| Questions:
1. What
are four risk factors to the development of Secondary Traumatic Stress found in
therapists treating battered women and batterers?
2.What
four factors can determine whether a battered woman will leave her situation?
3. What
are three shields that can prevent burnout when working with battering relationships?
4. What
are the six areas of domestic violence education, when met with client resistance,
that may be fostering burn-out for you?
5.
What is the paradoxical box?
6.
What does the Fourteenth Amendment state
that the landmark cases of Tracey Thurman and Nancy Watson used to substantiate
their case?
7. What
are four environmental strategies that a therapist can use to ensure personal
safety when working with a battering client? |
Answers: A. the level of violence currently experienced;
the level of violence experienced as a child; safety of children; and education B.
Dangers of the Cycle of Abuse, Housing Options, Child Implications, Feelings of
Guilt or Blame, the Legal Process, and Evaluating Relationships C. Empathy,
Intrusive Imagery, Pessimistic Views, and Perceived Inadequacy D.
Easy exit, telephone access, setting limits, and distance E. wanting
to facilitate empowerment, a therapist may at the same time devise goals and objectives
that may possibly disagree with the battered woman’s feelings of comfort F.
say no, have passion, and believe G. “nor shall any State deprive
any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws” |
