Posts Tagged ‘family members’

by US Army Africa

If you are thinking of establishing your career in the field of psychology than among the different options that will allow you to explore your opportunities and learn new things every day is a trauma counseling degree. In this career, a professional has to implement mental-health programs through working with different people to help them find a solution for their problems via a series of the traditional and institutional techniques.

There are different schools that allow you to earn a trauma counseling psychology degree. After getting your degree you will need to get a license to perform research on different therapeutic models and methods and work as a private psychologist / counselor.

A question I’m asked quite frequently of someone seeking psychotherapy is, “How do I find the right psychotherapist for me?” The first thing I recommend is ask around for a referral from family members, friends, and coworkers. It is then I realize there is still a stigma around getting psychological help. Many people just don’t feel comfortable asking people in their own lives. Either they don’t want others to know that they need help; or they’re afraid of making other people uncomfortable if they asked them!

1. Ask people you know for a suggestion.

My first suggestion is still to ask around (those who you feel comfortable asking). In the meantime, I guess we have to do more educating about psychological problems so that people do not feel judged when they need help.

by ileileileileile

One of the best things about residential treatment centers, apart from the fact that they change people’s lives for good, is that you can find out a lot about them. That’s important. You want to make sure you are doing the very best for the member of your family who is in need.

There are two main ways to learn all about most residential treatment centers. The first is to read their brochure and/or web site and the second is to ask. And you can ask the center itself or some of its former residents and their families. There are other sources of information too including your local state health department and even your family doctor.

My daughter is a licensed family therapist. One day she sent me an email, asking if I was familiar with ambiguous loss. Though I’ve studied grief for years and written six grief resources, I wasn’t familiar with the term. Now I know more about it.

This loss is one without closure. There is no body or death certificate, for one thing. All of the families associated with September 11th have suffered ambiguous loss. You may be experiencing this loss if a parent has Alzheimer’s, a sibling has chronic mental illness, a runaway child has never been found, or a military spouse is missing in Afghanistan.

The term was coined by Pauline Boss, PhD, of the University of Minnesota. It came from her research and the clinical studies she has been conducting since 1974. Dr. Boss retired from the U of M and is currently a therapist in private practice. She thinks this type of loss is the most devastating of all “because it remains unclear, indeterminate.” Boss goes on to explain the power of this loss in her book, Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief.