ALL ABUSE IS PHYSICAL ABUSE

Website: clermontmentalhealth.care Email: [email protected] Text: 513-655-6911 YouTube Channel Instagram: @theofficialsnap FB Page: @mfriedmanlpcc SNAP FB Group Twitter: @mfriedmanlpcc Mandy Friedman LPCC-S CCDVC and Ashley Kilgore LPC explain why ALL abuse is physical abuse. Many survivors wrestle with the idea that their abuser never hit them so it must not have been "that bad." Research shows that psychological abuse has the same affect on the brain as physical abuse. Therefore, all abuse is physical abuse. For more about C-PTSD...https://education.lovefraud.com/courses/self-care-for-complex-ptsd/?ref=103 Mandy Friedman, LPCC-S, CCDVC, is a licensed professional clinical counselor and certified clinical domestic violence counselor. Mandy is the creator of the educational program SNAP: Survivors of Narcissistic & Abusive Personalities. This program teaches survivors and concerned loved ones about abusive personalities, targets of abuse, abusive relationships and life in recovery from abuse. SNAP educational program of recovery helps empathic survivors of abuse fine tune and connect with their empathic nature in order to preserve, harness and protect the very things abusers seek to destroy. In her private practice, Clermont Mental Health, Mandy specializes in treating survivors of Cluster B personalities. She is also familiar with the role of addiction and substance abuse in abusive relationships. Mandy’s clients are often in need of trauma-informed care as part of their recovery. This has led her to become an expert on the topic of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). To help her clients, Mandy utilizes mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychoeducation. Mandy is a survivor of abuse and has first-hand knowledge of what survivors endure in abusive circumstances and living a healthy life after abuse.