The Cultural Context Model: Therapy for Couples With Domestic Violence

Almeida, Rhea V.; Durkin, T. E.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1999.tb00250.x

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“…The specific couples treatment model for IPV originally described by Almeida and Durkin (1999) sees the termination of abusive or coercive acts of all kinds as the ideal outcome of treatment. Thus, accountability is an overarching theme for the work with male perpetrators.…”

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“…Women's groups also include psychoeducation but the focus is on empowering women and encouraging them to become less responsible for the overall well-being of their families. Anger, not guilt, is proposed as the appropriate response to violence and oppression (Almeida & Durkin, 1999). …”

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“…If an emotional bond no longer holds the couples together (and they remain for financial or parenting reasons alone), they are unlikely to have the motivation to continue with the difficult work of couples therapy. Almeida and Durkin (1999) report on an approach to couples treatment that relies on a multi-layered cultural analysis to understand the genesis of male violence against women. This model is based on Almeida's cultural context model (Almeida et al, 1998)-a framework that takes as its goal not just intervening with batterers, couples, or families, but "fostering the development of safe, respectful, nurturing, and empowering relationships for all participants in community and family life" (Almeida & Dolan-Del Vecchio, 1999).…”

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Couples Treatment for Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Outcome Research Literature and Current Clinical Practices

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Stith²

2008

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Conjoint couples treatment for interpersonal partner violence (IPV) remains controversial despite a growing body of research and practice experience indicating that it can be effective and safe. In addition, developing typologies of couples who are violent suggest that a “one-size-fits-all” treatment approach to IPV is not appropriate and conjoint treatment may have a place in the treatment of at least some couples. In this article, we review the experimental studies and clinical practices of conjoint treatment. Based on this review, we suggest current best practices for this approach to treatment. Best practices include couples treatment as part of a larger community response to IPV, careful screening of couples for inclusion in couples treatment, modification of typical conjoint approaches to promote safety and ongoing assessment of safety with contingency plans for increased risk.

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Couples Treatment for Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Outcome Research Literature and Current Clinical Practices

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2008

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“…It can be used as an intervention in family therapy when the client and the therapist need new (non-verbal) perspectives into the contextual situation of the client. CW then supports a practically applied constructionist perspective on the client's (family) system (Almeida & Durkin, 1999;Atwood & Conway, 2004). The discourse on therapy, counselling and consultancy aims at combining traditional healing and psychotherapeutic approaches (Moodley & West, 2005).…”

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Exploring Cultural Issues for Constellation Work in South Africa

Mayer

Viviers

2015

ANZ J of Family Therapy

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Constellation work is a therapeutic and counselling intervention recognised in Germany and other European countries since the 1970s. Various scientists and practitioners have contributed to its theoretical and practical development, and research on the subject has increased over the past few years. However culture in constellation work has received little research attention and has not been empirically studied in African contexts. The aim of this article is to reflect on culture and its influence on constellation work in multicultural, post-apartheid South Africa. An empirical qualitative research approach within the phenomenological paradigm was adopted. Six constellation facilitators were interviewed with indepth and field notes taken during participative observations of constellation workshops. The findings provide insight into culture in constellation work in the South African context. Theoretical and practical recommendations for scientists and therapy practitioners working with systemic interventions like constellation work are provided.Keywords: constellations, culture, South Africa, post-apartheid, emic perspectives, qualitative research, family therapy Key Points 1 Constellation work (CW) is a therapeutic intervention that integrates aspects of family systems therapy. 2 The concept of culture has hardly been addressed in CW research. 3 Culture impacts on CW in terms of topics and key issues. 4 CW in South Africa can contribute to the improved understanding of members from different cultural groups. 5 CW is a cross-cultural approach to achieve healing, well-being and mental health.Culture is an aspect of diversity that places particular emphasis on the differences between individuals and members of groups belonging to various cultures and races, and between individuals of different genders and ages (Mayer, 2011). It is an important aspect of therapeutic and counselling interventions, shapes individuals' perceptions and interpretations (Ross, 2007), determines a person's goals, and influences the transmission and interpretation of messages (Gudykunst, 2005). Therapists, counsellors and constellation work facilitators (CWFs) can benefit from understanding the cultural influence of experiences and interpretations in counselling and group intervention settings.Family constellation work is a therapeutic group process that integrates components of family systems therapy (Schweitzer, Bornhäuser, Hunger & Weinhold, 2012;Weber, 2007;, existential phenomenology and ancestral beliefs (Cohen, 2006;Mayer & Hausner, 2015). It has become an international interdisciplinary movement, starting with the pioneering work of Bert Hellinger in the 1970s, and has gained the interest of European psychologists, family therapists and counsellors (Stiefel, Harris & Zollmann, 2002). Constellation work (CW) has been defined from cultural and inter-disciplinary perspectives (Levine, 2005;Payne, 2005;Ruppert, 2000;Schusterman, 2003;Van Kampenhout, 2003) and in this article is presented as a therapeutic intervention.In South Africa rese...

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“…The practice theory is evolving, becoming highly sophisticated and less polarized, political, and categorical. For example, in recent years, feminist family therapists have developed couple therapy approaches for addressing violence in intimate relationships (Almeida & Durkin, 1999;Berns, Jacobson, & Gottman, 1999;Bograd, 1999;Bograd & Mederos, 1999;Goldner, 1999). Feminist research into family life has documented the ways in which gender is a central organizing feature of couple relationships, pointing to the validity and importance of addressing gender issues in therapy (Hare-Mustin, 1986;Heyn, 1997;Hochschild, 1989;Luxton, 1980).…”

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J Marital Family Therapy

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The Cultural Context Model: Therapy for Couples With Domestic Violence

Cited by 69 publications

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Couples Treatment for Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Outcome Research Literature and Current Clinical Practices

Couples Treatment for Interpersonal Violence: A Review of Outcome Research Literature and Current Clinical Practices

Exploring Cultural Issues for Constellation Work in South Africa

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