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How To Conduct Effective Emotional Abuse Counseling

By Sharon Brooks


Emotional harassment is one of the most torturing experiences in the life of a person. The fact that it is insidious and elusive makes it very hard to detect. May people realize when it is too late and maximum damage has been done. Psychological harassment mainly works on the confidence and self worth of a person. Unfortunately, abuse has become very rampant lately. Abuse is experienced in friendships, relationships and between family members too. Emotional abuse counseling is one of the ways to solve this problem.

Shaming, manipulation, and intimidation are some of the other ways that tormentors get to control and subjugate their victims. The habit is brought about by one having childhood wounds and insecurities that have not been dealt with effectively. These abusers do not have any healthy ways of adapting hence resort to bullying others. Due to that, such people cannot sustain meaningful relationships. They often feel powerless, angry, fearful and hurt. Most times, they are victims of personality disorders such as narcissistic, borderline or antisocial personality disorders. Patterns of harassment include aggression, denial and minimizing.

The person who is being harassed turns to minimizing and denial as ways of evading the pressure and stress caused by them. Despite such mechanisms, prolonged exposure to such conditions can have devastating side effects on the person. Among these signs is increased anxiety or depression, isolation from family and friends and lowered self esteem and confidence. One can also experience fearfulness or agitated behavior, escapist behavior and drug addiction.

Once you notice that your behavior has started to change, it is perhaps time to seek professional assistance. You will notice that you can no longer find satisfaction in your social life or work. You will have to start by determining whether the changes are conflicted or abusive. One can do this reality check by using the information in books, the internet, counselors or health professionals.

Like any other major city, Seattle, WA has very many service providers. Most of these experts do not have what it takes to offer effective treatment. Therefore, make sure that the counselor is hire is well experienced. An experienced person will have the necessary skills and capabilities to deal with the problem at hand.

The treatment sessions involve a lot of information sharing between the patient and therapist. Without effective communication and interpersonal skills, this will be very hard. It is paramount, therefore, that you choose a person with good communications skills and capabilities. It will be easy to relate with an expert who has good interpersonal skills.

The individual can also use customer reviews to choose a trustworthy service provider. These reviews are the opinions, views, and experiences of former customers of this expert. One can either log onto the website of this specialist and read the posted comments or ask for reference contacts and make follow ups.

A good counselor is one who also belongs to a professional organization. There are no specific organizations for therapists, however, belonging to any other relevant professional association shows that one confirms to high stands of integrity and professionalism. This therapist will have good core values, work cultures, ethics, and traditions.




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