Feminist Counselling and Domestic Violence in India, 1st Edition

. Mainstream counselling in domestic violence often fails to address critical issues, such as gender socialisation processes and the abuse of power that allows violence against women, and focuses primarily on the intra-psychic nature of individual women. In contrast, feminist counselling is an effective alternative model, owing to its ability to address the fundamental correlation of abuse with power. In going beyond the individual, it helps women locate the source of their distress in the larger social context of power and control, manifesting in intimate, interpersonal relationships, and enables them to resist systemic oppression. This volume offers one of the first systematic documentations of feminist psychosocial interventions in India. It situates the issue of domestic violence in the historical context of the women’s movement, and examines institutional factors such as family and marriage that perpetuate abuse. Using extensive case studies, it discusses the methods, principles, techniques, skills and procedures followed by feminist organisations across the country, and their role in women’s empowerment. The book will serve as a practical reference guide to practitioners such as social workers, counsellors and para-counsellors, health activists, grassroots workers, protection officers and service providers. It will also be useful to scholars and students of psychology, sociology, women’s studies, law and public policy. Feminist Counselling and Domestic Violence in India 1st Edition is written by Padma BhateDeosthali; Sangeeta Rege; Padma Prakash and published by Routledge India. ISBNs for Feminist Counselling and Domestic Violence in India are 9781000084283, 1000084280 and the print ISBNs are 9780415832069, 0415832063. Additional ISBNs include 9780367818531, 9781138660335, 9781138349308, 9781000086270, 9781000087772.