This episode begins the arc on abuse in our season on Mental Health in the Church. Susette and Brandon discuss different types of abuse and how they should be properly addressed in their professional perspectives. We will recognize the different forms in which people experience abuse, how we can address it and efforts to take towards a recovery process.
Abuse: a pattern of behavior used by one person to gain and maintain POWER and CONTROL over another.
Types of abuse: Physical, Emotional/Verbal, Sexual, Spiritual Abuse, Mental/Psychological, Financial/Economic (adult protected groups or rich kids), Cultural (using someone's culture to gain power over someone; e.g., undocumented worker), Neglect (in protected groups)
Spectrum of abuse
Trauma informed, abuse informed
Contemplative and compassionate perspective of life
Freedom
Strategies we form to avoid pain we need to face such as grief and lament
Mandated reporting
RESOURCES
