Groups

The Hope2Recovery Programme is a 6-week programme for any adult that is experiencing / or has experienced domestic abuse and is their first step towards Recovery. Each session will last for 90 minutes.

The programme follows the Rock Pool Recovery Model and uses the principles of a trauma informed approach to enable participants to understand the dynamics of domestic abuse, why they have coped the way they have, and how their parenting has been affected.

The overall aims of the programme are to develop sufficient, safety, trust and motivation in the individual to engage them, so they:

• Develop an understanding of the tactics perpetrators of domestic abuse and coercive control use
• Develop a better understanding of the difference between healthy / unhealthy and abusive relationships
• Develop a better understanding of their parenting role and the challenge of being a nurturing parent while in an abusive relationship
• Consolidate this learning to enable future life plans to be based on the safety of themselves and their children

The Power to Change provides education and support in a small group setting to women who have experienced domestic abuse. It is based on the idea that women working together in a safe, friendly and non-judgemental environment can change their lives for the better.

Topics that are covered in the power to change include Self-esteem, Confidence, Rights and Needs, Boundaries, Emotions – Anger, Grief, Guilt and Fear, and Assertiveness. These are all issues that can arise as a result of experiencing domestic abuse, and the aim when working on these topics is to build the women back up so they can move forwards with their lives without being re victimised in any area.