Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence is a problem sweeping the nation. This problem can affect anyone from anywhere but is generally acting out upon children and adult women in abusive relationships. Domestic violence is emotionally and physically scarring for anyone involved, and as a result could take multiple intervention meetings to begin to understand the issue, alleviate the associated problems, and to assist the victim in getting back on his or her feet. The consequences of abuse include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and self-harm. Children may begin to act differently to their usual behavior - withdrawal is very common, as is self-harming (Khan, 2012). There are two ways that people can consider interventions for victims of domestic violence. These two methods are short-term solutions and long-term solutions. Short- term solutions are simply putting the victim into short-term counseling sessions and getting them started with local advocacy groups to help them be able to recognize the problems they have as well as the warning signs before the problems get out of hand. These local resources also help the victim understand that their situation can always be different and provide them with contacts to reach out to in the case of an emergency. Local advocacy groups help the victim get the help they need before it is too late. The other method of intervention for victims of domestic violence, or the long-term solutions, is to go through a longer process of the short term method. The victims of short-term method counseling often recognize that they have a problem and are willing to get the help that they need. Those who have a long history of long-term methods often do not realize they have a problem or are not willing to admit it. To go about the long-term solution, first the problem is assessed, and the intervention begins. This long-term problem solution can describe Crisis Intervention. To assess the problem, the social worker must first assess the