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Record ID: be7bb476-dab8-4eeb-b281-3d4a735c8e8e
Type: Book Chapter
Title: A comprehensive approach: the family safety model with domestic violence
Other Titles: Challenging silence : innovative responses to sexual and domestic violence
Authors: Shaw, Elisabeth
Pye, Sheena
Bouris, Akivra
Breckenridge, Jan
Laing, Lesley
Keywords: Counselling
Year: 1999
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
Notes:  Originally published in an extended version in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 1996, vol.17. no.3, 126-136.
Describes the Family Safety Program developed by Relationships Australia, NSW which targets all areas of family violence. Provides a detailed account of the programme aspects which address men’s violence towards women and children. The development of the agency’s work with women is described and the principles and approach detailed. Explores the debate about the provision of counselling services for male perpetrators of violence, outlines the agency’s considerations in developing such services, and describes the guidelines underpinning services for men. Provides data on initial follow up to ascertain the effectiveness of the intervention with perpetrators. Also describes the debate about the use of couple therapy where there is violence, and the approach taken. Briefly overviews the agency’s children’s programme. Concludes that developing and offering services such as these requires an agency to attend to issues of accountability, staff and client safety, specialist staff training, and a preparedness to participate in the broader community debate.
URI: https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11219
ISBN: 9781864487251
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