Intervening After Violence / Focused Issues in Family Therapy (PDF)

Clarissa Sammut Scerri is lecturer and current Head of the Department of Family Studies at the University of Malta. She is a registered Counselling psychologist, Family therapist, and a Systemic supervisor. Her PhD research entitled "Living with contradictions of love and abuse: a grounded theory of women's understanding of their experiences of domestic violence" sought to illuminate and further the understanding of the complexity of living in a family where there is violence. She has presented her research at various local and international conferences. One of her papers: "Ethical dilemmas of a clinician/researcher interviewing women about their childhood experiences of witnessing domestic violence", has been shortlisted for the Corinna Seith Award by the WAVE Network, Women Against Violence. Dr. Sammut Scerri complements her teaching and research with clinical practice and supervision in the field, including to a team of social care professionals who work with men whoare violent in their intimate relationships. She wrote chapters one and two in this book.



Arlene Vetere, FBPsS, FAcSS, is professor of family therapy and systemic practice at VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway; visiting professor of clinical psychology at Universita degli Studi, Bergamo, Italy; and affiliate professor of family studies at Malta University. Arlene lives in the UK, where she is registered as a clinical psychologist, systemic psychotherapist and systemic supervisor. Twenty years ago, she established 'Reading Safer Families', a family violence intervention service, with Jan Cooper. They have published extensively on their approach to safety and safe therapeutic practice with individuals, couples and families. Arlene has also developed a narrative attachment approach to systemic practice with Rudi Dallos, which has been widely published. Arlene co-authored chapters three and four with Jan Cooper in this book, and wrote chapters five and

“This book discusses intervention processes for domestic violence, including helping couples separate safely and/or repair the relationship and exploring positive coping and self‐care. … The book addresses the very important topic of domestic violence, which is prevalent all over the world. … This book will be a wonderful resource for practitioners who work with couples and families.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2017)