Question

During a support group session for battered women, a client says, "I was abused by my father and then my husband, so I finally stabbed my husband when he came after me, but no one on the jury believed me "cause my husband, the ‘big shot,' can lie to anyone and be believed." If no one in the group responds, which statement is the therapeutic response by the nurse?
1. "A pretty horrible experience for you to undergo. Does anyone in the group want to respond?"2. "Yes. Everyone here was ill-used and abused, but what makes you think that this is a reason to stab someone?"3. "Your story is very much like every woman's here. I think you had other options besides violence, don't you?"4. "Seems as if you went from one abusing man to another. Do you really think you're here because your husband is a good liar and a ‘big shot'?"

Answer 1

The first one, the others are crude and brutal. It’s also group therapy, so the nurse would ask if other patients want to share.