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SPONSORED BY INCEST
RESOURCES
Facilitated by Survivor-Therapist Dr. Elaine Westerlund
THE 2018 - 2019 SERIES WILL INCLUDE:
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| September 21 |
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Secrets |
| October 19 |
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Self-Blame |
| November 16 |
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Family |
| December 21 |
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Spirituality |
| January 18 |
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Mourning |
| February 15 |
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Anger |
| March 15 |
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Money Issues |
| April 19 |
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Self-Esteem |
| May 17 |
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Intimacy |
| June 21 |
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Letting Go |
ALL GROUPS ARE FREE OF CHARGE! |
The 2018 - 2019 series is the 35th year of the
group! Meetings run from 6:00 - 7:30 pm 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 and ask everyone to read the group
guidelines prior to each meeting. To
protect the group process no one is admitted after 6:15 pm.
Survivors are welcome to come to the meeting room (on the third
floor right) as early as 5:30 P.M. For directions or more
information call (617) 354-6394.
* This group is open to all women who identify as women and
are living as women full-time.
ALL GROUPS ARE FREE OF CHARGE!
INCEST RESOURCES HAS BEEN PROVIDING FREE SURVIVOR
SERVICES SINCE 1980
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.INCESTRESOURCESINC.ORG
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About Incest Resources
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
- provided a survivor phone-line, free
referral and resource information, and
original literature and recovery materials
for survivors, families, and professionals
- 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
- developed and facilitated free support
groups and workshops and therapeutic
physical programs for female and male
survivors, including deaf survivors,
survivors with disabilities, ritual abuse
survivors, survivors with dissociative
disorders, survivors of abuse by clergy and
other professionals, and also for partners
of survivors and mothers of survivors
- trained mental health and other helping
professionals to improve services for
hearing and deaf survivors and for
victims and their families
- offered free legal information and
advocacy for victims and survivors of
childhood sexual abuse and for non-offending
parents
- educated and sensitized the public and the
Church about childhood sexual abuse as a
societal and political issue
- supported the development and growth of
programs focused on survivor healing,
empowerment, and activism through the arts,
including the Survivor Quilt Project and the
Survivor Theatre Project
- served as a model for other survivor
organizations worldwide.
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We welcome tax-deductible contributions. Checks
should be made payable to The Women’s Center, with I.R.
in the memo section to earmark your donation, and be
mailed to: The Women’s Center, 46 Pleasant Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139. We appreciate your support on
behalf of survivors!
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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,
therapist, consultant, clinical supervisor, researcher,
writer, and lecturer since 1980 when she co-founded
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. In addition to volunteering with
Incest Resources, Elaine has a private practice in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information
visit www.DrElaineWesterlund.com
or call 617-661-9400.
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