Feminist Perspectives in Music Therapy by Hadley Susan;

Author:Hadley, Susan;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barcelona Publishers

Julie

Julie’s Story

Julie, an African American woman, was 25 years old when she joined the music therapy group. She was single, with a 6-month-old daughter. She came to the women’s shelter seeking safety from an abusive boyfriend.

In describing her experience of abuse, Julie indicated that the abuse had started in the first year of her 4-year relationship, escalating as time passed, becoming particularly bad at the time she became pregnant. This is not uncommon for abused women. Julie mentioned that the abuse included all types, with control being an important part of it all:

“He would come home and he would bad-mouth me, call me fat, urn, bitch … and other words, you know, I’d rather not say … But you know he controlled me so much to the point where I was really scared to leave. He would threaten me, tell me that he would kill me if I left him. And I really thought he would, so I wouldn’t.”

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