Domestic violence: counseling strategies that minimize the impact of secondary victimization.
OBJECTIVE
Psychotherapy with abused women.


OBJECTIVE
To contrast the usefulness of several models of psychotherapy with abused women.


METHODS
Review of the literature and clinical experience of the authors.


CONCLUSIONS
Because marital counseling often focuses on the violence as a product of the couple system rather than oppression of the woman, the authors recommend individual counseling to address developmentally determined feelings of helplessness. The goal of this psychotherapy is empowerment.
Hattendorf
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Saint Joseph College of Nursing, College of St. Francis, Joliet, IL, USA.
Tollerud
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TR
D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006380:Helplessness, Learned; D006801:Humans; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D014933:Women's Rights