A trauma-informed, culturally responsive program empowering survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) through healing, education, and self-empowerment.

Program Overview

  • Duration: 26 weeks  
  • Format: Individual-45min | Group-1.5 hours 
  • Safe & Confidential: Professional & peer support in a non-judgmental space

Core Topics

  • Intimate Partner Violence Victim Safety Planning
  • Power & Coercive Control dynamics in abusive relationships
  • Equality Wheel & Personal Bill of Rights
  • Asking for help & setting boundaries 
  • Identifying Red Flags in Relationships
  • Learned Helplessness & Cognitive Dissonance 
  • Betrayal Trauma & Betrayal Blindness
  • Impact on self worth, identity and decision-making
  • Neurobiology of trauma & recognizing trauma responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn)
  • Barriers to leaving abusive relationships
  • Identify negative patterns of intergenerational trauma, and adverse childhood experiences 
  • Managing PTSD symptoms & triggers 
  • Legal rights & community resources

Therapeutic Approach

  • Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM): Recognizing the stages survivors go through when leaving an abusive relationship
  • Trauma-Informed Care: Prioritizing safety, empowerment, and choice
  • Psychoeducation & Peer Support: Learning through shared experiences
  • Understanding Personality Disorders: Addressing narcissism, borderline personality disorder, psychopathy, and sociopathy to manage manipulative behaviors, emotional regulation, and relational dynamics
  • Gottman's Offender Typologies: Typology of men who batter women (i.e Pitbulls & Cobras)
  • Attachment Theory: Exploring Bowlby’s framework on relational bonds
  • Somatic & Mindfulness-Based Healing: Grounding techniques for emotional regulation