According to the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 20 percent of all marriages and partnerships encompass physical and emotional abuse – with emotional abuse being more common. The pandemic has negatively impacted many marriages, creating various stressors, including financial vulnerability, health insecurity, unemployment, and the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.
With a robust domestic abuse background, Dr. Bates-Duford provides counseling that unleashes the frustrations using innovative games that aim to uncover marital and emotional “baggage.” For instance, Dr. Bates-Duford will have couples explore a technique she describes as “what’s on the camel’s back” and have couples explain their baggage and where it stems. “It helps, and the couples can gain an understanding of where their spouse is coming from with certain frustrations,” she said.
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