Discover the underlying trauma or sense of shame that clients are trying to resolve when
working substance abusers.
Not exact matches
Such people may be
substance abusers, but usually in the case of church leaders the problem is an addiction to
work, sex, romance, self - abuse, power or money.
After receiving her Masters in Counseling Psychology, she
worked inside a mega-jail for 3 years, providing mental health evaluation and treatment for criminals and
substance abusers, a skill set which has actually come in handy when raising kids.
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)
The partner of the
substance abuser feels some relief that they can trust in the process and do some of their own
work.
I have
worked with a wide variety of clientele including school - aged children, adults with serious mental illness (Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis),
substance abusers, military personnel (both active duty and retired), and other adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, trauma, marital distress, and phase of life / adjustment problems.
I once
worked at a treatment center with groups of people who were
substance abusers and was amazed at how sustained family conflict could be.
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.
Historical, traditional, and current research based motivational methods of
working with families with
substance abusers will be covered.
The first step in this process was to implement the Strengthening Families Program as initially designed for a multicultural audience, including Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic / Latino and African - Americans, modifications were then made to include three components: 1) an all African - American video was produced with original scripts based on typical family life situations encountered by families of local
substance abusers; 2) all art
work utilized in the program manuals was redrawn to reflect African - American heritage, and 3) certain concepts and terminology used in the program were revised to be more in line with the African - American historical / cultural frame of reference.
Join us for a serious, but enjoyable, conversation with Kevin Petersen, a licensed therapist who specializes in
working with families of
substance abusers.