Practitioner’s experiences of working with men who engaged in Intimate Partner Violence: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Prof Doc Thesis
Rusu-Tibreanu, S. 2022. Practitioner’s experiences of working with men who engaged in Intimate Partner Violence: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Prof Doc Thesis University of East London School of Psychology https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.8wqq7
Authors | Rusu-Tibreanu, S. |
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Type | Prof Doc Thesis |
Abstract | Historically, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has been a subject to a variety of research, mainly based on the gendered perspective of investigating women who have The aim of the current study, thus, is to give voice to practitioners working with male clients of IPV, to learn more about their subjective experiences. Interviews were conducted with 6 participants, 2 men and 4 women. The transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. A total of three themes were developed; a rich account of how the gendered model of IPV led to the invalidation of male abuse was foregrounded and how this might have affected how men presented their difficulties related to IPV in therapy. Furthermore, challenges arising from personal associations of IPV were discussed, including distortions of male clients’ narratives of IPV and preconceived ideas of gender. Finally, all of the participants encouraged integrative treatment models depending on each individual case of IPV, including approaches related to person-centred psychotherapy, attachment theory, and cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). The findings highlight the need for practitioners to pay attention to the presentation of IPV in therapy, which is linked to the threat of the stereotypical masculine self-concept in society. Also, the study supports the need for practitioners to be aware of distortions/ assumptions of IPV narratives due to personal associations with IPV. Finally, practitioners recommend integrative approaches in which the therapeutic relationship is considered as central. |
Keywords | Intimate partner violence; male clients; counselling psychology; therapeutic relationship; treatment; intervention |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | University of East London |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.8wqq7 |
File | License File Access Level Anyone |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Mar 2025 |
Publication process dates | |
Completed | 26 Oct 2022 |
Deposited | 06 Mar 2025 |
Copyright holder | © 2022 The Author. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms |
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