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Suicide & Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)

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Suicide & Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)

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American Counseling Association. (n.d.). Suicide Assessment.

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Within the introductory activities, I engaged with my peers in a way that I have not before. It was great that so many peers commented and asked questions about my current work in trauma-informed care and that I was able to give additional resources for them. They also informed me of connections between my content and their respective communities which was great to see the research showing across the country!

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The reference guide assignment was one of my favorite assignments since starting graduate school. This assignment forced us to research each disorder and explore the varieties of how those disorders could present. I learned a lot about disorders I currently do not work with and this was a great tool for the future that I plan to keep with me in my profession!

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Cover of the ACA - Code of Ethics (2014)

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American Counseling Association - Code of Ethics

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American Counseling Association - Code of Ethics

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The ACA Code of Ethics is the standard for all counseling related fields. This is the foundation for the work that I will be doing while working either in hospitalization or residential treatment programs. These ethics are the base line for best practices and can serve as a great tool for anyone in the helping professions with ethical dilemmas or questions.

Reference:
American Counseling Association. (2014). 2014 ACA Code of Ethics. Retrieved from the ACA website at https://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf

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Chad Grubb is a current Master of Arts in Mental Health and Wellness Counseling candidate at Angelo State University. He serves as a Residential Manager at George Junior Republic in PA where he oversees the treatment staff and persons served in one of the Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) programs. This "Padlet" is a requirement for the EDG 6332 - Intro to Trauma, Crisis, and Mental Health Concerns course which is required for degree conferment.

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Surviving Narcissists & Psychopaths (Meijer, 2019)

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Surviving Narcissists & Psychopaths (Meijer, 2019)

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Watching this documentary was very engaging and the personal experiences of the producer and all those interviewed gave a great amount of insight into the scope of narcissistic and psychopathic abuse. Their stories gave a variety of abuse types (physical or psychological) and the expertise were a profoundly great resource to be added. This project allowed me, as a young professional, to learn about the direct impact of abuse and the long term effects on the wellbeing of others. This also helped me to be able to identify a variety of warning signs for narcissistic personalities when working with at-risk populations.

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National Institute of Mental Health. (2017, June 8). ASQ Toolkit Summary

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Surviving Nacissists & Psychopaths - Reflection & References

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Surviving Nacissists & Psychopaths - Reflection & References

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The documentary Surviving Narcissists and Psychopaths by Alessa Meijer explores the stories of three victims of physical and/or emotional abuse at the hands of individuals who are narcissists, psychopaths, or both. Throughout the documentary, the three victims explore a variety of components to the abuse associated with narcissist abuse which include issues with aggressive outbursts, gaslighting, confusion ,empathy, and more (Meijer, 2019).

One of the biggest things that I learned from this documentary was a concept created in 1995 by one of the specialists, Sam Vaknin. This concept is known as “Abuse by Proxy” and involves the perpetrator recruiting third parties (friends, police officers, therapists, etc.) and making them believe that the victim is actually the perpetrator and, thus, they become additional perpetrators of the abuse (Vaknin, n.d.). These third party, and usually unsuspecting followers, are known as “flying monkeys” who are manipulated by the perpetrator into thinking they are doing good by negatively impacting the real victim (Meijer, 2019).

Something that I found very interesting was that the documentary discussed that most individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder are also psychopaths (Meijer, 2019). This makes sense to me since both narcissists and psychopaths present a lack of remorse or empathy towards others. It is later discussed that this empathy can appear but only when the emotions directly impact the perpetrator and not the victim (Meijer, 2019).

This documentary exceeded my expectations. I thought that the documentary was very well created and the narrative structure made this complex topic very easy to follow and understand. I thought it was incredible that the director/producer of the documentary, Alessa Meijer, was also one of the victims that were sharing their stories throughout. This personal touch made gave this documentary more engaging and helped to show the need for education in this field by showing the lengths that victims are willing to go in order to be heard after years of psychological or physical abuse.

References:

Meijer, A.. (2019). Narcissistic Abuse Documentary (Video). YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfE-u2NzyQw

Vaknin, S. (n.d.). Abuse by Proxy. Published in Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited. Retrieved from the Vaknin website at https://samvak.tripod.com/abuse11.html

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Westers, N.J., Muehlenkamp, J.J., & Lau, M. (2016). SOARS model: Risk assessment of nonsuicidal self-injury. Cotemporary Pediatrics, 33, 25-31. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306013616_SOARS_Model_Risk_Assessment_of_Nonsuicidal_Self-Injury