The women in this group also shared that their friends and family questioned them about what they might have done to ‘‘cause’’ the abuse. Essentially, these women were losing a major value ascribed to them from South Asian society: the ability to be a ‘‘good mother and proper wife.’’ Therefore, feminist group counseling, using techniques such as the social and gender role analysis and assertiveness training, assisted the women in externalizing their feelings of responsibility, shame, and blame for their abuse and placing responsibility for their abuse on systemic factors. The multiple identities that women survivors in the group had (i.e., woman, South Asian, poor to working class socioeconomic status, abuse survivor) influenced even basic factors, such as whether they had the financial resources to attend group sessions and how safe they felt disclosing their abuse within the group setting. Because of the significant impact of these identities on the members’ participation and experiences in group, it may be helpful for group counselors using similar feminist interventions with South Asian women to address how these identities impact their experience of IPV and their resulting coping.