| SPONSORED BY INCEST RESOURCES, INC. Facilitated by survivor-therapist DR. ELAINE WESTERLUND THE 2009 - 2010 SERIES WILL INCLUDE: | September 18 | | From Denial to Truth | | October 16 | | "False Memory" backlash | | November 20 | | Family
Relationships | | December 18 | | Mothers | | January 15 | | Conflict | | February 19 | | Mourning | | March 19 | | Coping Skills | | April 16 | | Letting Go | | May 21 | | Friendships | | June 18 | | The Healing Process |
ALL GROUPS ARE FREE OF CHARGE.
Meetings run from 6:00-7:30 P.M. on the third Friday of the month, September
through June at the Women's Center, 46 Pleasant Street, Cambridge. To contribute
to a sense of comfort and safety, we emphasize arriving on time. Survivors
are welcome to come to the meeting room as early as 5:45 P.M. Non-survivor
female support people are welcome to make themselves at home elsewhere in
the Women's Center during meetings. For more information or directions, call
(617) 354-8807. * We regret that this group is currently open only to biological women INCEST RESOURCES HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE SURVIVOR SERVICES SINCE 1980.
About Incest Resources Inc. Incest Resources is an all-survivor, all-volunteer, nonprofit organization.
Founded in 1980, it was the first survivor organization in the country. Since
its inception, Incest Resources has:
- created a visible vehicle to give voice to survivors of childhood sexual
abuse
- developed and facilitated free support groups and therapeutic physical programs
for female and male survivors including deaf survivors, survivors with
disabilities, ritual abuse survivors, survivors with multiple personalities,
survivors of abuse by clergy and other professionals, and partners of
survivors
- trained mental health and other helping professionals to improve services
to hearing and deaf survivors and incestuous families
- offered free legal information and advocacy for victims and survivors of
sexual abuse and for non-offending parents
- provided a survivor phone-line, free referral and resource information, and
original literature and recovery materials to survivors and professionals
- educated and sensitized the public and the Church about sexual abuse as a
societal and political issue
- fought for legislation to expand mandated reporting of child physical and
sexual abuse and to extend the statute of limitations for the prosecution
of offenders
- and served as a model for other survivor organizations worldwide.
Incest Resources, Inc. receives no outside funding for its programs and services.
Tax-deductible contributions are welcome c/o The Women's Center, 46 Pleasant
Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. |
About The Discussion Group Facilitator Elaine Westerlund is a licensed psychologist and survivor with triple board
certification as a specialist in sexual abuse, trauma/PTSD, and disaster
response/crisis intervention. She has been involved in the field of sexual
abuse as a political organizer, self-help advocate, group facilitator,
psychotherapist, consultant, clinical supervisor, researcher, writer, and
lecturer since 1980 when she cofounded Incest Resources. She holds a doctorate
in counseling psychology from Boston University with master's specializations
in counseling women and cross-cultural counseling. She is the author of
Responding to Incest: In Memory of Nancy, Women's Sexuality After
Childhood Incest, and numerous journal articles. Aside from her volunteer
activities with Incest Resources, Elaine provides individual, couple, and
group psychotherapy for adult survivors, partners of survivors, and nonoffending
parents through her private practice in Cambridge. For more information you
may leave a message for Elaine at (617) 661-9400. |
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