... and dysfunctional behavior. Discouraged people do not act in line with social interest or on the useful side of life." (Corey p.114.) Almost all human behavior is goal oriented and people strive for superiority through achievement. The therapist assists his or her clients to define their own meaning for existence, their personal responsibility of freedom and accepting its consequences, as well as gaining an understanding that we ... early recollections may prove valuable in gaining tools to interpret and identify the client's convictions about themselves and others. The therapist may co...

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... rather than coercion is the goal. The social-learning theory known as "learned helplessness", is the psychological rationale developed to explain why the battered woman becomes a victim in the first place and how the process of victimization is perpetuated to the point of psychological paralysis. Women are systematically taught that their personal worth, survival, and autonomy do not depend on effective and creative responses to life situations, but rather on their physical beauty and ... themselves as the bridge to their men's emotional well-being. The couples who live in such a violen...

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... responsibility from the abuser. Additionally, with respect to women experiencing violence, Harway (1993) relates the Theory of Learned Helplessness to the Social Learning Theory and how it may explain the passive nature of battered women. Harway (1993) believes that the battered woman perceives the situation as hopeless and eventually loses the ability to believe that anything she does will affect the outcome. ... obtain a court order against further abuse. However, not anyone who is abused by someone close to them is eligible for a protection order under this act. Only family or househol...

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... from the abuser. Additionally, with respect to women experiencing violence, Harway (1993) relates the Theory of Learned Helplessness to the Social Learning Theory and how it may explain the passive nature of battered women. Harway (1993) believes that the battered woman perceives the situation as hopeless and eventually loses the ability to believe that anything she does will affect the outcome. ... obtain a court order against further abuse. However, not anyone who is abused by someone close to them is eligible for a protection order under this act. Only family or household members are ...

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