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Between the Professional and the Private

The Meaning of Working With Intimate Partner Violence in Social Workers' Private Lives

Hadass Goldblatt

University of Haifa

Eli Buchbinder

University of Haifa

Zvi Eisikovits

University of Haifa

Ilana Arizon-Mesinger

Yahel Children-Parents Treatment Center

This qualitative study examines the impact of working with intimate partner violence on therapists' marital relationships and gender identity. Data were collected by in-depth semistructured interviews with 14 experienced women social workers working in domestic violence treatment centers in Israel. Findings indicate that the boundaries between workers' private and professional lives are blurred and work experiences influence their intimate relationships and gender role identities, leading to overall questioning of their relationships. This newly rediscovered consciousness reshapes the meaning of workers' couple relationships. Such shift between private and professional should be considered when training workers to intervene with intimate partner violence.

Key Words: domestic violence • phenomenology • social workers' experience • work spillover

This version was published on March 1, 2009

Violence Against Women, Vol. 15, No. 3, 362-384 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208330436
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