Surviving Family Violence

Author : Dr. Kim M Anderson, Ph.D.
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0826111408

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Enhancing Resilience in Survivors of Family Violence by Dr. Kim M Anderson, Ph.D. Pdf

"This bookÖwill help change the paradigm that has gripped the mental health professions for so long and will be a positive boost for those who know there must be a better and more affirmative way to do this important work." -Dennis Saleebey, DSW Professor Emeritus School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas In this book, Kim Anderson demonstrates the extent to which individuals with histories of family violence can have "self-correcting" tendencies that promote their positive adaptation in overcoming trauma. These strengths, which often go unrecognized or underappreciated, can be used for healing. This book assists mental health practitioners in identifying, supporting, and validating the resilient capacities of their clients. Anderson provides new conceptual frameworks and clinical strategies for integrating resilience-oriented and strengths-based treatment with survivors of family violence. The book discusses resilience in survivors of childhood incest, children of battered women, and individuals formerly in violent domestic relationships. Key topics discussed: Dynamics and consequences of family oppression and violence The power of recovery and posttraumatic growth Assessments that capture client strengths, resilience, and acts of resistance Spirituality: making meaning of one's trauma and purpose in life This book challenges the premise that survivors who have suffered from family violence will remain wounded throughout life. Anderson underscores the resourcefulness of clients, and illuminates the many ways people prevail during and in the aftermath of family violence.

Author : Delilah Banks,John Giacobello
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499437089

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Surviving Family Violence by Delilah Banks,John Giacobello Pdf

There are many myths about family violence: that it's only committed by men against their families; that it's only physical; that there aren't legal remedies for children or spouses to take action against violent family members. This book corrects the myths and provides the facts. Written with an empathetic tone, this text teaches about the warning signs and manifestations-physical, emotional, psychological, and economic-of domestic violence. Inclusion of the often-overlooked topics of elder abuse and violence against LGBTQ youth makes this text indispensable. Finally, a discussion of ways to report family violence wraps up this essential tome.

Author : Gill Hague
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857002791

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Understanding Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence in Childhood by Gill Hague Pdf

Domestic violence experienced in childhood continues to have an enduring emotional impact into adulthood. The scars it leaves can impact on family lives, employment, and long-term emotional and mental health. This book explores the experiences of adult survivors of domestic violence in childhood. The authors draw on many years' experience at the forefront of the field to bring together current research, best practice guidance for those working with both adults and children, personal testimonies and creative writing from survivors. The book addresses how to work with children exposed to domestic violence to address the issues before they grow up, as well as guidance on working with adult survivors. The personal accounts and poems make real the research and practice guidance. This important book will be essential reading for all those working with survivors of domestic violence in childhood, including counsellors, social workers and therapists, as well as students, academics and policy makers.

Author : Jacquelyn Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Child abuse
ISBN : UOM:39015029283705

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Nursing Care of Survivors of Family Violence by Jacquelyn Campbell Pdf

This comprehensive text effectively responds to the growing need for treatment of survivors of family violence. Offering a holistic approach to identification, assessment, intervention, and prevention of domestic abuse, this book is designed to assist the healthcare professional to care for the victim as well as the family as a unit. By integrating theory and application, NURSING CARE OF SURVIVORS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE provides a timely, practical resource for students and practicing nurses.

Author : Elaine Weiss
Publisher : Praeger/Greenwood
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1884244270

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Surviving Domestic Violence by Elaine Weiss Pdf

This is the only book on the market today that focuses on the entire spectrum of emotional, verbal, sexual, and physical abuse. Written by University of Utah Clinical Associate Professor Elaine Weiss, a survivor, the book goes right to the heart of the reader and changes their perspective on this topic. She paints a clear picture of women who stay in a marriage because of their fierce loyalty and commitment to the sanctity of marriage. Elaine emphasizes the period of time after women leave their abuser and describes in detail what they go on to do with their lives. These are stories of twelve women from various walks of life, including professionals. Each a victim of domestic violence. Each escaped from her abuser. Each reclaimed her dignity, reconstructed her life, rediscovered peace. Every woman who has left an abuserevery woman who has yet to leavewill find encouragement and support in the voices of these women who broke free.

