Female Substance Abuse Counseling At The Hendry County Jail

A large number of incarcerated women report high rates of abuse, including physical, sexual, or emotional abuse (Wolff, Frueh, Shi, Schumann, 2012). This writer recently started to conduct individual substance abuse counseling to women incarcerated at the Hendry County Jail. During the time of speaking to these women, a common factor has arisen, that is the fact that most of these women have been involved in some sort of domestic violence. Although there are women’s jail groups available throughout the country, there are not enough of these groups that focus on battered women. This writer proposes to incorporate a battered women’s in jail group that will focus on helping those women who are incarcerated and who have been involved in domestic violence throughout their lifetime. Proposal Purpose and eligibility of group: The goals of the battered women’s in jail group were sampled from The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women and would include educating women about the dynamics of domestic violence, supporting domestic violence survivors healing from the effects of trauma, supporting survivors of abuse in developing strategies and identifying resources to help prevent them from experiencing abuse again in the future, helping survivors plan and prepare for being released, including developing comprehensive strategies for enhancing their safety while in the community (Bible, 2011). Due to concerns of confidentiality, participation would be limited to those