Aboriginal women's healing lodge: Challenge to penal correctionalism?

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlene Falth
Keyword(s):  
Women's Healing

Women’s Healing Journey From Intimate Partner Violence: Establishing Positive Sexuality

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 779-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith E. Bagwell-Gray
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Women's Healing

Survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) have an elevated risk for negative sexual health outcomes, including HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI). Given the unique risk contexts for survivors, there is a need for effective sexual health interventions that take into account the imbalances of power for women who are survivors of IPV. Toward the aim of informing contextually relevant intervention approaches, this article describes women’s strategies toward maintaining their sexual health in the context of violent, controlling relationships. Strategies are examined across women’s healing process. Data were collected through semi-structured, in-person interviews with women who had experienced IPV ( N = 28). Participants had a wide range of negative sexual health outcomes and commonly used an analogy of a journey to describe their healing. Throughout these journeys, women gained more confidence and ownership over their sexuality. Themes centered around enhanced self-acceptance, ownership of personal sexuality, and readiness for desirable sexual partnerships.

Recounting Graphic Sexual Abuse Memories in Therapy: The Impact on Women's Healing

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Spitzer ◽  
Judith Myers Avis
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Women's Healing ◽  
The Impact

Positive Sexual Self-Schemas of Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-293
Author(s):  
Tracie L. Hitter ◽  
Eve M. Adams ◽  
Elizabeth J. Cahill
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Women Survivors ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Self Schema ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Women's Healing ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Sexual Exploration

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the experiences of eight women survivors of childhood sexual abuse who view themselves as having a positive sexual self-schema, including their experiences of sexual satisfaction. Through thematic analysis, we developed the following themes: The Context for Sexual Development, Sexual Exploration, Coping Strategies, and Embracing the Sexual Self as Whole. The findings highlight the importance of relational, interpersonal, and community healing. Integral to women’s healing were experiences of sexual risk that allowed them to gain a sense of agency and empowerment. The themes that emerged provide additional support for Relational Cultural Theory as well as post-traumatic growth. We discuss the implications of these results in relation to counseling practice, training, and research.

scholarly journals This is Who I Am: Aboriginal Women's Healing from Criminalization and Problematic Drug Use

1969 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
Colleen Anne Dell ◽  
Valerie Desjarlais ◽  
Jennifer M. Kilty
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Problematic Drug ◽  
Women's Healing
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