How does therapy help victims of ongoing harrassment, bullying or even systemic discrimination?
They say victims of bullying for example need therapy.
Sure, but how does talk therapy or even medications help if it is something that is not inside their head and still recurrent but out of their hands?
I understand for trauma there are things like EMDR therapy to control trigger reactions towards smth that is no longer there and grounding yourself etc. Process past things and coming to terms with the fact you are now "safe"...
But what are the things used for cases like ongoing domestic abuse or even situations like in third world countries and people living in poverty. Like what can social workers use?
Or ig you could argue things like that could get resources to get the client out of the situation first, such as shelters.
But wouldn't cases such as systemic racism be harder to "escape" from. Or systemic things in general? Inescapable repeated traumatic experiences?
What if you got someone in a war zone?
I am thinking coping strategies like breathing exercises can only help so much before people finally break?
Is it just endless venting sessions with no game plan in mind? Is that really enough to help those cases alone?