NARRATIVE THERAPY FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE LIVED WITH VIOLENCE

Authors
Citation
Cb. Draucker, NARRATIVE THERAPY FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE LIVED WITH VIOLENCE, Archives of psychiatric nursing, 12(3), 1998, pp. 162-168
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Nursing
ISSN journal
08839417
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
162 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-9417(1998)12:3<162:NTFWWH>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Narrative therapy is proposed as a possible treatment approach for wom en who have had multiple experiences of sexual violence and abuse with in the context of their intimate relationships. Narrative therapists e licit discussion of unique outcomes, which are moments of strength, au tonomy, and emotional vitality hidden in life stories that are otherwi se saturated with suffering and oppression, to open up possibilities f or constructing new life narratives. Examples of such unique outcomes revealed to the author by individuals participating in a research proj ect concerned with women's responses to sexual Violence by male intima tes are given. Copyright (C) 1998 by W.B. Saunders Company.