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Counseling to end violence against women : a subversive model Mollie Whalen

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications c1996Description: xxviii, 166 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0803973799
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.8292 COU
Summary: Examines the historical roles of the women's movement and the battered women's movement in relation to the development of a politically subversive approach to counseling. Focuses not only on empowering individual women but on seizing the collective power of women to end their victimisation. Also addresses professional issues that confront counselors in their work with battered women.
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Book Book Vine library TRO 362.8292 COU Available A00665363B

Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-156) and indexes.

Examines the historical roles of the women's movement and the battered women's movement in relation to the development of a politically subversive approach to counseling. Focuses not only on empowering individual women but on seizing the collective power of women to end their victimisation. Also addresses professional issues that confront counselors in their work with battered women.