-RRB-, child trauma cases are often highly charged and ``... this can cause problems for therapists who are susceptible to splitting, or parallel process, rescuing, collusion and
other dysfunctional behaviors.
Not exact matches
Other times, they may be aware their
behavior is wrong (although they are less likely to see it as abusive) and simply think they have to act that way to remain part of the
dysfunctional system they are in.
That's why people who are unable to establish and maintain attachments fall victim to depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addictions,
dysfunctional relationships, and
other unhealthy
behaviors in an attempt to avoid despair and loneliness as they seek happiness that they can't find without first repairing their ability to form healthy attachments to
others.
If you are a professional (lawyer, counselor, evaluator, parenting coordinator, mediator, judge), then you may be concerned that
other professionals will not really understand the seriousness of one of the parent's
dysfunctional behavior.
A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems,
dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem
behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with
other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.
I believe that one's past experiences can result in issues of depression, anxiety, codependence, addiction, and a myriad of
other issues that can arise from ongoing
dysfunctional beliefs and
behaviors.
When the analysis was conducted on the entire sample, results indicated that global and to a lesser extent proximal measures of child
behavior problems and personal distress made modest contributions to
dysfunctional parenting, with neither child
behavior problems or personal distress playing a more important role than the
other.
Clinicians trained in
other approaches (psychodynamic, cognitivism, cognitive - behavioural, family therapy, hypnosis, Gestalt, etc.) find that EMDR allows them to use what they already know regarding the client's history: EMDR therapy helps identify the earlier memories that cause maladaptive defenses and intra-psychic mechanisms and facilitates the processing of those memories and experiences, that are likely causing
dysfunctional behavior and irrational cognitions.
On one side, in fact, the massage context might have acted as a buffering factor, preventing the mothers from enacting
dysfunctional behaviors that otherwise could have been adopted; on the
other hand, instead, finding themselves in a new situation and being asked to do something new (massaging their babies while being videotaped) might have made interactions more challenging for these women.