Posts Tagged ‘domestic violence’

 

Art & Addiction Exhibition: Tallahassee, FL 2010 (Updated Version) – In August of 2009, Johns Hopkins Innovator’s Combating Substance Abuse Program sent out guidebooks to artists whose art had been published in their Addiction & Art book. This guidebook, which is available on their website, outlined how to organize a local art show on art and addiction. As a contributing artist and art therapy PhD student, the idea for a show interested me. This video tells the story of an art exhibition on the theme of drug addiction and recovery, the lives that were touched by the art and the artists who created the work. Performers Ashley brown (dancer) and Shanon Sloan (singer) invigorated the opening reception with moving interpretations of the theme of the show. Dr. Anniina Guyas led an experiential and invited attendees to directly interact with the artwork by posting comments describing how the work impacted them as the viewer emotionally. Several of the artists were interviewed and their statements shed light on how art can humanize individuals experiencing addiction and their struggles. Also described were the victories of recovery and the role art played in that process. Throughout the show, the visual portrayals revealed that the disease of addiction can strike in any home regardless of socio-economic status and the pain and heartache of substance abuse ripples beyond the individual experiencing addiction into the lives of their family members, the community, and the world at large. This show received media attention, and the opening was …

Every 15 seconds a woman is subjected to domestic violence in the United States. Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior that is used to gain or maintain power and control in an intimate relationship, such as marriage, dating, family, friendship or living together. Anyone can be a victim or perpetrator of domestic violence.

Keeping this in mind, we will be focusing on male batterers and female survivors of domestic violence since this is the “typical” scenario and will be seen most often in treatment facilities. We will discuss substance abuse in both the batterer and the survivor.

When most people think of the relationship between substance abuse and domestic violence they picture an alcoholic husband beating his wife, and while this is one case, it is most certainly not the only. This case suggests a direct correlation between substance abuse and the occurrence of domestic violence. However, most studies show that while they are linked the relationship is not that straightforward.

Alcohol addiction refers to compulsive need to use alcohol or to engage in obsessive behavior focusing on consumption of alcohol to the exclusion of all other aspects of life. A person may have gotten into addiction simply by starting out as drinking for fun and then drinking more and more till the compulsion overshadowed the pleasure. Some started drinking as a means of getting relief from a stressed out lifestyle or as a means of solace. The end result is the same: addiction to alcohol. Alcohol addiction has numerous effects which encompass each and every aspect of an addict’s life. Below is a list of potential effects as result of alcohol consumption:

Physical effects: The alcohol addiction physically affects an individual’s vital body organs causing pancreatic, insulin resistance, liver cirrhosis, heart diseases, alcoholic dementia and nutritional deficiencies. In extreme cases of addiction it could lead to death.

The term counseling intervention has taken on a little different meaning since the A&E show about addictions interventions, although this particular kind of intervention has been around since Vernon Johnson began it in the 1970’s, I believe. To me though, as a domestic violence and anger management trainer, the words counseling intervention mean interventions that I use in my counseling sessions.

Those interventions come from Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential or Experiential models, from the 12 Steps, from Grief Counseling, from journaling models, from Gestalt, from T.A., from any number of counseling models, from brainwave and heart rate variability biofeedback, from sound and light and binaural beat technology, from Chi Gong, but most importantly they reflect my orientation toward Solution Oriented Brief Therapy, Positive Psychology, and the Pillars of Brain Fitness. Brain fitness is a great lifestyle and counseling intervention which is the foundation for the growth of new neurons.

 

Family Therapist Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil – www.DoctorBonnie.com Renowned Family Therapist Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. She also is a New York Times bestselling author with numerous books on the subjects of Infidelity, Adultery, Financial Infidelity, and relationship therapy. family couples therapy family counseling therapy family therapy domestic violence family therapy divorce

 

Theory-Based Treatment Planning for Marriage and Family Therapists: Integrating Theory and Practice

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This text is a treatment planner and theory guide for therapists working from systemic and postmodern approaches. Unlike existing resources, this treatment planner provides a means to directly integrate family therapy theory and practice. By providin

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Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists (The Guilford Family Therapy Series)

Drug and alcohol recovery centers can teach a former addict how to exist in society without falling back into old habits. Unfortunately, even the best rehab facilities in the country can fall short when it comes to preparing you for the holidays. The holiday season evokes lots of emotion in each of us. Thanks to the endless parties and family gatherings that take place, the temptation to abuse substances is everywhere. If you have a loved one who relapses during the holidays, absolutely direct them back to a drug and alcohol recovery center. If you find them to be struggling, here are a few tips on how you can support them and make this trying time a little less traumatic: