Researchers have suggested the victim/perpetrator paradigm for understanding intimate partner violence (IPV) is limited when considering queer relationships. Instead, some propose a poststructural feminist approach as better suited for understanding the complexities involved. However, in the UK, this approach is rarely adopted. We therefore put a poststructural feminist approach to research into practice. Despite IPV occurring in queer relationships at similar or higher levels compared to heterosexual relationships, queer individuals rarely use mainstream IPV services, owing to real and perceived barriers, and access local therapy services instead. However, outside of queer-specific services in city-centre areas, there is little knowledge of the approaches used or the outcomes achieved by these therapeutic services. Our research contributes to addressing this knowledge gap. We investigate how therapists make sense of IPV in queer relationships, conducting five semistructured interviews with therapists working in small-town/rural settings in Southwest England. Despite claims of inclusivity and liberal humanist values, our Foucauldian discourse analysis highlights the dominance of a heteronormative discourse in the therapists’ accounts, and shows how heterosexual privilege is embedded in a range of discourses deployed. In light of these findings, we explore implications for practice and areas for future research in this underresearched area.

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异性恋话语：治疗师对酷儿关系中亲密伴侣暴力的社会建构

研究人员表示，在考虑酷儿关系时，理解亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的受害者/施暴者范式是有限的。相反，一些人提出后结构女权主义方法更适合理解所涉及的复杂性。然而，在英国，这种做法很少被采用。因此，我们将后结构女性主义研究方法付诸实践。尽管 IPV 在酷儿关系中的发生率与异性恋关系相似或更高，但由于现实和感知的障碍，酷儿个体很少使用主流 IPV 服务，而是获得当地的治疗服务。然而，除了市中心地区的酷儿特定服务之外，人们对这些治疗服务所使用的方法或取得的成果知之甚少。我们的研究有助于解决这一知识差距。我们调查了治疗师如何理解酷儿关系中的 IPV，并对在英格兰西南部小镇/农村环境中工作的治疗师进行了五次半结构化访谈。尽管声称具有包容性和自由人文主义价值观，但我们的福柯话语分析强调了异性恋话语在治疗师的叙述中的主导地位，并显示了异性恋特权如何嵌入到一系列话语中。根据这些发现，我们探讨了这一研究不足的领域对实践和未来研究领域的影响。