Raka rör, med värme och kärlek
en studie om samtalsstöd
Thee purpose of this study was to examine what helps in counseling against women victims of domestic violence, and how to identify empowerment in their experiences? It is a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews where the collected material is based on five interviews. The group we studied is victims of domestic violence who had taken part of counseling. The interviews were based on an interview guide that sought answers to women´s experience of counseling. The interviews were analyzed with the help of theories of support, domestic violence and empowerment. The analytic method used is Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), which means that the text develop categories and themes. The themes in the analysis became? the profession´s impact on women´s experience of counseling, the importance of relationship to the experience of counseling and the significance of the support for the women´s process of empowerment. The result shows that security, trust and distinctness are essential to a good relationship between the women and the social worker. For this to be possible, we see that the required skills, knowledge and experience of working with domestic violence and the consequences it brings. A good relationship can in turn give confirmation and insight and thus give rise to women´s process of empowerment.