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The Women's Group offers support and confidential group therapy
to women who have been affected by domestic violence. It can
help you through:
- Education:
You will learn more about domestic violence, your legal
rights, places to find help in your community and the choices
you have.
- Self-help:
You'll share resources and learn to break your silence and
talk about your feelings in a supportive, confidential setting
with other women who have been in abusive relationships.
- Therapy:
You'll learn to feel better about yourself, decrease your
shame and guilt, increase your awareness and learn ways
to break the cycle of violence in your life.
The group
is led by two professional therapists who protect your confidentiality
and safety. They also help work out any problems that may
arise within the group.
The goals
of the group include helping you learn about violence between
partners; learning about personal safety and your legal options;
and learning to not judge the choices that other group members
make (for example, leaving the abusive relationship or choosing
to make changes in that relationship).
This program
meets weekly at Saint Raphael's Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic
at 1294 Chapel Street in New Haven. The clinic accepts Medicare,
Medicaid and many private insurance plans. We treat everyone,
regardless of their ability to pay, and strict confidentiality
is maintained to protect the safety and rights of all. For
more information, call (203) 784-8700.
We also
offer a group for men who are
batterers and want to stop being abusive.
This
page was last updated on 04/23/2001
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