Domestic Violence in the Orthodox Jewish Home: A Value-Sensitive Approach to Recovery.

DOMESTIC violence; JEWISH families; JEWISH sects; ORTHODOX Judaism; TEHINNOT; JEWISH women; RELIGION

Domestic violence, a once-hidden problem in the Orthodox Jewish community, is now acknowledged to occur in Orthodox Jewish families. Because this problem was not affirmed earlier, effective therapeutic techniques for working with battered Orthodox women have only recently begun to emerge. This article highlights one therapeutic technique-the value-sensitive approach-which uses ethnocultural- religious factors as part of the therapeutic process and has generated positive results in working with battered Orthodox women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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