Domestic Violence: Counseling Strategies That Minimize the Impact of Secondary Victimization

Abstract
Psychotherapy with abused women. To contrast the usefulness of several models of psychotherapy with abused women. Review of the literature and clinical experience of the authors. 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.

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