Somatic-Based Therapy: Supporting Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in the Criminal Prosecution Process

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorRandhawa, Jasmeen
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-14T16:33:06Z
dc.date.available2025-10-14T16:33:06Z
dc.date.issued2025-10
dc.description.abstractThis capstone project demonstrates the effectiveness of somatic-based therapy in supporting women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) who are navigating the criminal prosecution process. IPV is a prevalent global issue, particularly in Canada. Women are at a higher risk of facing IPV than men due to the presence of unique cultural, economic, social, and psychological factors. Additional systemic barriers are prevalent for women IPV survivors during the process of criminal prosecution of IPV. The challenging experiences during the legal process are heightened for women from diverse ethnic and sexual backgrounds. Survivors’ risk of retraumatization during the legal process is increased due to a lack of a holistic trauma-informed understanding of IPV within the justice system. Somatic-based therapy can be effective in supporting survivors during the legal process because it provides empowerment, practical tools to reduce retraumatization, and long-term trauma healing.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/4835
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectintimate partner violence
dc.subjectwomen survivors
dc.subjectcriminal prosecution process
dc.subjecttrauma
dc.subjectsomatic-based therapy
dc.titleSomatic-Based Therapy: Supporting Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence in the Criminal Prosecution Process
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
JasmeenRandhawaCapstone.pdf
Size:
740.71 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

CityU Scholarly Work (Open Access)