At least 750, 000 children a year worldwide witness domestic violence. These children grow up with an increased risk of developing symptoms associated with trauma and behavioural and mental health problems.
This book explores the cases of five young people who have been victims of domestic violence. Allowing the young people to speak out in their own voices, it provides deep insight into how their experiences have affected their emotional behaviour, the complexities of issues related to it and those aspects of support which provide the greatest benefit to them. Drawing on her own personal experience of domestic violence as well as her professional expertise, the author emphasizes the importance of giving voice to victims of domestic violence and highlights the importance of acknowledging the emotional and spiritual lives of victims in order to provide holistic support and understanding, and it’s potential to instigate healing.
Hearing Young People Talk About Witnessing Domestic Violence is a vital resource for mental health professionals, social care workers, school counsellors and all professionals working in the field of domestic abuse.
Inhoudsopgave
Foreword by Gill Hague. Introduction: It’s OK to Talk. 1. Stories. 2. Voices. 3. Fearfulness. 4. Competency in Coping. 5. Views of Relationships. 6. Visions of Spirituality. 7. Helping into Wholeness. Index.Over de auteur
Gill Hague is Emeritus Professor of Violence Against Women Studies in the University of Bristol’s Centre for Gender and Violence Research (of which she was a co-founder in 1990). She has worked for 40 years in the field and has played a key role in the pioneering development of violence against women research. She has been an activist, practitioner, academic and researcher, and has published extensively in the field.Meer e-boeken van dezelfde auteur (s) / Editor
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