why is angela davis always right?
i've been reading hundreds of pages about intimate partner violence and ohmigawd, it's so overwhelming. and i got so worked up about how we rely on the law and legal matters as solutions to end this violence when the laws and the state and soceital perpetuations of patriarchal terrorism are culpable?! oh, i am dizzy.
i am nervous/excited about all my classes, the class i have been reading for (advanced topics in domestic violence) is going to kick my ass. it will force me to re-visit all of the intense stuff i used to do when i volunteered at middle way. so far, reading all about it feels phony, like i should be out there using my strengths to stop this shit.
in other news, i met my patients today at the cfp. i'll be working on individual therpay with two men, neither of whom committed particularly violent offenses. they are pretty good and i look forward to working with them and tackling areas of dual diagnosis and symptom management. i also talked on the phone with one of their sisters today and that was exciting and we set up times for family therapy. i think i will like family therapy!
reading about violence makes me think about all the violent times in my life. like when i got into fistfights in middle school all the time. or the misogynist high school boyfriend i had that attempted to psychologically abuse me. and for some reason, i can't stop thinking about the time when i was 20 that my male friend held me down and paid his friend to hit me while i kept screaming and begging for him to stop. i hate that guy.
i am nervous/excited about all my classes, the class i have been reading for (advanced topics in domestic violence) is going to kick my ass. it will force me to re-visit all of the intense stuff i used to do when i volunteered at middle way. so far, reading all about it feels phony, like i should be out there using my strengths to stop this shit.
in other news, i met my patients today at the cfp. i'll be working on individual therpay with two men, neither of whom committed particularly violent offenses. they are pretty good and i look forward to working with them and tackling areas of dual diagnosis and symptom management. i also talked on the phone with one of their sisters today and that was exciting and we set up times for family therapy. i think i will like family therapy!
reading about violence makes me think about all the violent times in my life. like when i got into fistfights in middle school all the time. or the misogynist high school boyfriend i had that attempted to psychologically abuse me. and for some reason, i can't stop thinking about the time when i was 20 that my male friend held me down and paid his friend to hit me while i kept screaming and begging for him to stop. i hate that guy.