Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse: The Cost of Fear,9781853026867

Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse: The Cost of Fear

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781853026867
ISBN10: 1853026867
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-07-01
Publisher(s): JESSICA KINGSLEY
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Summary

Bringing together contributions on abuse from writers working in social policy, social work and psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse explores the nature and ramifications of abuse in a new light.

Abuse is defined broadly and considered as a widespread phenomenon with a variety of manifestations and contexts. Its consequences, and the responses it may provoke, are discussed in detail with reference to three areas. In the personal context, the impact of abuse on an individual's development, emotional life and ability to participate in society is addressed. In the workplace, where the focus is upon working relationships and organizational goals, abuse may cause stress, undermine effectiveness and lead to legal redress: thus it involves a different set of problems and requires different treatment. In relation to society as a whole, the threat which abuse poses and the factors which determine policy are evaluated. Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse is unique in its range and focus, providing the cross-disciplinary approach to this problem which is e

Table of Contents

Introduction: Abuse, the Individual and the Social 7(18)
Carol-Ann Hooper
Una McCluskey
Section I: The Individual and Interpersonal Contexts of Abuse
An Object Relations Perspective on the Development of the Person
25(15)
Jeremy Hazell
Attachment Theory and Abuse: A Developmental Perspective
40(14)
Jeremy Holmes
Relationships as a Function of Context
54(13)
Frances B. Carter
Is Human Nature Intrinsically Abusive? Reflections on the Psychodynamics of Evil
67(14)
Phil Mollon
Section II: The Social, Cultural and Political Contexts of Abuse
Exile: Paradoxes of Loss and Creativity
81(19)
Nancy Caro Hollander
Abuse in Religious Institutions: An Exploration of the Psychosocial Dynamics in the Irish Context
100(18)
Una McCluskey
What Cost Assimilation and Integration? Working with Transcultural Issues
118(14)
Lennox K. Thomas
Intimacy, Gender and Abuse: The Construction of Masculinities
132(12)
Stephen Frosh
Sexual Orientation and Abuse
144(15)
Francis Mark Mondimore
Section III: Working with Individuals in Clinical Settings
Inner Silence: One of the Impacts of Emotional Abuse Upon the Developing Self
159(13)
Susan Vas Dias
Treatment or Torture? Working with Issues of Abuse and Torture in the Transference
172(14)
Shirley Truckle
The Abuse of Learning Disabled People: Living and Working with the Consequences
186(8)
Valerie Sinason
Dissociative Identity Disorder and Memories of Childhood Abuse
194(15)
Phil Mollon
Section IV: Working with Individuals and Groups in Organisational Settings
Containment, Supervision and Abuse
209(14)
Dick Agass
Working as an Organisational Consultant with Abuse Encountered in the Workplace
223(20)
Judith Brearley
Section V: Psychodynamic Reflections on Social Policy
Desire and the Law
243(20)
Andrew Cooper
Social Work Responses to Domestic Violence in the Context of Child Protection
263(12)
Margaret Bell
Reparative Experience or Repeated Trauma? Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Mental Health Services
275(16)
Carol-Ann Hooper
The Repudiated Self: The Failure of Social Welfare Policy for Older People
291(16)
Joan Harbison
The Contributors 307(4)
Subject Index 311(6)
Author Index 317

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