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    Intimate partner violence : advocates expertise on the complexity of maternal protection : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
    (Massey University, 2018) Loft, Melanie L.
    Intimate Partner Violence is a pervasive and insidious epidemic within Aōtearoa New Zealand with one in three women experiencing psychological or physical abuse by their partners in a lifetime. The National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges (NCIWR) seeks to prevent and eliminate violence and in doing so liberate women abused by their partners. This research is a contribution to the gap in psychological research which calls upon the expertise of refuge advocates from a feminist standpoint and additionally adds to valuable production of knowledge from a New Zealand context. The aim was to explore how advocates perceive and understand mothering and maternal protection in the context of intimate partner violence and moreover how advocates’ understandings impact their experience of client protection. A qualitative, thematic approach opened a space for advocates to voice their experiences and importantly challenge the socio-political landscape which maintains a focus on women’s responsibility as protectors, opposed to perpetrator accountability. Societal expectation of mothering does not take into account the context of intimate partner violence and as mothers fail to meet expectations, notions of mother-blame are ascertained. The analysis identified three major themes: The first theme concerns the severity of perpetrator harm and the direct interruption intimate partner violence has on mothering; shaping and complicating mothering. The second theme identifies a multitude of factors mothers juggle to protect their children within the context of intimate partner violence. The final theme involves understanding the mode of survival in which women come to live, how women navigate fundamental support systems, and finally how the role of the advocate is pivotal for the safety of women and children. Overall, findings showed an alignment between the expertise of advocates and existing international research.
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    Mothers' experience of family therapy : "you're not human, you're Mum : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at Massey University
    (Massey University, 1994) Robinson, Jillian Fay
    The focus of this thesis is the in-depth analysis of the experiences of eight mothers during the therapeutic process known as family therapy. It examines their experiences in the light of theories of the helping process particularly those pertaining to family therapy, counselling and social work. Several strands are woven through the analysis, including the situation of mothers in contemporary society particularly the prevalence of blaming mothers when problems emerge with children, social policy developments since the 1980s which affect family therapy service delivery, and the feminist critique of family therapy. It takes account of the impact of patriarchy on family therapy delivery and contributes to the reflection on family therapy practice by providing the opportunity for mothers to comment about what it is like for them. The standpoint taken is that mothers have knowledge which tends to be rendered invisible by the preferential of expert knowledge of therapists. This thesis emphasises and presents the knowledge of the mothers with the intention of making it visible to all participants in the therapeutic process, both clients and therapists.