Jennifer Bovee
LCSW, CRADC
Clinical Social Worker/Therapist
Bloomington, USA
Answers questions in Addiction Treatment · Anxiety · Co-Occurring Disorders
About Jennifer Bovee
I'm a licensed Clinical Social Worker, as well as a Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and other drug Counselor. I have recently opened my own practice in Bloomington IL.
What I do
I enjoy meeting and helping other people out on this journey we call life. I believe I have been given an opportunity to assist, guide, and sometimes even heal others when they are willing to allow this to happen. I attempt to approach this from a place of humility on a daily basis.
My story
I'm a licensed Clinical Social Worker, as well as a Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and other drug Counselor. I have recently opened my own practice in Bloomington IL.
Why life is worth living
the other alternative is not an option today!!
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Answered Questions(2)
IFS/AN/Trauma
I am a 21 year old female who has dealt with Anorexia for over eleven years. I was aware of some pretty disturbing trauma in my youth, but after beginning IFS therapy, more trauma has presented itself, as well as a number of alters who intertangably come out. I always knew I had the system inside of me; i just never knew it was out of the ordinary to hear constant chatter like a loud restaurant in my head; that's just how my thoughts worked. But now child alters are starting to act out, I do try to use 'safe place,' and DBT grounding skills (frozen oranges!!) I've only just begun dialoguing, which seems helpful. Are you aware of any other techniques I can use to continue working with my parts while I am on an 'in between' of treatment (due to insurance; i'll be going back). This is all so relatively new to me and it's often frightening because I am more in realisation of the time I lose and the very distinct parts I have. I doubt myself a lot though, maybe I'm making it all up, right? Maybe I'm a crazy person> Maybe I made up the trauma as a child and adolescent, so I could later use it for attention? I know the last part isn't true. I just want to trauma to go away. But my system is out of control - we left treatment in the middle of opening up a new trauma, and I cannot deal with it myself.
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I have been using heroin for 4 years. I have heard of a local healer who can help people quit using heroin without sickness with a herbal drug called ibogain. A person I used to use with did iboagin and she swears that it helped her get quit and really changed her as a person. This was 2 months ago and she is still not using and she used to go real heavy. I know that ibogain is illegal in the US but this worries me very little, since I spend most of each and every day buying and using an illegal drug. I have also heard that it can be dangerous, but again, can it really be more dangerous than heroin… The US makes ibogain illegal because it’s a herb and it won’t make the pharma companies any money but they’ll gladly pump people full of evil methadone for a lifetime. Is there any good reason for me to travel to Mexico to some clinic to get ibogaine at an ‘official’ clinic when I can get it for far less money right here in LA?
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