Beit Gorski is a licensed somatic psychotherapist with more than a decade of experience working with individuals, families, children, groups, and communities impacted by anxiety and depression, attachment challenges, and trauma
including spiritual abuse, intimate partner violence / domestic violence, and systemic oppression.
Not exact matches
I can't say that enough to all of the people here (and
including myself) who have experienced
abuse: physical, emotional, sexual or
spiritual.
SGM evoked a religious freedom defense in 2013 when the confidentiality of its pastoral counseling was challenged, stating, «SGM believes that allowing courts to second - guess pastoral guidance would represent a blow to the First Amendment that would hinder, not help, families seeking
spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin
including child sexual
abuse.»
Warnock means well for the church,
including Driscoll, but I fear he underestimates the importance and impact of the story that is unfolding for the countless people who have suffered or are suffering from
spiritual abuse.
I do believe
spiritual abuse is rampant, that systems perpetually pull towards inhumane policies and treatment of people, and that all kinds of harmful ideas, attitudes and behaviours run rampant inside systems,
including the church.
«SGM believes that allowing courts to second - guess pastoral guidance would represent a blow to the First Amendment that would hinder, not help, families seeking
spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin
including child sexual
abuse,» a representative of SGM said in a November 14 statement.
Abuse is defined as «to misuse, or to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way,» and includes physical, sexual, emotional, digital, economic, psychological, verbal, spiritual abuse and
Abuse is defined as «to misuse, or to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way,» and
includes physical, sexual, emotional, digital, economic, psychological, verbal,
spiritual abuse and
abuse and more.
Even though we label this
abuse «sexual,» it is not merely sexual, since it
includes other types of
abuse such as emotional, psychological, and
spiritual abuse as well.
I have focused more on the privileges and
abuses of power because I think it is the core consideration about communities,
including religious or
spiritual ones.
Individuals struggling with issues of aloneness, emptiness, depression, self - esteem, anger, or violence; addiction problems
including weight problems and food addiction, drug and alcohol addiction, relationship, love and sex addiction; personal issues
including childhood physical, sexual, emotional and
spiritual abuse; shame, lack of motivation and goal achievement, and problems at work.
(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person,
including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate,
including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and
spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been
abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child
abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.
Areas of Clinical Interest: Anxiety, depression and suicidality, postpartum depression, trauma and
abuse, relationship counseling
including couples therapy and premarital counseling, sexual difficulties, anger management problems,
spiritual crisis, grief and loss.
Tools I use
include CBT, EMDR, hypnosis, coping skills,
spiritual support, dream analysis, stress reduction, and various techniques for dealing with substance
abuse.
«I have experience in treating clients with a variety of concerns,
including self - esteem, coping, depression, anxiety, eating disorders and recovery from sexual, physical,
spiritual or emotional
abuse.
«Treatment specialization
includes: * Depression * Anxiety * Panic and phobias * Relationship issues * Couples * Parenting and family Issues * Health * Pain * Eating and body image * Grief and loss * GLBT * Work and career * Stress management * Family of origin issues * Post Traumatic Stress Disorder * Trauma and
abuse * Sexual identity issues *
Spiritual issues * Stage of life issues»
My clients struggle with many issues
including depression, anxiety, sexual
abuse, past trauma, eating disorders, self - harm, infidelity, marriage problems,
spiritual concerns, and more.
It can
include physical, verbal, sexual, emotional, social, financial and
spiritual abuse, as well as stalking.
Family violence can
include a range of behaviours,
including physical, verbal, sexual, emotional, social, financial and / or
spiritual abuse, or stalking.
Jenna's areas of expertise
include couples and relationship counseling, past trauma and
abuse, mood disorders, anxiety / stress, life transitions, grief & loss,
spiritual direction, and life coaching.
Our therapist's specialty areas
include Couples Therapy, Substance
Abuse Treatment, Addiction, Grief, Trauma, Adolescent Issues, Parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Depression, Anxiety,
Spiritual Formation, Conflict Resolution & Life Transitions.
These
include psychological, verbal, financial,
spiritual, emotional, sexual, stalking and physical
abuse and targets of all sexual identities and genders.
Clinical interests of mine
include children of
abuse neglect, children of divorce or other family conflict, adolescents and identity development, men's issues, veterans and their families, and religious /
spiritual problems.
Juanita provides professional services,
including clinical assessments for young adults, adults, older adults, adolescents (Middle School and High School aged), couples, and families who present with clinical issues to
include Anxiety, Depression, Adjustment, PTSD, Grief and Loss, Behavioral,
Spiritual, Substance
Abuse, Communication, Anger, and Other Life Issues.
Across the nation, more than 3000 pastoral counselors provide a variety of services
including treatment for persons with mental disorders; counseling for adults, adolescents, children, families and couples; substance
abuse treatment; wellness programs; religious retreats;
spiritual direction; clinical training; consultation to corporations; outreach preventive services in prisons, military settings and schools; and community education.
Trauma may come from various origins; some may
include the individual's experience of rape, emotional
abuse, mental
abuse,
spiritual abuse, physical
abuse, sexual
abuse, abandonment, and rejection.
Our counseling areas
include individual, family, marriage and couples counseling, child and adolescent counseling and testing, drug and alcohol
abuse, trauma, depression, anxiety, mediation, divorce,
spiritual growth and a multitude of other issues.
I offer a safe, supportive and confidential space to work with all kinds of issues
including: anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma, life - changes, sexual -
abuse and
spiritual crisis.
(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person,
including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate,
including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and
spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been
abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child
abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary
Our therapist's specialty areas
include Couples Therapy, Substance
Abuse Treatment, Addiction, Grief, Trauma, Adolescent Issues, Parenting, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Depression, Anxiety,
Spiritual Formation, Conflict Resolution & Life Transitions... [More...]
She has provided individual counselling sessions to a wide range of clients and the areas of work she covers
include bereavement, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, issues related to immigration, shame and guilt, feelings or emptiness and isolation, relationship problems, the impact of ill - health and
spiritual / religious
abuse and
spiritual / existential issues.
Including: substance
abuse education, nutritional support for recovery, trauma and healing, women's wellness program, grief and loss, how to say no - setting limits, GLBTQ issues and aftercare, stress reduction, conflict resolution techniques, parenting, therapeutic humor as healing.We use leading edge techniques to help people heal: Gestalt Therapy (holistic, mind / body approach), Psychodrama, Meditation, Expressive Arts Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Reframing, Community Reinforcement, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, The Work, Therapeutic Humor,
Spiritual Support.