Living with a convicted sex abuser-professional support for female partnersRecent legislation with regard to the surveillance of former sex offenders in the community, together with innovations in social work practice with those offenders, has obvious merits. But there has been inadequate research into...
This study developed an understanding of the experiences of parents whose adolescent children became dependent on alcohol and / or drugs. A qualitative review explored the process that parents experienced, how they sought intervention and the ways in which support systems aided or hindered. Thirty ...
and the father of her children. But what friends and family didn’t know was that the Texas real estate tycoon who set her up with a luxurious life in Dallas was also her abuser. When she asked him for a divorce, the violence against...
though these do all appear to report similar themes that indicate a degree of reliability in MAP accounts of their experiences. In one of the earliest analyses, Houtepen et al. (2016) reported how some MAPs liken their sexual development to other forms of sexuality, with an early age of re...
You might be unsure of yourself if you are with an abuser because they can so easily turn on the charm or say, “C’mon, aren’t you being too sensitive? What’s the matter with you?” And there you are again, back in the cycle of abuse. ...
Interviews with 30 mothers who experienced severe or potentially life-threatening domestic violence and 5 adults who experienced domestic violence in childhood were qualitatively analyzed using thematic analysis, revealing five major themes: ongoing communication, appeasing the abuser, soothing activities, exp...
An experience of shared reality, in which older parents live with abusive adult children, is known as part of the elder abuse phenomenon (Lachs and Pillemer, 2004). It is estimated that between 35% and 75% of adults with mental illness reside with family members, especially parents (Kaufman...
For example, a homeless woman who is severely mentally ill and trades sex because she has no other income may need assistance with completing paperwork so that she can receive public assistance. Alternatively, a woman who is dependent financially on an abusive partner may need help finding a ...
and no change will ever happen. Shame and guilt have an annoying habit of not permitting adaptation to occur. Drink far less or not at all. If you don’t drink. Note if you disassociate and zone out to cope with the stress. Then work to look at what is happening around you. What ...
before we were in grade school doesn’t really count as an influence.) Instead, it has been an abysmal embarrassment in an otherwise great country. (We can no longer conflate the government with the country – the country is the people that make it up, and not the entity that sits in ...