Adult Support Group for Survivors/Victims of Domestic Violence
Tuesday nights – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Please call the Neville House 24 hour hotline at (309) 827-7070 for further information and location.
Children’s Support Group is offered during adult groups for children ages 6-12. Assistance is available for child care for younger children.
Topics discussed include:
- self esteem
- safety planning
- assertiveness
- characteristics of an abusive relationship
- healthy boundaries
- identifying/verbalizing personal needs
- “Bill of Rights”
- being single parents
- red flags
- intergenerational cycle of abuse
- and much more
“When these strangers gathered, something happened – some would call it “a dynamic”, others “grace” – that allowed them to speak truthfully from the depths of their hearts and also to be receptive to each others truths, where in other circumstances they could not do either, and in this giving and taking, to begin to heal. What makes this possible and why it is healing remains the mystery and miracle of self-help groups.”
“Notes and Comment”
The New Yorker
April 23, 1990
