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Between the Professional and the Private: The Meaning of Working With Intimate Partner Violence in Social Workers’ Private Lives

¹ University of Haifa
² Yahel Children-Parents Treatment Center, Tirat-Hacarmel, Israel

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: goldblat{at}research.haifa.ac.il.

	Abstract

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.

First published on January 8, 2009, doi:10.1177/1077801208330436

Violence Against Women 2009;15:362.

A more recent version of this article appeared on March 1, 2009


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