By: Maria Castro
About Jeffery
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 Professor at Heritage
University
 Licensed Mental Health
Counselor at Triumph
Treatment Services
 Working as Mental
Health Counselor for
23years
Chose profession because:
 he is fascinated by
psychology &
counseling
 Enjoys helping others
About Triumph Treatment
Services
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 Triumph Treatment
Services is a
comprehensive non-profit
agency serving Yakima
county
 Founded in 1961 as a
small outpatient
alcoholism treatment
center,
 Since then has added
three residential chemical
dependency treatment
facilities
Services the organization
offers
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 Triumph is multifaceted, providing a continuum of
care for chemically dependent individuals and their
families.
 Offer assessment, intensive outpatient services,
stabilization group, relapse prevention, family
programs, residential treatment, alcohol and drug
information school (ADIS), and housing in Yakima,
Washington.
Job Duties, a typical day
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 Jeffrey sees patients all day
 On Wednesdays 9:00am -12:30pm is for clinical staff
meeting and supervision
 Friday client sessions 9:00am-4:00pm
 (usually sees one person per hour)
 ½ hour lunch break every day
 Sees clients with “dual diagnosis”
 Examples substance abuse and mental
health diagnoses
Job Duties, a typical day
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 Sees clients with “dual diagnosis”
 Example of dual diagnosis substance abuse and
mental health diagnoses
 use Triumph's online charting system to document clientrelated activities
Most enjoys about his job
is
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 He enjoys the teamwork between the chemical
dependency, mental health, parenting support, and
housing management
 Likes that they come together and are there for each
other through out the process to best benefit the
patients
Does not like about the job
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 It is hard to see success
 They put a lot of work into helping their clients and
when they leave the program early and go back to
violent relationships or relapse it is very
discouraging
 Especially after seeing what they are capable of
If change could be made it
would be
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 To increase funding for programs
 There are not enough mental health counselors and
he thinks there should be more but there are not
enough funds for more counselors
Jeff believes child/elder abuse, neglect,
domestic violence is caused by
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Children:
 Drug & alcohol abuse
from parents, guardians
or the abuser
 Growing up in violence
 Witnessing violence
 Following the cycle
because they were not
told otherwise
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Elder:
Drug & Alcohol abuse
Dementia & Alzheimer's
disease because the people
caring for them sometimes
become frustrated and
impatient
in elder men depression
can cause neglect and abuse
Depression is under
diagnosed
Believes are the essential
elements of intervention
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 Team work
 Cooperation between the court, social services,
mental health services, chemical dependency,
parenting support, schools & job trainings
 Because abuse can be involved with all these there
should be interaction between services to help the
client and know where the client stands at all times
Essential elements of
prevention
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 Education on abuse and domestic violence in
5th or 6th grade seems appropriate for him
 Education can help a child understand that
he/she is living in a domestic violent home
 Teach them violence is the wrong way to
solve issues
 with substance abuse it can help them realize
they come from generations of drug/alcohol
abuse and be aware that they can easily
become addicted
 Education can also help because there are
many mental problems that can cause
people to become abusive being aware of
mental problems can prevent abuse
sometimes
Future social workers should
know
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 That families keep
secretes they might not
be saying what is really
going on
 Should be aware of
signs always keep eyes
and ears open
 Sometimes abuse can
be happening where
they do not suspect it
Future social workers should
know
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What does not help victims
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 Asking them
 Why do you stay
 Why don’t you get out
 This does not help them
because it makes them
think their friends and
family think little of
them.
 And it cuts down on
their self-esteem
Commonalities in victims
of domestic violence
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 They have low self-esteem
 No confidence
 Are or become depressed
What has been the hardest
thing to overcome in your job
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 The hardest thing has been clients relapsing after
making a change and seeing a different side of them
 Returning to a domestic violence relationship after
showing progress
Advice for someone who
knows a victim
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 Listen to the victim
 Be supportive and
available to help
Be educated
 Be aware of the signs of
domestic violence and
resources
 be informed of places
to go for help have a
plan
Here is the link to the organization if
anyone wants to look more into it.
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 http://www.triumphtx.org/index.html