My clientele has ranged from children (ages 4 - 17), adults, juveniles coming out of the court system returning to their families, couples, families, and both adult and
adolescent substance abusers.
Longitudinal association between frequency of use and quality of life among
adolescent substance abusers.
Profiling
adolescent substance abusers by therapeutic alliance.
Not exact matches
Although specializing in children and
adolescents, I have experience with juvenile and adult offenders,
substance abusers, and those experiencing depression, anxiety, anger management and adjustment issues.
Abuse and the media / Abuse or neglect / Abused children / Acceptance (1) / Acceptance (2) / Activities (1) / Activities (2) / Activities (3) / Activities (4) / Activities (5) / Activity / Activity groups / Activity planning / Activity programming / AD / HD approaches / Adhesive Learners / Admissions planning / Adolescence (1) / Adolescence (2) /
Adolescent abusers /
Adolescent male sexual
abusers /
Adolescent sexual
abusers /
Adolescent substance abuse /
Adolescents and
substance abuse /
Adolescents in residential care / Adult attention / Adult attitudes / Adult tasks and treatment provision / Adultism / Adults as enemies / Adults on the team (50 years ago) / Advocacy / Advocacy — children and parents / Affiliation of rejected youth / Affirmation / After residential care / Aggression (1) / Aggression (2) / Aggression (3) / Aggression (4) / Aggression and counter-aggression / Aggression replacement training / Aggression in youth / Aggressive behavior in schools / Aggressive / researchers / AIDS orphans in Uganda / Al Trieschman / Alleviation of stress / Alternative discipline / Alternatives to residential care / Altruism / Ambiguity / An apprenticeship of distress / An arena for learning / An interventive moment / Anger in a disturbed child / Antisocial behavior / Anxiety (1) / Anxiety (2) / Anxious anxiety / Anxious children / Appointments: The panel interview / Approach / Approach to family work / Art / Art of leadership / Arts for offenders / Art therapy (1) / Art therapy (2) / Art therapy (3) / A.S. Neill / Assaultive incidents / Assessing strengths / Assessment (1) / Assessment (2) / Assessment (3) / Assessment and planning / Assessment and treatment / Assessments / Assessment of problems / Assessment with care / Assign appropriate responsibility / Assisting transition / «At - risk» / / Attachment (1) / Attachment (2) / Attachment (3) / Attachment (4) / Attachment and attachment behavior / Attachment and autonomy / Attachment and loss / Attachment and placed children / Attachment issue / Attachment representations / Attachment: Research and practice / Attachment with staff / Attention giving and receiving / Attention seeking / Attitude control / Authority (1) / Authority (2) / Authority, control and respect / Awareness (1) / Awareness (2)
Previous studies suggested that early childhood trauma can lead to an array of negative health outcomes and behaviors, including
substance abuse, among both
adolescents and adults.22 — 25 For example, childhood physical and sexual abuse has been shown to be associated with illegal drug use.26 — 28 Although these studies provide evidence that most
substance abusers come from abusive homes, many of these studies have taken a «categorical» approach to examine the relationship between 1 or 2 forms of these childhood exposures and subsequent drug abuse; few studies have examined illicit drug use and abuse in relation to multiple disturbing or stressful childhood exposures.
In the clinical literature, the importance of family - based interventions for
substance abuse has remained widely accepted (Craig, 1993), and family therapy is frequently implemented with
adolescent abusers (cf. Selekman & Todd, 1991).
As a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern she has spent her intern hours working with
adolescent and adult
substance abusers in both inpatient and outpatient facilities.