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Author Shankardass, Rani Dhavan

Title In Conflict and Custody : Therapeutic Counselling for Women
Published New Delhi : SAGE India, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (322 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Photographs; List of Abbreviations; List of Annexures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 -- Introductory Insights; 2 -- Theoretical and Experiential Fundamentals Relating to Women and Mental Health; 3 -- Definitions, Aims and Approaches; 4 -- Structuring and Getting Started; 5 -- Conflict Resolution and Mediation; 6 -- Women in Prisons; 7 -- Selecting and Training Counsellors; 8 -- Conclusion; Annexures; References; Index; About the Author
Summary Myriads of unhappy women feel overwhelmed by formal legal processes and a criminal justice system they believe to be ridden with gender and other biases. Personal crises, whether in their captive lives or in correctional institutions, leave women facing dead ends and crossroads that cause lasting visible and invisible damage to body and mind if not addressed. They need help that is professional without being intimidating. In Conflict and Custody recommends fine-tuned agenda-free professional counselling as the most constructive method of addressing the mental health issues of women in two prob
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Female offenders -- Counseling of -- India
Female offenders -- Mental health -- India
Women prisoners -- Counseling of -- India
Women prisoners -- Mental health -- India
Justice, Administration of -- India
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- General.
Justice, Administration of
Women prisoners -- Counseling of
Women prisoners -- Mental health
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132109891
8132109899