“…And until the mid-1990s, there were only a few studies that added assaulted women's voices to our knowledge (Ford, 1991;Horton, Simonidis, & Simonidis, 1987;Jaffe, Wolfe, Teleford, & Austin, 1986;London Family Court Clinic Inc., 1991). However, recently, this area has grown substantially (Barata, 1999;Bennett, Goodman, & Dutton, 1999;Byrne, Kilpatrick, Howley, & Beatty, 1999;Coulter & Chez, 1997;Cretney & Davis, 1997;Erez & Belknap, 1998;Fischer & Rose, 1995;Fleury, 2000;Gielen et al, 2000;Gondolf, 1998;Hoyle & Sanders, 2000;Hutchison & Hirschel, 1998;Landau, 2000;Lewis, Dobash, Dobash, & Cavanagh, 2000;Malecha et al, 2000;Smith, 2000Smith, , 2001Stephens & Sinden, 2000;Tim Roberts Focus Consultants, 1996;Weisz, 2002;Wiist & McFarlane, 1998;Wolf, Holt, Kernie, & Rivara, 2000). These studies have used a variety of methods and examined different questions, but they are united in their perceived need to learn more about survivors' perspectives.…”