Family Now is a 10 week group programme for women with children, that aims to empower and support survivors in their role as mothers, and in addressing the needs of children and young people who have lived with domestic abuse. It focuses on how domestic abuse can affect parenting, by helping participants to understand healthy relationships and providing support for improving ways of resolving conflict.
Who is it for?
Family Now is only suitable for mothers who are no longer in the abusive relationship. We also run the Phoenix course which is possible to be undertaken while still in the relationship if risk assessment allows.
Where is it run?
The programme is run in a Canterbury or Ashford venue on a weekday, with creche facility available if needed. Venue details will be provided when offered a place on the programme.
Overview
Family Now focuses on how domestic violence can affect women as mothers, and on children and young people, both within the family and also in the outside world. It will support and develop further understanding of the role of parenting, and address developmental and emotional needs of children and young people who have lived with domestic violence. The programme will also provide families with better ways of resolving conflict.
Over 96% of our group programme participants felt they had gained a personal positive benefit
What are the aims?
- To raise awareness of domestic abuse, and learn how it may have affected parenting
- To offer an opportunity to repair and nurture attachments within families where there has been domestic abuse
- To develop emotional understanding of the behaviour of children and young people
- To develop parenting techniques which promote healthy and non-violent relationships
- To help families to resolve conflict in a non threatening and collaborative way