Addiction : Trauma And Resiliency

UNE Trauma Module 1: Practitioner Lens Journal Trauma Concepts Related to Personal Experiences I believe my own experiences have helped me with an American Indian or Native expertise. I am a Chief’s daughter and have experienced first-hand the effects of intergenerational or cross-generational trauma. Those effects spiraled down and led me into some bad behaviors which only intensified my complex trauma responses. I have had to heal and overcome from many types of trauma. In my first years in

main cause of trauma, intergenerational trauma, and marginalization of Canadian Aboriginal women who have lost their sense of health and wellness, which has led to countless disappearances and murders. Trauma can be defined as an “extreme, important event against a person’s body or self-concept” (Frideres, 2011, p. 80), and unless measures are taken to counteract the serious injury and harm caused by trauma it can result in the inability of a person to self-heal (Frideres, 2011). Trauma in Aboriginal

people hold onto when they are a product of an unhappy childhood and at the same time they proclaim the resiliency of those who are able to survive. Frank McCourt rose up from the despair of his childhood to create this touching memoir that really made me wonder how he survived to become a teacher and author. It also made me question how many of my students are struggling with hunger, poverty, addiction, and family strife similar to McCourt. We really do not know the burdens others carry, do we? As I

all, get him addressed by a doctor before implementing community and agency resources as necessary. Part 2: Describe Donna’s situation from a strengths based approach. When watching this documentary, I only saw Donna’s life story as one full of resiliency. It was very difficult for me to focus on her deficits within a problem solving approach and to ignore her strengths. To begin, it is vital to examine Donna’s childhood adversities and her ability to overcome those hardships and prevent them from

experiences but act as guidance figures in client’s lives towards their healing (Denis-Friske, 2014). As victims of abuse, giving people the time and space to create their own meanings in narrative making and focus on their inner character’s strength and resiliency, people are made experts of their own lives by authoring their own stories and taking into control how they want to perceive their situation – in spite of adversity, strength can be recovered from deep within. It is important that counselors empower

Canadian reserves. As mentioned in the case study, the client has endured familial abuse and addictions. The client has resorted to poor coping mechanisms through substance abuse in order to cope with his unresolved trauma, and this has lead him to develop unhealthy behaviours. The system has failed Johnny by not providing him with the necessary skills he needs in order to overcome his trauma and addictions. These coping mechanisms have lead Johnny to act out in public, which has lead into him having

Blau, Tatum, and Goldberg (2013) indicated that burnout has been studied in various mental health workers, including; case managers, psychologist, psychotherapist, social workers, rehabilitation counselor, and intensive care workers. Due to the nature of the field and high involvement with the others, mental health workers are likely to experience burnout (Sangganjanavanich & Balkin, 2010). Multiple job duties can cause unnecessary stress within the work environment when daily task is not managed

Treatment Centers (NET), is a non-profit, licensed and accreditations organization. NET provide services for multiple populations based on the need assessed for the individual and or family. These services range from behavioral health, mental health, addiction, foster care, community-based, residential, and in-home social services to adults, adolescents, children and families. The agency has been in existence for over 40 years it was founded in 1970, NET is one of the largest behavioral health and social

able to realise own potential, this encourages a healthy mental state. By being able to cope with normal stresses of life, this indicates that the person has resiliency throughout events that are considered normal. Tragic events that result in PTSD occurring are not ‘normal’ and therefore this means that even though the person has resiliency and can cope with normal stresses, tragic and

I am currently working with a 30-year-old male who comes from a lower socioeconomic background. He has a history of incarceration, abuse, and addiction to drugs. He is currently sober, and has been for a few years. He is currently married, has three children, and is currently unemployed. He is living with his wife, children, and two siblings. They live in a 3-bedroom apartment, with his brother and sister. His wife is the only source of income for his family, and he does odd jobs to help pay for