Surviving Abuse

New! Ongoing 6 week Psycho-Educational Support Group Available:Surviving Abuse:  Keeping Safe and How to Move on with Your Life!

You are in an abusive relationship if your partner is:

•       Pushing, poking, biting, hair-pulling, pinching, hitting, punching, slapping

•       Threatening to harm you

•       Using or threatening to use a weapon

•       Holding you down against your will, or locking you in the car or house

•       Smashing things or ripping or burning your clothes

•       Insulting you in public

•       Refusing to let you see your family or friends

•       Checking up on you

•       Following you, watching what you do, who you are with

•       Making all the decisions

•       Expecting you to spend all your time with him

•       Controlling the money

•       Calling you names

•       Yelling or swearing at you

•       Telling you how to dress, how to wear your hair and/or makeup

•       Making you think you are crazy

•       Bragging about mistreating you

•       Drugging you, or forcing you to drink until you are drunk

•       Treating you like a servant

•       Hurting or threatening to kill your pets

•       Withholding affection

•       Forcing you to perform sexual acts against your will

•       Insisting on unwanted touching

•       Refusing to practice safe sex

•       Acting jealous and possessive towards you

•       Accusing you of being unfaithful or flirting

•       Having affairs

•       Threatening to commit suicide

•       Threatening to kill you

Domestic Violence whether it is of the physical, emotional, sexual or financial kind is devastating!  Emotional abuse is the toughest to identify because a lot of times we feel like what they are saying is true or it happens so gradually that we tend to question if it is really happening or not.  And certainly if a few of the above statements happen only once or twice it cannot be defined as abuse.But if you or anyone you know is experiencing the above situations on a regular basis, I encourage you and/or them to seek help!

Unfortunately in abusive relationships it usually always gets worse before it gets better and in seeking help, if you are currently in an abusive relationship, it can escalate the violence.  Not to mention, it is hard to believe we matter when we are told on a daily basis that we don’t.   I am here to tell you that you do matter and you deserve better than living this way.  There is a way for you to feel better about yourself and to be empowered to take back the control over your life!This group will help you to find your inner power to feel better about yourself, help keep yourself safe and to help you realize that you deserve to be happy and you are not alone!

If you are seeking help by either individual counseling or group support please contact me!

Details of the group:

* Sunday afternoons
* Group cost is $50
* To pre-register or for more information: (314) 623-7660 or kimelder97@yahoo.com

Look forward to hearing from you,
-Kim