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Barriers
These are some barriers faced by mental health counselors working with victims of domestic violence who are also substance abusers.

  1. Lack of training or knowledge of domestic violence or substance abuse.
     
  2. Acceptance of myths regarding substance abuse or domestic violence.
     
  3. Fear of intervening.
     
  4. Insistence that sobriety come before safety.
     
  5. Insistence that domestic violence intervention come before substance abuse treatment.
     
  6. Failure to understand legal issues affecting domestic violence or substance abuse intervention.
     
  7. Blaming substance abuse for violence.