| SPONSORED BY INCEST RESOURCES, INC. Facilitated by survivor-therapist DR. ELAINE WESTERLUND THE 2007 - 2008 SERIES WILL INCLUDE: | September 21 | | PTSD and Memories | | October 19 | | Coping Skills | | November 16 | | Disclosure | | December 21 | | Family Relationships | | January 18 | | Self-Esteem | | February 15 | | Boundaries | | March 21 | | Victim or Survivor | | April 18 | | Intimacy | | May 16 | | Sexuality | | June 20 | | 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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