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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
by Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D.
Control issues are central to many psychological disorders. Certainly it is the case in battering, and it is also true for anxiety disorders.
The lack of inner control is compensated for by an attachment to controlling what’s external. The external control is experienced as inner control through it, because the “external” that you control on some level defines you. This is more clearly evident in obsessive compulsive disorders.
To read the complete article, please visit: Control Issues – Inner VS Outer Control in Battering and in Anxiety Disorders
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