Domestic Abuse Recovery Toolkit

The Domestic Abuse Recovery Toolkit is a 12-week online group work programme that helps participants understand the impact of having experienced domestic abuse and aims to equip women with the knowledge they need to recover from its effects.

The programme explores how women are prevented from leaving abusive relationships and how the thinking patterns developed as a method of managing the risk can make it difficult to move forward. It reinforces strengths, resources, coping skills and resilience to support improved health and wellbeing on a long-term basis.

The programme uses a trauma-informed psychoeducational model, designed to be strengths based and skills building. We facilitate a safe space to encourage learning and collaboration, we believe that by giving individuals knowledge we enable them to better understand and deal with their experiences.

The programme will also cover the following topics:

• What is abuse
• Self-esteem, coping and the consequences of toxic stress
• The effects of abuse on children and on parenting skills
• Self-esteem, affirmations and the power of positive self-talk
• Anger, conflict and assertiveness
• Boundaries and trust
• Losses and gains
• Setting goals
• Healthy relationships