Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention Advance Access originally published online on February 2, 2007
Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 2007 7(2):102-114; doi:10.1093/brief-treatment/mhm002
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Discovering Strengths and Competencies in Female Domestic Violence Survivors: An Application of Roberts' Continuum of the Duration and Severity of Woman Battering
From the College of Social Work, The Ohio State University
Contact author: Mo-Yee Lee, Professor, College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, 325W Stillman, 1947 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210. E-mail: lee.355{at}osu.edu.
This paper describes a solution-focused approach for treating domestic violence female survivors and discusses the implications of Roberts' Continuum of Duration and Severity of Women Battering for therapists and researchers working within a solution-focused frame. Building on a strengths perspective, a solution-focused approach holds a person accountable for solutions instead of focusing on problems. The ultimate goal of the therapy is to provide a therapeutic context for domestic violence female survivors to rediscover and reconnect with their own resourcefulness in resisting, avoiding, escaping, and fighting against the abuse, develop a vision of a life free of violence, and empower women to re-experience their personal power in bringing positive changes to their lives.
KEY WORDS: domestic violence female survivors, solution-focused brief therapy, strengths perspective, continuum of the duration and severity of woman battering