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Free East London Workshops for women affected by domestic violence

      2012   West London Workshops 

6th January               Types of Domestic Violence

 

 

 DV is not just physical. It can also be emotional, financial, spiritual, sexual and verbal. Women who’ve experienced abuse are often not believed when they say they’re being hurt even if they have the physical marks to prove it. Join us to learn more about power and control in your relationships. 

13th January                  Mourning our losses

 Domestic violence can result in women losing friends, family, homes, children, health, peace and much more. Perhaps one of the saddest things to lose is the belief that the world is essentially fair and that the people who said they would help us, didn’t. Using very simple and gentle techniques we’ll explore what domestic violence caused us to lose with an aim of leaving some of the sadness behind us.  

 20th January              Addressing the Violence

 

 Whether you’re in a violent relationship or have left one (or more) violence can remain part of everyday life whether it’s watching violence in soap operas or in politics. We’ll be discussing how violence continues to affect our lives and how we can tackle it in a peaceful way 

 

27th January      How women like you have coped with abuse

 

 

 Women have been abused whenever we have been treated as property. This workshop will take a look at the history of domestic violence and, more importantly, how women have coped with it, positively and negatively. Your own experience is part of this history and we can learn from each other too. 

 

3rd February                     Unhappy Memories

 

 Domestic violence can have the same emotional impact as war and terrorist attacks. Photographs, smells, a song can all overwhelm us and affect our lives, some of us only occasionally and for some of us in daily life. Memory is not fixed and psychotherapeutic techniques can be used to help cope with these memories and today we’ll be carefully and respectfully exploring how to do this together and on our own.  

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Tuesday, 10th January 2012         Create an Empowering Vision for 2012

 

 As we welcome a New Year this workshop will provide you with an opportunity to create an empowering vision of what we want to create in our life in 2011 and beyond. We will set a goal for one area of our life and then create a visual representation of that vision on a board which we  will take away with us and will act as a constant vision for you to move towards. This will be a fun creative way to start the year!  

 

Tuesday, 17th January 2012        Understanding our emotions        

  

 

 In this first workshop of the season learn how to recognise our emotions and explore our emotional world. It will provide you with insights which allow you to understand their underlying communication. We will learn tools to explore our emotions and work with them.

  

Tuesday, 24th January 2012           Building Healthy Relationships

 

 

 This workshop will give you an opportunity to look at relationships: how to relate and what skills you could cultivate to enable you to develop healthier relationships – where you feel safe, happy and heard.  

 

Tuesday, 31st January 2012            Self-Esteem

 

 Healthy self esteem is a foundation for a good life. Domestic violence shatters it.We’ll look at how this can happen and how to regain authentic confidence in who you are.  

 

Tuesday, 7th February 2012       Holistic Pampering

 

 

This workshop will give you an opportunity to look at easy ways of distressing and relax.Come and enjoy a day of self-pampering while learning easy techniques which you will be able  to apply in every day-to-day situation.Please wear comfortable clothes.      

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME FACILITIES IN THE AREA WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU TO BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH TO EVERY SESSION 

To reserve your place please ring

Alejandra, Shantal or Maya  on 020 7034 0303/0304