Scalia, Joseph.

Intimate violence attacks upon psychic interiority Joseph Scalia. - New York Columbia University Press c2002. - x, 164 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-157) and index.

pt. 1: Understanding the batterer. Affect regulation and narcissistic equilibrium. The experience of self and other. Identification with the aggressor -- pt. 2: The politics of the batterer-treatment movement. Political versus clinical determination of abuse and other associations. Our unwitting persecution of the batterer and other facile conveniences -- pt. 3: Treatment. Countertransference. Transference. Joining techniques. Working through: A synthesis.

0231119844 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231119852 (pbk.)

2001047365


Family violence--Prevention.
Spouse Abuse--psychology.
Domestic violence--psychology
Battered Women--psychology.
Domestic violence--prevention & control.
Family violence--Psychological aspects.
Wife abuse--Psychological aspects.
Abusive men--Psychology.

RC569.5.F3 / S27 2002

616.85822 / S282i

2002 F-125 WM 55 / S282i 2002