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Understanding Adult Survivors of Domestic Violence in Childhood: Still Forgotten, Still Hurting

Autor Gill Hague
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mai 2012
Domestic violence experienced in childhood continues to have an enduring emotional impact into adulthood. The scars it leaves can impact on family lives, employment, and long-term emotional and mental health. This book explores the experiences of adult survivors of domestic violence in childhood, with personal accounts featuring throughout.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781849050968
ISBN-10: 1849050961
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 153 x 229 x 135 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd

Notă biografică

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. Kathy Willis works in both a voluntary and paid capacity supporting women, men and children who have experienced domestic abuse and sexual violence, and is an activist against violence against women. Ann Harvey is a qualified and experienced social worker with additional training to enable her to work therapeutically with children, young people and adults. For the past 11 years she has specialised in supporting children and families on their journeys to recovery from trauma, abuse and neglect.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements.; 1. Introduction and background: Adults who were exposed to domestic violence as children.; 2. Before you grow up: What the research tells us about children who experience domestic violence.; 3. Scarcely an issue at all in the UK: Research on adults who experienced domestic violence as children.; 4. The impacts of childhood domestic violence on adults: What survivors say.; 5. Finding hope in a cold place and thriving against the odds: Testimony by 'Rose Wood'.; 6. Dealing with it at the time: Working with children exposed to domestic violence to enable less painful later adulthoods.; 7. Still Hurting: Testimony by 'Anna'.; 8. How to move forward: Recovery, assistance and support for adults with childhood experiences of domestic abuse.; 9. Both pain and being shielded: Testimony by 'Patrick'.; 10. It really can get better: Conclusion.; References.; Index.