The Pros And Cons Of Crisis Counseling

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Crisis counseling is constructed in a manner to bring almost immediate relief of pain. Whereas, psychotherapy style counseling takes the time to visit the multilayered stages of the life span, crisis counseling focuses on the right now. Adults whose childhood experiences involve sexual abuse, and have never received counseling for the trauma can develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and if untreated can create a lifetime of challenges for the abuse victim. With this disorder, the abuse victim can stay stuck in the moment of the abuse even decades after it occurred, they can be haunted by smells, materials, words and or sounds. The aforementioned are called triggers. Triggers are those things that causes a victim to recall or relive