Author: Valeria Bonfiglio
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Understanding the Possible Effects of Trauma on the Lives of Refugee Women
2012 Introduction Violence against women is a widespread phenomenon that affects millions of women all over the world. War, armed conflicts and political upheavals are some of the reasons that oblige women to fleet their home countries in order to survive. Women and children are easy and strategic targets in the conflicts nowadays, situation that…
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Key Components in a Therapeutic Relationship
2012 Introduction This paper explains the key components in the therapeutic relationship and how they can facilitate or hinder the therapeutic process and demonstrates the importance the relationship has for the therapeutic work. Psychoanalysis and humanistic theories will inform, among other approaches, this essay, whilst an intercultural frame will provide it with specific values and…
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Exploring Alternatives to Criminal Justice in Domestic Violence.What Latin American Women Choose when Options of Different types of Justice are Available to Them.
2014 Abstract This study explored the experiences that a group of Latin American women living in London had with the Criminal Justice System after approaching it as victims of domestic violence. It also explored these women’s views of restorative justice and its appropriateness to deal with cases of domestic violence. Since this an area that…