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The Barriers Model:An Integrated Strategy for Intervention with Battered WomenBY NANCY GRISBY/BRENDA HARTMAN The Barriers Model was developed in response to the strong codependency movement of the late 1980's that pathologized battered women without recognizing or addressing the external and internal oppression that motivated their behaviors and symptoms. Battered women and their therapist recognized the pattern of these behaviors and began writing self-help books to address the needs of codependency issues. What these books failed to acknowledge is that these symptoms identified as codependency may not have been a disorder resulting in unhealthy patterns of intimacy, but instead, the very behaviors that allowed women to survive relationships with violent partners. (pg.485).It is probable that many of these women believe that the existing problems in their relationships are deeply rooted within themselves and thus changeable, (Again they are blaming themselves.) rather than acknowledging barriers that diminish their capacity to seek appropriate resources, i.e. legal, shelter,. Therapist may agree with the victims theory of codependency because most traditionally trained therapist have been taught to view all clients' struggles from an individualistic, not social, perspective. The Barriers Model places battered women in the center of four
concentric circles. Each one representing a cluster of barriers
in the woman's experience that potentially impedes her safety.
They may experience barriers in all layers or in some combination.
There are four layers with subcategories: Barriers in the environment,
family and social role expectations, psychological consequences
of abuse and childhood abuse/Ng/. Therapist will have difficulty
addressing concerns within the other three categories if the first
one is not addressed and it could prove to be ineffective and could
contribute to the victim's isolation and self-blame and thus the
danger she is in.
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