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"Awake Deborah" offers education and support groups for women who have experienced intimate partner abuse. A local women's shelter has asked us if they can refer women to the groups that are not able to afford the service. The cost for one woman to attend a ten week group would be $200. Any amount you would like to contribute to help women receive this service would be greatly appreciated.
Here is more information about the support groups:
Helga Edwards MSW plans to facilitate education and peer-support groups for:
-women who have experienced intimate partner abuse
-women who are supporting those who have experienced abuse
Intimate partner abuse can be: physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, verbal, spiritual, or financial.
Group meetings will be held once a week for two hours, for 10 sessions. The cost is $20 per session.
Some planned topics include: signs of an abusive relationship, understanding the cycle of abuse, understanding the grief process, recovering from shame messages, rebuilding self-esteem, managing stress, identifying how abusers commonly misuse Bible passages on the topics of “headship, submission, forgiveness and divorce,” what healthy egalitarian relationships look like, helping children who have witnessed domestic violence, etc.
This is a support group (education and peer support); it is not psychotherapy.
Helga Edwards has Bachelors' degrees in Religious Education and Social Development Studies, as well as her Master's Degree in Social Work. In 2013, she received the Delta Epsilon Chi Award for Intellectual Achievement, Christian Character and Leadership Ability, from the Association for Biblical Higher Education. For 20 years, she worked as a Therapist in community counselling, hospital, and church settings.
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