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INVITATIONS TO RESPONSIBILITY

INVITATIONS TO RESPONSIBILITY If this is not a description of complementarity, it surely assumes a recursive process, which clearly implicates the woman in the man's violence. There is a danger that these ideas in the mind of the therapist could be reflected in interventions. Thus, the victim becomes implicated. James and McIntyre's divergence from the feminist position is clearest in the following statement: "We would argue that a man's violence ought not automatically be deemed an abuse of power". My own position is speit out in my paper, I hope, persuasively. Reference James, K. and Mcintyre, D., 1989. A Momentary Gleam of Enlightenment: Towards a Model of Feminist Family Therapy, Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, I, 3: 3-24. A new title from Dulwich Centre Publications - NOW AVAILABLE INVITATIONS TO RESPONSffiIUTY The therapeutic engagement of men who are violent and abusive by Alan Jenkins This book is the product of ten years of exploration in the therapy of men who are violent to their partners and of men who sexually abuse. It details an approach to therapy that enables men to assume responsibility for abusive behaviour and for changing this behaviour. The author reviews and critiques popular explanations of violent behaviour - those adopted by academics and therapists as well as those favoured by the perpetrators and the victims of abuse. He then proposes a framework for thinking about such abuse which emphasizes sociocultural, developmental, interactional, and individual contexts. A nine step programme for therapy with men who are violent to their partners is described. This program includes examples of questions that present "irressistible invitations" to such men to take responsibility for their behaviour. Pitfalls in this work are discussed, and the approach is illustrated with dialogue from actual therapy sessions. The author also sets out his framework for the therapeutic engagement of men who sexually abuse. This framework assists in the identification of the factors that discourage men from assuming responsibility for such abuse, and provides detailed information about a therapy to encourage men to address this abuse. This book is both a comprehensive theoretical discussion of the violent and abusive behaviour of men, and a detailed manual for working therapeutically with these men. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alan Jenkins has worked at St Corantyn Clinic in Adelaide for a number of years, where he has been instrumental in establishing a programme for therapy with men who are violent and men who are sexual assault offenders. His presentations around Australia have excited many therapists working in this field, as he has offered a way of thinking and a way of intervening with men who are traditionally viewed as difficult clients. Dulwich Centre Publications is pleased to be able to make Alan's important work more widely available. AUSTRALIA $25 Dulwich Centre Publications Hutt Street PO Box 7192 Adelaide, Sth Australia 5000 phone (08) 223 3966 NEW ZEAlAND $29 Dulwich Centre Publications c/- Ann Epston 25 Queens Avenue Balmoral, Auckland 4 phone (9) 86 6306 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Wiley
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© 1990 Australian Association of Family Therapy
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0814-723X
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1467-8438
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10.1002/j.1467-8438.1990.tb00796.x
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If this is not a description of complementarity, it surely assumes a recursive process, which clearly implicates the woman in the man's violence. There is a danger that these ideas in the mind of the therapist could be reflected in interventions. Thus, the victim becomes implicated. James and McIntyre's divergence from the feminist position is clearest in the following statement: "We would argue that a man's violence ought not automatically be deemed an abuse of power". My own position is speit out in my paper, I hope, persuasively. Reference James, K. and Mcintyre, D., 1989. A Momentary Gleam of Enlightenment: Towards a Model of Feminist Family Therapy, Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, I, 3: 3-24. A new title from Dulwich Centre Publications - NOW AVAILABLE INVITATIONS TO RESPONSffiIUTY The therapeutic engagement of men who are violent and abusive by Alan Jenkins This book is the product of ten years of exploration in the therapy of men who are violent to their partners and of men who sexually abuse. It details an approach to therapy that enables men to assume responsibility for abusive behaviour and for changing this behaviour. The author reviews and critiques popular explanations of violent behaviour - those adopted by academics and therapists as well as those favoured by the perpetrators and the victims of abuse. He then proposes a framework for thinking about such abuse which emphasizes sociocultural, developmental, interactional, and individual contexts. A nine step programme for therapy with men who are violent to their partners is described. This program includes examples of questions that present "irressistible invitations" to such men to take responsibility for their behaviour. Pitfalls in this work are discussed, and the approach is illustrated with dialogue from actual therapy sessions. The author also sets out his framework for the therapeutic engagement of men who sexually abuse. This framework assists in the identification of the factors that discourage men from assuming responsibility for such abuse, and provides detailed information about a therapy to encourage men to address this abuse. This book is both a comprehensive theoretical discussion of the violent and abusive behaviour of men, and a detailed manual for working therapeutically with these men. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alan Jenkins has worked at St Corantyn Clinic in Adelaide for a number of years, where he has been instrumental in establishing a programme for therapy with men who are violent and men who are sexual assault offenders. His presentations around Australia have excited many therapists working in this field, as he has offered a way of thinking and a way of intervening with men who are traditionally viewed as difficult clients. Dulwich Centre Publications is pleased to be able to make Alan's important work more widely available. AUSTRALIA $25 Dulwich Centre Publications Hutt Street PO Box 7192 Adelaide, Sth Australia 5000 phone (08) 223 3966 NEW ZEAlAND $29 Dulwich Centre Publications c/- Ann Epston 25 Queens Avenue Balmoral, Auckland 4 phone (9) 86 6306

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 1990

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