From surviving to thriving: The salience of trauma among African American women navigating substance abuse treatment and child protection

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Blakey
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
American Women ◽  
Abuse Treatment

African American Women: Factors to Consider in Substance Abuse Treatment

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth V. Horin ◽  
Josefina Alvarez ◽  
Leonard A. Jason ◽  
Bernadette Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
African American Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Abuse Treatment

scholarly journals John Henryism Active Coping as a Cultural Correlate of Substance Abuse Treatment Participation Among African American Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danelle Stevens-Watkins ◽  
Joi-Sheree’ Knighton ◽  
Kristin Allen ◽  
Sycarah Fisher ◽  
Candice Crowell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Active Coping ◽  
John Henryism ◽  
American Women ◽  
Treatment Participation ◽  
Abuse Treatment

“Keeping It Real”: The Relational Effects of Trauma Among African American Women and Their Substance Abuse Treatment Counselors

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (17-18) ◽  
pp. 3405-3436
Author(s):  
Joan M. Blakey ◽  
Kimberly B. Grocher
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Trauma Survivors ◽  
Healthy Relationships ◽  
American Women ◽  
Abuse Treatment ◽  
Depth Interviews

African American women experience disproportionately high rates of trauma. Interpersonal forms of trauma often make it much more difficult for trauma survivors to initiate and maintain positive, healthy relationships with others. This study examined the kinds of relationships women with extensive histories of trauma and substance had with their substance abuse treatment counselors and the characteristics that they believe contributed to connected and disconnected client–counselor relationships. Using the case study method, 26 in-depth interviews were conducted with African American women. Data analysis revealed three primary kinds of relationships women had with their substance abuse treatment counselors: reparative, damaging, and transactional. Eighteen (69%) of the 26 women had reparative relationships with their counselors. Reparative relationships had two primary characteristics: empowering and mattering. Two (8%) of the 26 women had damaging relationships with their substance abuse treatment counselors. Damaging relationships had two primary characteristics: unimportant and untrustworthy. Six of the women (23%) had transactional relationships with their substance abuse treatment counselors. Transactional relationships were task-focused and superficial. Healing from interpersonal experiences of trauma is possible only within the context of trusting relationships. Substance abuse treatment counselors have an opportunity to help African American women with histories of trauma heal and recover. Creating positive, therapeutic relationships between clients and professionals is essential.

Living on the Outside: African American Women Before, During, and After Imprisonment

2001 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZELMA WESTON HENRIQUES ◽  
NORMA MANATU-RUPERT
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
American Women ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
Traditional Roles

This article examines the multiple issues that contribute to the incarceration of African American women and threaten to render these women recidivists. These issues include but are not limited to substance abuse, sexual abuse, fractured familial relations, and abusive intimate relationships. In an attempt to examine these issues, the article explores how, prior to their imprisonment, social factors contravene African American women's attempts at enforcing their traditional roles as “women.” The article attempts to show that the increased incarceration of African American women is part of a cultural phenomenon that reflects their social exclusion in U.S. society.

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