All Outputs (5)

Enhancing Therapeutic Skills (2023)
Book Chapter
Dubrow-Marshall, L., & Viliardos, L. (2023). Enhancing Therapeutic Skills. In J. Roddy (Ed.), Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse (43-49). Routledge

Creating the right environment for counselling to take place is vital for any therapy to progress. The nature of domestic abuse, such that it is a relational abuse, requires very strong and clear therapeutic relationships to be built. As counselling... Read More about Enhancing Therapeutic Skills.

Child Sexual Abuse (2023)
Book Chapter
Viliardos, L., Neil, M., & Sue, M. (2023). Child Sexual Abuse. In P. Ali, & M. M. Rogers (Eds.), Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide (53-66). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05640-6

Childhood sexual abuse is a major concern. This chapter explores childhood sexual abuse, an international public health problem, with similar prevalence rates in both Western and non-Western societies. Definitions and prevalence rates of child sexual... Read More about Child Sexual Abuse.

University of Salford Domestic Abuse Counselling Service Evaluation (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Viliardos, L., & Roddy, J. (2023, May). University of Salford Domestic Abuse Counselling Service Evaluation. Paper presented at British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Conference, Leeds Beckett University

Evaluation of a model of counselling for domestic abuse Aim or purpose Experiences of domestic abuse has shown increased levels of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and suicidal ideation across client groups, with counselling suggested a go... Read More about University of Salford Domestic Abuse Counselling Service Evaluation.

Different Clients, Different Contexts (2023)
Book Chapter
Roddy, J., Viliardos, L., Widdowson, M., Dubrow-Marshall, R., & Donohue, K. (2023). Different Clients, Different Contexts. In J. Roddy (Ed.), Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse (150-166). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003253266-11

Many of the representations of domestic abuse today are of the female victim at the hands of the male abuser. In this chapter, we recognise that abuse is possible across society and try to share what a different client group and different context mig... Read More about Different Clients, Different Contexts.

Working with Protective Emotions (2023)
Book Chapter
Dubrow-Marshall, L., & Viliardos, L. (2023). Working with Protective Emotions. In J. Roddy (Ed.), Working with Client Experiences of Domestic Abuse (73-87). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003253266-6

Protective emotions are common amongst survivors of domestic abuse and, on the surface, often appear to be “negative.” Whilst in an abusive relationship, a range of overwhelming emotions may be experienced by the victim/survivor including abject fear... Read More about Working with Protective Emotions.