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Children and Domestic Violence. They Know.

Gary Direnfeld

This post addresses domestic violence. ?————— Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. Trigger warning. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

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The Hit that Reverberated to Adulthood

Gary Direnfeld

This post describes domestic violence. With that she dismissed the impact of domestic violence and downplayed the fact that with that hit, she and her mom learned never to cross him again. Domestic violence. Trigger warning. ——— She said she only saw her dad hit her mom once. She did learn.

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Couple Counseling? Maybe in timeā€¦.

Gary Direnfeld

I always screen referrals for domestic violence as well as substance use. Therein we can develop a risk profile for the likelihood of future violence. If a partner discloses issues of violence or abuse, it can upset the other who engages in such behavior. I recently declined two requests for couple counseling.

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Even When So Young, They Know.

Gary Direnfeld

The behavior between the partner and mom, that is referred to as domestic violence. It is also referred to as intimate partner violence. People don’t have to be physically touched or hurt for this behavior to be labled violence. Already, in a child this young, the child felt a need to be protective of their parent.

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Couple Counseling: Is It Safe?

Gary Direnfeld

Safety is code for concerns of domestic violence. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

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How Becoming an Adjunct Improved My Social Work Practice

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Editorā€™s Note: Christa McCrorie (she/her), LICSW-PIP, is an adjunct instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a social worker with a private practice, Creative Therapeutic Solutions, LLC, where she specializes in queer needs and trauma processing.

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The Fear Wasnā€™t of School

Gary Direnfeld

Trigger warning: This post addresses domestic violence and child awareness. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. ——— The issue was the child’s fear of going to school. We talked about the parental relationship.

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