The Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 24;20(5):4089. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054089.
Mentoring is one of the unique forms of rehabilitation used to engage with women in the sex trade. The role creates personal and professional challenges; one concerns the mentors themselves dealing with a past in the sex trade, embodying within it a sign of social disgrace. Echoing the concept of the "wounded healer," the present study examines how mentors who are sex trade survivors perceive their role in supporting the rehabilitation of women in the sex trade and the meanings that they give it. The research is based on a qualitative approach from a critical-feminist point of view. Eight female mentors and sex trade survivors, working in different settings, participated in the study. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Based on content analysis, the study points to four components of mentoring vis-à-vis the rehabilitation of women in the sex trade: (1) mutual identification and shared destiny; (2) corrective experience; (3) hope; and (4) saving lives. In addition, mentoring serves as a bridge for the mentors, eliciting opportunities for growth transforming out of their pain. The research findings are discussed in the context of the theoretical framework of critical mentoring, and how a relationship and a therapeutic alliance can turn mentoring into a critical healing practice, in relation to four principles: (1) equality; (2) critical empathy; (3) recognition; and (4) solidarity. The paper encourages the use of mentoring-based interventions in the process of rehabilitating women in the sex trade.
辅导是一种独特的康复形式，用于与性交易中的女性接触。这种角色带来了个人和职业上的挑战；其中一个问题是辅导员自己过去曾从事性交易，这体现了一种社会耻辱的迹象。本研究借鉴了“创伤治疗者”的概念，探讨了性交易幸存者辅导员如何看待自己在支持性交易女性康复中的角色以及他们赋予该角色的意义。该研究基于批判性女性主义观点的定性方法。八名女性辅导员和性交易幸存者在不同的环境中参与了这项研究。通过半结构化的深入访谈进行数据收集。基于内容分析，该研究指出了辅导在性交易女性康复方面的四个组成部分：（1）相互认同和共同命运；（2）矫正经验；（3）希望；（4）拯救生命。此外，辅导是辅导员的桥梁，从痛苦中引发成长的机会。研究结果在批判性辅导的理论框架内进行了讨论，以及如何通过关系和治疗联盟将辅导转变为与四项原则相关的批判性治疗实践：（1）平等；（2）批判性同理心；（3）认可；（4）团结。本文鼓励在性交易女性康复过程中使用基于辅导的干预措施。
