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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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This is a refreshing and thought provoking book, presenting the views of female and male counselling clients about their experience of therapy after domestic violence. It brings together the existing literature and client views to present a new perspective on how to approach counselling with individ
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