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Lessons From ‘The Hitting Place’: Reflections of a Family Therapy Novice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Lyn Radford  and
Jo Grimwade
Lyn Radford*
Affiliation:
Private Pratice.lyn.radford@bigpond.com
Jo Grimwade
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University.
*
*Address for correspondence: Lyn Radford, 4 Pentlowe Street, Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029, Australia.
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Abstract

This case study is an account of a post-traumatic family attempting to come to terms with life after violence, and the effectiveness of family therapy in supporting this transition. The fighting between two young girls had maintained the violence in the family dynamic and their highly anxious adolescent brother remained unable to let go of his protective position and move forward with his own life. The backdrop of the case was a novice family therapist and a mother with borderline traits who found it difficult to keep the therapeutic work within the bounds of the therapy sessions. Despite these difficulties meaningful change could be seen after only seven sessions of family therapy.

Keywords

Family therapyfamily violencesibling abusetransgenerational abusesupervisor–supervisee relationship
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Articles
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2010 , pp. 25 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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