Battering and Family Therapy challenges traditional intervention by
family therapists in treating family violence. Experts in specific
legal, ethical, and practical areas propose alternative approaches
to the treatment of wife battering from a feminist psychological
perspective. Intended to educate therapists, it addresses key
issues, including the psychological state of women who remain in
violent relationships and current laws governing family violence.
Specific guidelines for individual work with battering victims are
presented. Suggested replacements are provided for the traditional
family systems approach to abusive relationships, focusing on
co-responsibility--a method that tends to make the victim
responsible for her own predicament. It also considers training
family therapists to recognize family violence, multi-ethnic
perspectives on battering, and the impact of abusive marital
relationships on children. Therapists, counselors, social workers,
and psychologists--in practice and in training--will discover much
of value in this edited volume. "This edited collection is an
ambitious consideration of the three `Fs': family violence, family
therapy, and feminist thinking. . . . This is an excellent
introduction to the major issues in the treatment of wife abuse and
should be required reading in training programs for therapists."
--Mary J. Coe, The American Journal of Family Therapy "The content
of the book, Battering and Family Therapy, is far more extensive
than the title suggests. The book addresses various psychological
and legal topics related to violence against women. Chapters
pertaining to legal or ethical issues provide an essential
perspective in understanding domestic violence. . . . Overall, this
volume provides an excellent collection of chapters addressing a
broad range of topics related to domestic violence for which the
title is, unfortunately, misleading. This book should be
recommended to professionals and graduate students alike." --Mary
Ann Dutton, Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida "This is a
crucial book for family therapy. The bombshell among its many
valuable chapters is the report of the editors' own research with
therapists--a sample of 405 APA members and one of 362 AAMFT
members who, faced with a case study of wife battering, were almost
entirely unable to take the violence seriously and come up with
interventions that would lead to safety for the woman, even when
told "the case was one of domestic violence with a lethal outcome."
This book helps us unlearn what we think we know. . . . The book
contains excellent practical guidelines for treatment. . . . I
hope, as the editors recommend, this information becomes part of
the essential knowledge base for all therapists." --Journal of
Family Psychotherapy "This book is about 3 Fs: family violence,
family therapy, and feminist thinking. . . . Contributors offer
useful suggestions for obtaining relevant information about ongoing
violence without involving the victim in the treatment of the
batterer in ways that could make her vulnerable to retaliation. . .
. For me, the most troubling material in the volume were the data
on current practice standards for violent families as reflected by
surveys of family counselors and psychotherapists. These data
suggested to me that the concern of medical educators to include
domestic violence in their curriculum should be likewise extended
to the other helping professions." --from the foreword by Mary P.
Koss, University of Arizona, Tucson "Hansen and Harway have
succeeded in putting together a comprehensive volume on battering
and family therapy. The descriptive and analytical material in this
book rivets attention on the seriousness of the complex issues
being discussed. A gripping volume, which presents the legal as
well as the psychological dynamics and considerations, approaches
battering and violence from the vantage point of the individuals
involved, from the marital dyad's perspective, from the
intergenerational backdrop of the family of origin, and with a
kaleidoscopic overview of the larger social context. It highlights
the difficulties of treating batterers and their victims and points
up directions for strategies geared to changing individual
behaviors as well as the social milieu which gives rise to violent
behaviors." --Florence W. Kaslow, Director, Florida Couples and
Family Institute, West Palm Beach "The publication of Marsali
Hansen and Michele Harway's edited volume, Battering and Family
Therapy: A Feminist Perspective, could not be more timely. . . .
This volume will undoubtedly be regarded as an important
contribution to ongoing debates. Battering and Family Therapy does
a good job of providing an overview of recent research on family
violence, feminist analysis of the problem, current critiques of
conjoint treatment, and implications for therapeutic practice. . .
. It should be on the shelf of all practicing clinicians who come
into contact with domestic violence because of its rich references
and practical advice." --Violence Update "Highly recommended."
--Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin Book Club
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