Consciousness-raising | Increasing information about self and IPV | Ask about IPV | They (prenatal clinic) hooked me up to a stress monitor because he (abuser) gave me a concussion and they wanted to make sure that my baby was still OK …. I did let them know [about the abuse]. |
| | Share observations about the relationship | |
| | Educate about the impact of stress/injuries on health | |
Dramatic relief | Experiencing and expressing emotions about IPV | Empathize | I had broken my finger. The physician said to me, “You can’t break your finger that way by falling. I understand being afraid.” He was real nice. I remember his name. But, he was like; “I understand fear, being afraid.” He told me his professional opinion as a doctor seeing an abused woman is that “get help, you know, get out.” |
| | Identify emotional state | |
Self-reevaluation | Assessing how one feels and thinks about the abusive relationship | Clarify values | I just didn’t, you know, want to have that useless, powerless feeling no more. I needed something to gain, and I knew I had to do something to change that, because where I was at was going to [nowhere] and nothing was going to change. |
| | Experiences and feelings | |