Author : Michele A. Finneran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000095159

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Surviving Domestic Abuse by Michele A. Finneran Pdf

Surviving Domestic Abuse examines how formal and informal supports and services can mitigate the damaging, and sometimes fatal, social cost of domestic violence. The book highlights victims’ perceptions of supports and lays a foundation for professionals and family members to effectively assist victims of domestic abuse. The book offers actionable recommendations and multiple-use cases to fill gaps in the understanding of the complexities that exist in domestic violence dynamics. Dr Finneran uses real-life interviews with victims to inform action and intervention for policy, strategy and decision-making for support and service providers including law enforcement, healthcare, social services and employers. Identification of successful supports and services can assist in preventing victims from returning to their abusive relationships, and the author provides real-life examples and a sounding board for the voices of real women who have endured domestic abuse. Spanning the gulf between research and practice, this is the ideal book for a range of professional communities including psychologists, social workers and healthcare professionals, and victims and survivors themselves. It’s also suitable for academics and researchers, and students taking domestic violence treatment and prevention courses.

Author : Christiane Sanderson
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1846428114

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Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse by Christiane Sanderson Pdf

Counselling Survivors of Domestic Abuse explains how counsellors can facilitate recovery from domestic abuse within a secure, supportive therapeutic relationship. There has been growing awareness in recent years of the impact and consequences of domestic abuse, especially the relationship between domestic abuse and mental health. To appreciate the nature of trauma caused by domestic abuse, professionals need to understand its complex nature and the psychobiological impact of repeated exposure to control and terror. This book examines the therapeutic techniques and specific challenges, such as secondary traumatic stress, faced by professionals when working with survivors of domestic abuse. The author stresses the importance of identifying domestic abuse so that it can be addressed in the therapeutic process to aid recovery, and explores issues such as safety and protection, the long-term effects of abuse and the importance of grieving to the restoration of hope. This book is essential reading for counsellors, therapists, social workers, mental health professionals, health care professionals including GPs and midwives, managers of refuges, legal professionals and all those working with survivors of domestic abuse.

Author : Gill Hague,Audrey Mullender,Rosemary Aris
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0415259452

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Is Anyone Listening? by Gill Hague,Audrey Mullender,Rosemary Aris Pdf

This book paints an overall picture of how domestic violence is being dealt with today and how contemporary concerns about service-user participation in improving services can be put into real and lasting effect.

Author : Wendy Susan Deaton,Michael Hertica
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781317788638

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A Therapist's Guide to Growing Free by Wendy Susan Deaton,Michael Hertica Pdf

Help victims and survivors break the cycle of abuse! Trying to get victims and survivors of domestic abuse to recognize their own victimization can be a frustrating experience. They often become so frightened, isolated, and self-doubting that they make excuses for the abuser. Combining psychological insight with practical safety information, this book helps therapists guide their clients into understanding--and ending--the vicious cycle of wooing, tension, violence, and remorse. A Therapist's Guide to Growing Free provides a comprehensive outline of the issues, tasks, and goals involved in the treatment of victims and survivors. Its chapter-by-chapter breakdown of how violent relationships function and how to end them safely can help you guide a traumatized woman through her therapeutic journey. The guide's companion volume, Growing Free: A Manual for Survivors of Domestic Violence is the perfect handout for clients in individual therapy, group therapy, and battered women's shelters. Reading stories like their own may provide the shock of recognition they need to be able to understand--and eventually to end--the cycle of violence that characterizes all levels of domestic abuse. It outlines a series of steps they can take to ensure their emotional and physical safety. Its stories of women in abusive relationships and discussions of the cycle of abuse are direct and easy to read without ever being condescending. A Therapist's Guide to Growing Free provides the insight and therapeutic models needed for effective intervention and treatment, including: psychological effects and belief systems of victims and survivors discussions and illustrations of the cycle of violence the effects of domestic violence on children and adolescents the therapeutic challenges of couple/conjoint therapy handling crisis intervention suggestions for conducting group and therapeutic therapy for victim and batterer A Therapist's Guide to Growing Free and its companion volume provide both therapists and clients with a practical, action-oriented approach to the problem of domestic violence. It is ideal training and reference material for counselors at women's shelters, emergency room personnel, law-enforcement officers, and other professionals involved in the rescue, support, defense, and treatment of victims and survivors.

Author : K. J. Wilson, Ed.D
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780897936873

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When Violence Begins at Home by K. J. Wilson, Ed.D Pdf

Since its initial publication, this far-reaching reference has provided professionals and victims of abuse with guidance on everything from indicators of an abusive relationship to domestic violence legislation, from antiburnout tips for helpers to advice on leaving an abusive partner. This updated edition addresses new research and programs, adding information on date rape drugs, stalking, cyber-stalking, pregnancy and domestic violence, and the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs. Current controversial social and legal issues such as mutual battering, child welfare and "failure to protect" policies, child custody and visitation rights for batterers, mandatory arrests, and welfare reform are also covered. Two new chapters devote attention to domestic violence in the military and to the challenging and rewarding role of those who work with battered women and their children. New resources have been included to reflect the ever-evolving wealth of books, web sites, and agencies available to both helpers and those in need.

