Pattern Changing for Abused Women: An Educational Program / Edition 1

by Marilyn L. Shear Goodman, Beth C. Fallon

Overview

Designed for facilitators of groups for physically, emotionally and sexually abused women, this volume examines a programme that focuses on the woman herself and her power to change the course of her life. The book is based on the accumulated experience of the authors and their continuing evaluation of groups they have facilitated over the past eight years. Both material for clients and easy-to-follow scripts for group leaders are included.

Educational rather than therapeutic, the programme includes sessions on family roles, boundaries, feelings and assertiveness skills. It is designed to enable abused women to: understand the problem and reality of abuse for the entire family; set realistic goals; become aware of lifelong

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803954946
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/28/1994
Series:	Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series , #9
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Richard J Gelles
Introduction
Overview of Boundary Setting Using Assertiveness Skills
First Things First
Common Threads
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Format of the Sessions
SESSIONS ONE TO FIFTEEN AND SESSION SCRIPTS FOR LEADERS
Your Rights and Defining Abuse
Family Roles and Why It Is so Hard to Leave
The Dysfunctional Childhood Legacy
Boundaries and Goodbyes to Old Patterns
About Feelings
Anger
Boundary Setting Using Assertiveness Skills: 1-4
Setting Realistic Goals
Decision Making
Healthy Relationships
Changed Patterns
Closure