 | Intimate Violence: Attacks Upon Psychic Interiority Subjects: Family violence -- Prevention; Abusive men -- Psychology; Wife abuse -- Psychological aspects; Family violence -- Psychological aspects; Offering a compassionate view of the interior life of the batterer, this book explains the inner mechanisms of the batterer's violent behavior, analyzes society's negative depictions of abuse as well as general ideas concerning victims, and proposes alternative views. Finally the book addresses treatment methodologies that will result in permanent change. Joseph Scalia is a psychoanalyst who has written articles for the Journal of Interpersonal Violence and Modern Psychoanalysis |
