Living with Violence in the Family_

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1、Chapter2LivingwithViolenceintheFamily:RetrospectiveRecallofWomen’sChildhoodExperiencesThischapterlooksatsomekeyclinicalthemesthatmayarisewhenworkingwithfamilieswhereintimatepartnerviolencehasstoppedorwhenworkingwithclientswhohavegrownupinfamilieswheretherewasdomesticviolence.Cliniciansmayalsofindth

2、esethemesrelevantduringthecourseoftherapywithotherclients,whomightinitiallybepresenttotherapywithdifficultiesotherthanexperiencesofdomesticviolence.Inwritingoutthischapter,wedrawfromourclinicalexperiences,fromthecurrentliteratureandfromagroundedtheorystudybyoneoftheauthors(SammutScerri2015)whichhas

3、focusedonMalteseadultwomen’srecalloftheirexperiencesofchildhooddomesticviolenceandtheirunderstandingofitscontinuingdevelopmentalandrelationalimpactontheiradultlife.Theuseoftheparticipants’quotesfromthegroundedtheorystudywillhopefullyilluminateboththeintensityoftheexperienceanditscompleximpactonthe

4、relationshipsinthewomen’sfamilyoforiginandonthewomen’sintimateandparentingrelationships.Emphasiswillbemadeondrawingoutclearlinksbetweentheresearchfindingspresentedandtheimplicationsforpracticeforsocialandhealthcareprofessionalsworkinginthefield.KeyClinicalThemesPayingAttentiontoDissonance,DoubleBind

5、sandDilemmasofLoveandAbuseThewomeninterviewedintheSammutScerri(2015)’sstudylivedthecoexistenceoftwointense,paradoxicalandunresolvedexperiences,whichmanifestedintheirlivesindifferentways.Theywereofanaverageageof28.5years,werewell-functioningwomen,inpaidemployment,andhadsignificantrelationshipsinTheo

6、riginalversionofthischapterwasrevised:Seethe“ChapterNote”sectionattheendofthischapterfordetails.Theerratumtothischapterisavailableat10.1007/978-3-319-57789-0_10©SpringerInternationalPublishingAG201719C.SammutScerrietal.,InterveningAfterViolence,FocusedIssuesinFamilyTherapy,DOI10.1007/978-3-319-577

7、89-0_2202LivingwithViolenceintheFamily:RetrospectiveRecall…theirlivesbuthadlivedinfamilieswheretheywitnessedphysicalassaultbytheirfather-onlyontheirmother,whichinsomecaseswascallousandsadisticinnature.Theyalsowit