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Archive August 20, 2020

Domestic Violence

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Domestic Violence

  • On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
  • 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, 
  • 1 in 3 female murder victims and 1 in 20 male murder victims are killed by intimate partners.
  • Victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8,000,000 million days of paid work each year, the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.
  • Intimate partner violence is estimated to cost the US economy between $5.8 billion and $12.6 billion

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CONFLICT RESOLUTION

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From the schoolyard to the workplace or personal or family circle, we experience conflict in every stage of our life. The ability to resolve conflicts with one another is a critical life skill, especially in today’s divisive and competitive world. At Your Life Change Center, we encourage participants to work out disputes for themselves whether they arise on or off these places. The term conflict resolution may also be used interchangeably with dispute resolution, where arbitration and litigation processes are critically involved. The concept of conflict resolution can be thought to encompass the use of nonviolent resistance measures by conflicted parties in an attempt to promote effective resolution

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Anxiety: cognitive behavioral therapy is the most effective form of psychotherapy for generalized anxiety disorder

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Anxiety 

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress and can be beneficial in some situations. It can alert us to dangers and help us prepare and pay attention.

Anxiety disorders differ from normal feelings of nervousness or anxiousness and involve excessive fear or anxiety. Anxiety disorders are the most common of mental disorders and affect more than 25 million Americans. But anxiety disorders are treatable and a number of effective treatments are available. Treatment helps most people lead normal productive lives.

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Depression: breakthroughs in Individual Therapy

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Depression: breakthroughs in Individual Therapy

  • A major depressive disorder is a serious medical illness affecting an estimated 18 million American adults.
  • CDC estimates that 8.1 percent of American adults ages 20 and over had depression in any given 2-week period from 2013 to 2016.
  • One in eight middle-aged women in the United States has depression, a new report finds.
  • This means that women ages 40 to 59 have the highest rate of depression (12.3 percent) of any group based on age and gender in the U.S., according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • Among Americans ages 12 and older, 9.5 percent of females and 5.6 percent of males had moderate or severe depression
  •  Abuse. Past physical, sexual, or emotional abuse can cause depression later in life.
  • The focus of Individual Therapy efforts center on areas of individuals’ lives that they have a concern. These areas commonly involve conditions that are causing a great deal of distress in the individual’s life.  Individual therapy has proven fundamental in treating depression.

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