Get comfy on your couch. Click the remote. Watch some SVU on USA. Post your thoughts to social media. Easy, breezy. That’s all it takes to be part of a growing nationwide movement to help end domestic and sexual violence. That’s all…
Category: What Do I Do
Resources, actions, and steps for anyone who is experiencing abuse or has a loved on one who is experiencing abuse.
Create a Safety Plan to Stay Safe in an Abusive Relationship
In our work at Safe Connections, we talk a lot about safety planning because it is useful when exiting an unsafe situation and vital when staying. To people who are unfamiliar with the dynamics of domestic violence, the concept of…
Introducing Connections: Adult Group Therapy to Help You Overcome Shame
Shame is an extremely human, primitive emotion that everyone has experienced. It’s an intensely painful feeling that we are unworthy of love and belonging. Talking about what makes us feel shameful is difficult to do, especially when you feel like others…
How to Help a Friend or Loved One Who is Being Abused
To truly help others is to empower them to act on their own behalf. To genuinely help your friend or loved one, acknowledge her capacity for self-help, thus avoiding the pitfall of becoming a “rescuer.” Some Practical Things You Can…