ABSTRACT
The extent of treatment necessary will depend on the severity and extensiveness of the traumatic action and of the traumatic effect. Social control is one of the most difficult issues in planning and carrying through treatment in cases of family violence. Reflecting teams and co-therapy and network approaches all have their places in looking at processes that involve the multiple groups of various professionals and family members. It is essential that therapeutic approaches acknowledge the fact that a "stressful" silence on the part of the therapist, intended to facilitate the child forward may have the reverse effect. The group process—confrontation by other members of the group involved in the same process—is extremely valuable in achieving these goals and doing the very real work that needs to be achieved in delineating abusive cycles and taking control.
