COUV ACTES - Psychologie communautaire

Community Psychology: Common Values, Diverse Practicesand I'd call my house over in Peru and talk with them and I'd feel good. Or I'd get on the internetlate on a Sunday evening, I'd chat with them a bit and look at them and then I'd feel good (P.3).In the first case, loneliness is an obstacle to handle an abusive relationship. The second one shows that a lack ofthe physical presence of the family makes the woman seeks this caring space by using the internet to mitigateher loneliness. In such circumstances, we need to keep the migratory grief suffered by these women in mind, aspersons who are Latin Americans who have moved and are being abused by their partner.The women's economic situation is another interesting factor. It is closely related to barriers that block entrance tothe world of work, simply because they are women and due to the difficulties they face as immigrants, (Casas,2009; Montañes & Moyano, 2006), as shown here:Al tener la niña ya que como hay un poco más de trabas para trabajar, ya no, ya saben que estásembarazada y no te dan un trabajo (P.2).Because I have the little girl, it's as if it puts a few more obstacles to going out to work, no more,they know you're pregnant and they don't hire you (P.2).Those who study what women do to reduce or to get out of an abusive relationship also need to take into accountthe existing barriers to their plan and the available resources they can count on. In general, a triggering situationmarks the point at which women begin to end the violence they have suffered in their relationship and this may berelated to psychological factors.The trajectory of reducing or getting out of an abusive relationship coincides with literature that deals with thisissue, as a moment that is related to a situation or a set of experiences that, according to Cantera, marks a"before" and an "after" in the history of the relationship. According to this author, this moment is characterized byan "already is" that goes along with a belief in the ability to get out of an abusive relationship (2007, p. 173).This analysis permit us to identify psychological factors, such as when a woman chooses to not report the fatherof the daughter in order not to hurt him. How these existing obstacles impede the reduction of the abuse or ofescaping it completely are factors that professionals need to look at.A woman who seeks institutional support that ends up experiencing a secondary victimization turns out to bemuch more worrisome. It often makes her relive psychological suffering that has not had time to heal. In suchcircumstances, the abused women seek services due to symptoms that are not directly related to the abuse theyhave suffered from their partner (anxiety, sleep problems, depression, headaches), but the treatment they receivecan often contribute to hiding background violence issues (Cantera, 2004). Here is an example:Yo ya he me pasado que yo tenía que ir al médico diciendo que estaba enferma, pero realmenteno estaba enferma, sino que tenía problemas con #mi ex pareja#. Y no he podido trabajar.Entonces necesitaba ir al médico decir cosas (P.1)It's already happened to me that I went to the doctor saying I was sick, but I wasn't really sick,instead I had problems with #my ex#. And I have not been able to work. At that time I needed to gotto the to say things (P.1)From this fragment, the importance of institutions training professionals to detect and intervene in closerelationship abuse situations becomes evident. Moreover, institutional support can get translated to a secondary90