Whose Expertise Counts? Women Survivors' Experiences With Psychologists

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Many women who experience intimate partner violence seek the expertise of psychologists to support their healing. However, there is a gap in the research about what women want from their psychologists. We interviewed 20 women survivors who had seen psychologists. Using reflexive thematic analysis, we constructed three themes: see all of me, see me for my expertise, and don't impose an agenda on me. We found that often psychologists acted as experts imposing their own agendas, rather than supporting survivors to make their own decisions. We discuss this in relation to the link between knowledge and power through dominant social science discourses and explore how resistance to this dominant discourse was taken up by many women.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Violence and victims - 39(2024), 1 vom: 07. März, Seite 71-87

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marsden, Sally [VerfasserIn]
Humphreys, Cathy [VerfasserIn]
Hegarty, Kelsey [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Domestic abuse
Intimate partner violence/partner abuse
Journal Article
Mental health and diagnosis
Trauma
Victim treatment and standards of care

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1891/VV-2021-0146

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369431138