Intimate Violence: A Study of Injustice

Author:   Joseph Scalia
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
ISBN:  

9780231119849


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   06 March 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Intimate Violence: A Study of Injustice


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Traditional analyses of domestic battery often point to the batterer's need for power and control to explain patterns of violent behavior. Offering a nonjudgmental and compassionate view of the interior life of the batterer, Intimate Violence moves beyond this explanation and transforms our understanding of the psychic origins of abuse. The book is divided into three main sections. The first assesses psychoanalytic understanding of the inner mechanisms of the batterer's violent behavior toward close family members, pointing to disruptions in the abuser's ""narcissistic equilibrium."" The second section looks more broadly at the ideas of ""batterer"" and ""victim,"" and the ways these categories-and the social stigma and support accorded respectively-may impede healing and resolution. The third section addresses various treatment methods that promise permanent changes in batterers' behavior. Intimate Violence also deals frankly with the dynamics of the therapist/client relationship in battery cases, particularly transference and countertransference. How do therapists deal with feelings of revulsion for the batterer's behavior, or for the batterer him- or herself? How do they resist the very human urge within themselves to punish their clients? Scalia persuasively argues that these issues subtly undermine counseling, causing resistance to develop within both parties, and that a new approach to therapy is needed. His analysis suggests that ""emotional communication"" in the context of prolonged and deep psychoanalysis enables patient and practitioner alike to transcend cycles of recrimination and defensiveness.

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Author:   Joseph Scalia
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.383kg
ISBN:  

9780231119849


ISBN 10:   0231119844
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   06 March 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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In a scholarly and clinically astute work Joseph Scalia has integrated a wide range of clinical and developmental theories that demythologizes and humanizes a psychoanalytic pariah, the batterer. In a clearly written style Scalia provides firm and valuable guidelines for treatment laced with substantial clinical vignettes. Intimate Violence is essential reading for every clinician who works with batterers and their victims. -- Robert J. Marshall, Ph.D. Joseph Scalia's work Intimate Violence: Attacks Upon Psychic Interiority offers an in-depth exploration of the psychological complexity behind domestic violence... Scalia's work presents an important and interesting arguement. -- Criminal Justice Review [Scalia's] approach is an eye-opener. The author has what seems the rare ability to get beyond the revulsion and disgust these patients would arouse in most therapists. He is able to reach patients at a primitive, emotional level and can effectively combat the powerful impulse to back away. Reading the author's clinical material enables one to see the humanity that even batterers possess. -- Neil Wilson, Journal of Psychohistory


Author Information

Joseph Scalia is a psychotherapist who has written articles for The Journal of Interpersonal Violence and Modern Psychoanalyst.

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