofCounselling 97 Workingone-to-one 99 Workingwithinagroup 110 Summary 121 vii viii Contents 5 EndingsandLifeafterCounselling 125 Endings 125 Lifeaftercounselling 130 Measuringappropriatecounsellingoutcomes 134 Summary 138 6 WorkingwithDomesticViolenceClients 141 Organisationalconsiderations 143 Characteristicsandaptitudeofthecounsellor 146 Potentialriskstothecounsellor 151 Gender 155 Appropriatepreparationandtraining 158 Summary 163 7 Conclusions 166 Appendix1:ContactDetailsforDomesticViolenceSupport 172 Appendix2:ResearchMethodologySummary 176 References 184 Index 203 Tables A.1 Demographicsoftheparticipants 179 ix
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