Archive for November, 2009

Psychological Help for Patients Victimized by Intimate Partners: A Clinical Advocacy Model

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

When the family wants the patient sick, treatment and recovery are impossible. This is the way it usually appears for all practical purposes. Family members’ defenses protect interpersonal and intergenerational dysfunction…unless the patient is internally inspired and externally supported to break the cycle.

As clinicians we know the patient’s resistance is an integral part of the psychotherapeutic change process. And in the context of therapy we learn to work with it. We use it to create openings in the patient for inquiry, growth and transformation.

To read the complete article, please visit: Psychological Help for Patients Victimized by Intimate Partners: A Clinical Advocacy  Model

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Domestic Violence Survivors – The Language of Victimization

By Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Did you know you can spot a victim of domestic abuse without even hearing about her/his abusive relationship?

When you live in an abusive relationship, you develop interaction and communication patterns that you carry with you in other relationships.

To read the complete article, please visit: Domestic Violence Survivors – The Language of Victimization

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Controlling Relationships and the Look of Anticipated Conquest

by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.

Why do controlling people look and behave a lot like drug addicts just before they score? First, have you ever noticed that they do? I have.

I see this in peoples’ intimate relationships and in their family relationships. In fact, when I observe it, it becomes diagnostic of a “controlling relationship.”

To read the complete article, please visit:  Controlling Relationships and the Look of Anticipated Conquest

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