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MEETINGS START WITH:
The Healing Intention - “There are no perfect processes or perfect people, so we come together to listen, to share, to learn, and to heal.”
MEETINGS END WITH:
The Contentment Intention - “Self, grant me the contentment to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the understanding to know the difference.”
Please note, The Contentment Intention is based upon The Serenity Prayer, originally written by Reinhold Niebuhr in 1932. Consistent with our 4-steps, it has been adapted to remove all religious references, including the directing of the intention to ourselves instead of God.
WHAT ARE OUR MEETING TIMES AND FORMATS? Our last meeting was on April 24, 2022. At this time there are no meetings scheduled. Meetings were held every Sunday from 1pm to 3pm EST - Eastern Standard Time, which is New York City time - and there were never any fees, dues, or donations.
Every month we rotated through the following meeting formats:
1st Sunday = Step Study
see free downloadable materials below
2nd Sunday = The Exchange
share what helped in your recovery process
find many of these on our
resources page
3rd Sunday = Guest Speaker
survivors sharing their stories of hope
see the speakers on our
events page
4th Sunday = Exercise Workshop
see free downloadable materials below
5th Sunday = Special Event
a free 3 hour workshop
when there is a 5th Sunday
WHAT MATERIALS DO WE NEED FOR MEETINGS? Below are the standard instructions and readings, often referred to as SCRIPTS, that we used during our support group meetings. You can still download them for free.
MEETING INSTRUCTIONS:
read by host and co-hosts
Beginning Of Meeting
- every meeting
uploaded 11/22/21
End Of Meeting
- every meeting
uploaded 09/20/21
Step Study
- 1st Sundays
uploaded 07/21/21
The Exchange
- 2nd Sundays
uploaded 07/21/21
Guest Speaker
- 3rd Sundays
uploaded 07/21/21
Exercise Workshop
- 4th Sundays
uploaded 09/02/21
Assessment Questions
- as needed
uploaded 06/28/21
Interventions
- as needed
uploaded 04/28/21
STEP STUDY READINGS:
from the book Children Of Pain
STEP 1 - RECOGNIZE
uploaded 04/02/21
STEP 2 - REACH
uploaded 04/02/21
STEP 3 - REMEMBER
uploaded 04/02/21
STEP 4 - RECLAIM
uploaded 04/02/21
EXERCISE WORKSHOP INSTRUCTIONS:
based on the book Children Of Pain
The Empty Picture Frame
uploaded 09/02/21
Mosaic Patterning
uploaded 04/28/21
Keep It, Change It, Leave It
uploaded 09/02/21
INTERESTING ARTICLES:
for you to read
Complex PTSD (cPTSD)
Gilles 2018
Dissociative Disorders
Tull 2020
Gaslighting
HuffPost 2021
Gender Trauma
Mitchell 2021
Narcissitic Abuse
Pomerance 2019
Shame
Engel 2015
Ritual Abuse
BRISSC 2021
Trauma Bonding
PACE 2021
for more information
contact robert at
trafn@yahoo.com