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Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse
A Handbook for Counsellors, Psychotherapists, and Other Mental Health Professionals
Jeannette Roddy, Jeannette Roddy
- 248 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse
A Handbook for Counsellors, Psychotherapists, and Other Mental Health Professionals
Jeannette Roddy, Jeannette Roddy
About This Book
This edited volume shares relevant theory and practical strategies to support counsellors to work effectively with those who have experienced domestic abuse.
The effect of relational and other abuses can impact an individual's ability to engage with family, friends, counsellors or other professionals trying to support them due to reduced ability to trust and the impact of complex trauma. Helping someone to recover requires specific knowledge and skills, not usually part of a standard professional training program. This book acts as a training manual, providing an overview of what clients need at different stages of recovery. It contains chapters written by staff who deliver counselling and mental health training and provides their insight into the specific issues that clients may present, suggesting constructive and accessible suggestions for practice, and a chapter on counsellor self-care. The reflections/exercises in each chapter will help the reader assess their competency.
Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse will be of interest to mental health professionals, counselling training courses, and domestic violence services, who wish to incorporate counselling as part of their service offer.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Note to Readers
- Contributing Authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Model of Therapeutic Practice
- 3 Understanding Domestic Abuse
- 4 Enhancing Therapeutic Skills
- 5 Understanding Attachment and Transference
- 6 Working with Protective Emotions
- 7 Working with Protective Behaviours
- 8 Understanding Complex Trauma
- 9 Understanding the Developmental Impact of Domestic Violence and Adverse Experiences in Childhood across the Life-Course
- 10 Compassionate Mind Training
- 11 Different Clients, Different Contexts
- 12 Understanding the Impact of Law and Ethics
- 13 Using Creative Arts Therapies to Work with Trauma Developed from Experiences of Domestic Abuse
- 14 Preparing Ourselves for Starting and Continuing Client Work
- 15 Looking Ahead
- Index