STEVE MARRIOTT Individual Counselling & Psychotherapy Relationship & Family Therapy Clinical Social Worker MSocWrk, MA (Cou & Fam Ther.), AdvDip (Systemic Ther), Dip (Ind, Coup & Fam Ther)

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Steve Marriott
Developing your 'Solid Self' blog

"Solid Self" is staying true to your principles, values and integrity when feeling pressure in a relationship. Choosing how to respond, balancing thinking and emotion. Being able to stay true to yourself AND staying connected to your significant other.

Welcome to my blog where I will be regularly posting reflections on human and relationship predicaments and alternate ways to find a way through the challenges with respect for oneself and others. Many of these reflections come straight from recent therapy sessions with clients (obviously no client information will be identified in these posts?

"Address Change Early" - the ACE study

5/1/2016

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Ever heard the term 'early intervention'!!.....

Healthy relationships and nurturing environments are essential for happy children, healthy adults and healthy communities.

It is now extremely clear how family dysfunction and relationship trauma in childhood lead to some of the worst health and social problems.

The ACE study is a groundgreaking study of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences, health care use, and causes of death. What started out as a study of obesity and poor health of some 17,000 adult particicants, has shown how far reaching negative childhood experiences stretch into ones future, seriously impacting health and wellbeing..... with enormous economic costs:
• Childhood health care costs
• Adult medical costs
• Productivity losses
• Child welfare costs
• Criminal justice costs
• Special education costs
etc, etc

It is not so surprising to learn that the amount of stress and traumatic events experienced in childhood exponentially compounds ones chances of developing the following health problems:
• Alcoholism and alcohol abuse
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Depression
• Fetal death
• Health-related quality of life
• Illicit drug use
• Heart disease
• Liver disease
• Risk for intimate partner violence
• Multiple sexual partners
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
• Smoking
• Suicide attempts
• Unintended pregnancies
• Early initiation of smoking
• Early initiation of sexual activity
• Adolescent pregnancy

It is important to also remember that despite traumatic experiences in childhood, some children develop into resilient, healthy adults….. the key to such a positive outcome is a child’s access to close nurturing relationships.
 
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For more info on the ACE study

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