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The WINGS program at the Family Counselling Centre of Brant, Inc. is designed to help women who are survivors of emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse. It helps women:
- Grow in their understanding of their right to be physically and emotionally safe
- Build self-esteem
- Recognize warning signs of abuse
- Make positive relationship choices
- Learn to deal with conflict and anger
- Empower themselves to set healthy boundaries
- Overcome the negative impact that abuse in past relationships can have on trust and intimacy in current relationships
- Reduce or eliminate nightmares and flashbacks of abuse
- And much more....
GROUPS
- Learning more about who you are
- Self acceptance
- Nurturing yourself
- Using affirmation and positive self-talk to rebuild self-esteem
- Celebrating your accomplishments and abilities
- Setting boundaries to protect your self-esteem
- And more...
Soaring above the Turbulence: Learning to Deal with Conflict and Anger
Goal: To empower survivors of abuse to deal with conflict and anger in effective ways
- Assertiveness
- Ways to overcome obstacles to assertiveness
- The functions of anger
- Ways to calm down
- Constructive solutions for problems that are fueling anger
- Steps to empowerment
- Letting go of anger that is no longer useful
Flying together in Healthy Relationships
Goal: To provide information that will empower them to make healthy relationship choices.
To support survivors of abuse in past relationships in their efforts to build healthy relationships in the present.
Our goal is to assist women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse to move forward from feeling like they are "surviving", to vision or experience a sense of "thriving".
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Assist women to understand childhood sexual abuse including self blame, shame and anger
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Honour and name strengths and abilities in coping
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Create safety by developing and practicing grounding tools
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Identify triggers and developing coping strategies to deal with them
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Clarify boundaries and their importance in developing a strong sense of self
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Practice breathing and relaxation methods
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Recognize and release anger
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Self Care and Nurturance
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Understand sexuality after abuse
Peaceful Pathways
A Group for Assaultive Women committed to ending aggression in their intimate relationships. A safe place for women:
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To understand Intimate Partner Violence
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To identify risk and protective factors
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To learn new strategies to end violent behaviour
Commonly Asked Questions
Is there a fee for receiving help from the WINGS program?
Both individual and group counselling in the WINGS program are offered free of charge to the participants.
The WINGS program is a program of the Family Counselling Centre of Brant, Inc. and is funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services.
Will I have to wait long to receive help?
All clients in the WINGS program will receive service quickly.
How can I find out when groups and workshops will be offered?
Is there counselling available to help my children too?
YES! In addition to offering the WINGS program, the Family Counselling Centre of Brant, Inc. provides counselling free of charge to people under the age of 18 who have witnessed abuse or who have been abused themselves.
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