Discussion 5 (pg. 158, from the reference book included below)
Trudy is a 22-year-old female who has come in for outpatient chemical dependency treatment. She has been involved with the program for about two weeks and has just completed her first step on powerlessness over her addiction. She turns in her written first step to you. You notice that Trudy has an item written about the powerlessness she experienced at a fraternity party in college. Her comments seem vague and unclear. In your next individual session, you ask Trudy to clarify that section of her first step and she begins to cry. She tells you that she went to a fraternity party when she was a sophomore in college, had too much to drink, and passed out. She woke up in a bedroom in the fraternity house while someone was having sex with her. She said the experience terrified her, but she did not fight back, even though three more males raped her after she woke up. She said she did not press charges against them for three reasons: (1) she was drunk and felt like she was responsible for what happened, (2) she knew most of the males who raped her and described them as “basically good guys,” and (3) one of the males she knew the best came in after the rape ended, cried, apologized, and begged her not to file charges against them. Trudy flunked out of college that semester because of her heavy drinking and her inability to concentrate on her studies after the rape. She never returned to college. She has not told anyone about the rape until this conversation with you.
What would be your overall response to Trudy’s story?
How would you address her rape as a part of her treatment plan?
What concerns would you have for Trudy in her recovery because of her being raped?
If you were providing addiction counseling to the young man who apologized to her for having raped her, shift the three questions as follows:
What would be your overall response to his story?
How would you address his raping her as a part of his treatment plan?
What concerns would you have for him in his recovery because of his being a rapist?
***Note any cognitive or emotional shifts you felt in terms of your reactions to treating a survivor or perpetrator of rape.
**** PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING AS A REFERENCE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT :
Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling
ISBN: 9781119433064
By: Geri Miller
