Counseling Intimate Partner Abuse Survivors: Effective and Ineffective Interventions

This study obtained feedback from intimate partner abuse survivors (N = 104) regarding helpful and unhelpful aspects of therapy. The survivors ’ narrative accounts and answers to quantitative questions were subjected to quantitative and qualitative analysis. Results suggest that survivors sought therapy to understand themselves and the abuse they endured. Clinicians’ diagnoses of codependency or assertions that survivors chose the rela tionship weakened the therapeutic alliance and reduced the perceived helpfulness of therapy.

Source: Journal of Counseling and Development - September 8, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Liane J. Leedom, Donna Andersen, Mary Ann Glynn, Meredith L. Barone Tags: Research Source Type: research