- Title
- The conundrums of counselling women in violent intimate partner relationships in South Africa: implications for practice
- Creator
- Fleischack, Anne
- Creator
- Macleod, Catriona I
- Creator
- Böhmke, Werner
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444117
- Identifier
- vital:74191
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-019-09384-8"
- Description
- Little research focuses on how counsellors experience counselling encounters concerning intimate partner violence. This study reports on narrative research conducted with eight South African non-governmental organisation counsellors. Participants spoke of creating productive and caring counselling dynamics, and providing non-directive counselling. However, they also indicated providing moral guidance, particularly in cases where pregnancy or children were involved. Success was viewed rather narrowly as the women leaving the relationship, setting up ‘all-or-nothing’ outcomes. Such ‘success’ led to counsellor happiness, whilst failure in this regard led to counsellors experiencing anger and burn-out. We conclude that the conundrums evident in these data are grounded in patriarchal systems, limiting the efficacy of counselling based on a bondage and deliverance narrative. Implications for practice and training are also outlined.
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (16 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- SpringerLink
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling
- Relation
- Fleischack, A., Macleod, C. and Böhmke, W., 2020. The conundrums of counselling women in violent intimate partner relationships in South Africa: implications for practice. International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 42(1), pp.65-80
- Relation
- International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling volume 42 number 1 p. 65 2020 1573-3246
- Rights
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- Closed Access
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Gender Action Forum (GENACT)
Bohmke, Werner (Mr)
Macleod, Catriona Ida (Distinguished Professor)
SDG 05. Gender Equality
RU Department of Psychology
SDG 10. Reduced Inequalities
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproductions Research (CSSR) Programme
SDG 03. Good Health and Well-Being
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