The language of healing: Women's voices in healing and recovering from domestic violence

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-55

  Allen, Karen Neuman ^a   Wozniak, Danielle F ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative treatment approaches and domestic violence; Group therapy and domestic violence; Healing and domestic violence; Integrative treatment and domestic violence; Post traumatic stress and domestic violence; Recovery and domestic violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951491064     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332985.2010.494540     Document Type: Article

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