Women, Violence and Change: the Italian experience of a psychodramatic group within the Empower project

TitleWomen, Violence and Change: the Italian experience of a psychodramatic group within the Empower project
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsGola N, Chiavassa A
JournalInterdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies
Volume17
Issue2
Pagination293-297
Date Published12/2012
PublisherPadova University Press
Place PublishedPadova, IT
ISSN Number2282-2011
KeywordsEmpower Daphne project, mirror, psychodrama, tele, violence against women
Abstract

The development of the Empower project was achieved through the
creation of a group of women that have been victims of violence and their
treatment using psycho-dramatic techniques.
During six months of treatment it was possible to observe and analyze the roles
and the relational dynamics of the women that took part in the project. In
particular, it was important to observe how the mother’s role within the family in
the care and valorisation of positive roles and in support for joining a social role
of traditional “woman” is related to the adoption of a denial role of the women's
own identity in favour of the fulfilment of a life plan compatible with traditional
standards that also includes a violent relationship.

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