The Conundrums of Counselling Women in Violent Intimate Partner Relationships in South Africa: Implications for Practice.

Anne Fleischack, Catriona Macleod, Werner Böhmke

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Article in International journal for the advancement of counseling, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Anne FleischackCSSR House, Department of Psychology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Kwazulu-Natal South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7583-6617

Catriona MacleodCSSR House, Department of Psychology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Kwazulu-Natal South Africa.

Werner BöhmkeCSSR House, Department of Psychology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Kwazulu-Natal South Africa.

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Abstract

Little research focuses on how counsellors experience counselling encounters concerning intimate partner violence. This study reports on narrative research conducted with eight South African non-governmental organisation counsellors. Participants spoke of creating productive and caring counselling dynamics, and providing non-directive counselling. However, they also indicated providing moral guidance, particularly in cases where pregnancy or children were involved. Success was viewed rather narrowly as the women leaving the relationship, setting up 'all-or-nothing' outcomes. Such 'success' led to counsellor happiness, whilst failure in this regard led to counsellors experiencing anger and burn-out. We conclude that the conundrums evident in these data are grounded in patriarchal systems, limiting the efficacy of counselling based on a bondage and deliverance narrative. Implications for practice and training are also outlined.

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CounsellorsGendered power relationsIntimate partner violenceNarrative-discursive analysisNarrativesSouth Africa

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PMID32435077

DOI10.1007/s10447-019-09384-8

PMCPMC7223381

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