Type:	Journal Article
Title:	'All you do is look back and regret' : disenfranchised grief as an obstacle for recovery from abuse
Other Titles:	Grief matters : the Australian journal of grief and bereavement
Authors:	Weisz, Silvia Scott, Margot
Keywords:	Counselling
Categories:	Recovery
Year:	2002
Publisher:	Centre for Grief Education
Citation:	5 (3), Summer 2002
Notes:	Interventions designed to respond to issues of abuse generally provide intensive short-term support to solve immediate problems. However, the significant losses experienced by survivors of domestic violence and child abuse are not comprehensively addressed. Social assumptions that promote the advantages of certain events such as leaving the relationship or the healing attribute of time fail to recognise the importance of mourning. Similarly, shame inhibits grief expressions that might disclose the occurrence of abuse. Some of the losses identified are loss of: self-esteem, partner, expected future, innocence, family and community. The authors advocate for a more integrated support to deal with grief.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13349
ISSN:	14406888
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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