Author : Christine E. Murray,Kelly N. Graves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136207181

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Responding to Family Violence by Christine E. Murray,Kelly N. Graves Pdf

The comprehensive theory- and research-based guidelines provided in this text help answer the personal and professional questions therapists have as they provide competent clinical treatment to clients who have experienced family violence. It presents academic, scholarly, and statistical terms in an accessible and user-friendly way, with useful take-away points for practitioners such as clarifying contradictory findings, summarizing major research-based implications and guidelines, and addressing the unique clinical challenges faced by mental health professionals. Both professionals and students in graduate-level mental health training programs will find the presentation of information and exercises highly useful, and will appreciate the breadth of topics covered: intimate partner violence, battering, child maltreatment and adult survivors, co-occurring substance abuse, the abuse of vulnerable populations, cultural issues, prevention, and self-care. Professionals and students alike will find that, with this book, they can help their clients overcome the significant traumas and challenges they face to let their strength and resilience shine through.

Author : Barry L. Goldstein,Elizabeth Liu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Family violence
ISBN : 1887554939

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Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor by Barry L. Goldstein,Elizabeth Liu Pdf

Author : Melanie Survivor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 098761584X

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Surviving the Devil - Escaping Domestic Violence by Melanie Survivor Pdf

Melanie Survivor grew up in a loving middle-class family where abuse didn't exist. In her early 20s she met the Devil and had no idea of the world she was entering. Lost, hurt and alone, she lived years of progressive abuse, during which time she gave birth to her first daughter, before escaping. At the age of 37 she met the man of her dreams and is now living in a loving relationship. Mel broke the cycle of abuse, and you can too.¿Read Mel's story of survival, and see how easy it is to fall into the cycle of abuse¿Feel empowered to know YOU always have a choice¿Learn the tools to escape a domestic violence relationship

Author : Casey Gwinn
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781604944525

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Dream Big by Casey Gwinn Pdf

Though help is out there for victims of domestic violence, it's not always easy to find. The people who seek it often go from agency to agency, telling their story again and again. The rapidly developing Family Justice Center movement seeks to bring all community services for family violence, elder abuse, stalking, and sexual assault under one roof. In Dream Big, the visionaries behind the Family Justice Center movement use testimonies of survivors, staff in existing Centers, and domestic violence movement leaders to paint a future where families come first, and professionals come together to stop family violence. Everyone can play a role. Dream Big will show you how. Praise for Dream Big "Casey Gwinn's work with women and families that are survivors of domestic abuse is nothing short of extraordinary. I have been inspired by his vision and dedication to ending the cycle of violence against women in this country and I hope Dream Big will inspire others as well." Reese Witherspoon, Actress, Avon Global Ambassador "Every police chief and law enforcement policy maker in America should read Dream Big... [The book] challenges us all to be in the lifesaving business together." Lt. Mark Wynn, Nashville Metro Police Department (Retired) "Dream Big is an easy read for anyone who wants to join their community's effort to stop violence against women and children." Sue Else, President, National Network to End Domestic Violence "Casey Gwinn and Gael Strack are leading the way forward in the domestic violence movement. They are challenging us to think outside the box--to keep growing, changing, and evolving as we work to prevent family violence." Sarah Buel, Survivor, Advocate, Law Professor "Dream Big persuasively tells the story of a dream made real...This book teaches the principles that can help any community reduce violence and save lives." Gavin de Becker, Bestselling Author, The Gift of Fear

Author : Catherine Kirkwood
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015029115170

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Leaving Abusive Partners by Catherine Kirkwood Pdf

This moving book reshapes our understanding of the nature of woman abuse and makes a major contribution to a key issue for feminist campaigning and theory. The past 25 years of research on `battered' women has focused on the psychological, sociological and political conditions which contribute to violence, and on women's reasons for staying with violent and abusive partners. The author goes beyond the discourse of `victims' and `survivors' to offer new insights into the very specific and multifaceted nature of the abuses women experience - emotional as well as physical. Drawing on firsthand accounts, Kirkwood sheds new light both on the dynamics of abuse which afford abusers control over women and the resources and k