Whose expertise counts?: women survivors' experiences with psychologists

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, w...

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VerfasserInnen: Marsden, Sally (Verfasst von) ; Humphreys, Cathy (Verfasst von) ; Hegarty, Kelsey (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Violence and victims
Jahr: 2024, Band: 39, Heft: 1, Seiten: 71-87
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Domestic abuse
intimate partner violence/partner abuse
mental health and diagnosis
Trauma
victim treatment and standards of care
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 84-87
ISSN:1945-7073
DOI:10.1891/VV-2021-0146