You Can Help Prevent Violence!
THE VERY BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS *BELIEVE HER*, then:
HELP HER JOIN & CONTINUE ATTENDING A WEEKLY SUPPORT GROUP FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS specifically led by licensed Domestic Violence Counselors & Advocates (not a Bible Study, not a 12-step group):
FIND A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT GROUP NEAR YOU:
www.WhenLoveHurts.ca,www.NWFamilyLIfe.org www.armsonline.orgwww.FocusMinistries1.org
Encourage Her To Consider Taking Part In This 10-Week "When Love Hurts" Group for women: Lynne Nelson, Journey Counseling, Bellingham, Washington, 360-305-7899
Resources To Equip You So You Can Help Her:
- Why Does He Do That? by Lundy
- Video, When Love Hurts (available to view free online): http://www.dod.org/products/DOD2052.aspx
- Christianity Today Magazine Article: www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2004/sepoct/11.68.html
The above article refers to Don Stewart, author of Refuge ... A Pathway Out Of Domestic Violence And Abuse, (available at some public libraries)
Violence Among us: Ministry to Families in Crisis,
Paula Sylvia & Brenda Branson
No Place For Abuse by Catherine Clark-Kroeger:
http://books.google.com/books id=BfyTDoqrNwMC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=fals
- How To Help Your Friend Who Is Being Abused: http://www.womenshealth.gov/violence/prevent/how.cfm
- The Domestic Violence Victim In Court: http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/marie-fortune/53
- Faith Trust Institute: http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/blog/domestic-violence