Tag: Domestic Violence

 

Couples Therapy with Emotional/Verbal and Psychological Abuse

Therapeutic Issues in Couples Therapy with Emotional/Verbal (Psychological) Abuse Moshe Rozdzial, PhD, LPC*   Intimate partner (domestic) abuse is a pattern of physical, emotional, verbal (psychological), and sexual mistreatment to gain and maintain differential power and control within an intimate relationship.  Verbal and emotional abuse in relationship are part of a range of coercive behaviors […]

LGBT Couples Therapy with Psychological Abuse

Working with Gay and Lesbian Couples with Emotional/Verbal (Psychological) Abuse Moshe Rozdzial, PhD, LPC*.   Intimate partner abuse exempts no race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or social status. On a daily basis, issues of dominance, power, and control in relationships are rooted in the oppressive systems to which we are all conditioned. Heterosexual hegemony normalizes […]

Brainspotting: A New Model for Healing

BRAINSPOTTING is: -A Highly effective, Brain-Based therapy. -A Proceedure that engages the whole Mind-Body interrelationship. -A tool that allows for trauma work using the body’s natural internal support system known as resourcing. -A Process that supports deep healing and new understanding and growth.   What is  Brainspotting?: Resource BRAINSPOTTING utilizes the body’s capacity to engage […]

Domestic Violence and Abuse in the Gay/LGBT Community

Domestic Violence and Abuse in the Gay/LGBT community Domestic abuse and violence is blind to sexual orientation or social status. On a Daily basis, Issues of dominance, power, and control in relationships are rooted in the fabric of the oppressive systems we live in. Although there is overlap between the issues faced by survivors of […]

Anger Management and Anger Counseling

Anger Management and Anger Counseling Do you feel angry a lot of the time? Are you worried that your anger is out-of-control? Is your anger hurting your personal relationships and work? Do you think you have to get angry to get what you want? Does your anger cycle continue after the triggering event has passed? […]

Trauma, PTSD, Abuse Counseling: EMDR and Brainspotting Treatment

Trauma, PTSD and Abuse Counseling Are you experiencing intrusive thoughts or memories of past events? Are you fearful of the future? Do you get startled easily? Do you experience heightened alertness or anxiety when in public? Do you dissociate, lose time, or go into a “trance” to escape fear? The causes of your distress may […]