PSY 8557 - Family Violence and Psychological Trauma

(2 units)

Focus on family violence conceptualized as pathologies of power. Clinical theory, research and implications for practice examined from cultural, psychological, psychoanalytic, feminist and sociopolitical perspectives. Discussions of patriarchy, the politics of power and violence, gender entrapment, gender role socialization, constructions of masculinity and cultural complexities will illuminate the intersection of individual and social pathologies that result in family violence.