The Deadly Embrace

An Approach to Abusive Relationships

Bibliographic Data

ID14775563
AuthorsRoberta Green (0000-0003-2659-2318, Speech and Language Therapy Manager for Riverside Community Health Trust (Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster), South-West London, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume31
Issue2
Pages197-211
Publication date1998-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroup Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0533316498312006
OpenAlexW2007421364
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

Many of the patients referred to NHS groups are involved in abusive relationships. This article seeks to examine the nature of such relationships through the literature of psychoanalysis and psycho-therapy and to put forward the proposal that heterogeneous groups provide a good opportunity to look at making changes in such relationships

Abusive relationship · Domestic violence · Epistemology · Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology