治疗家庭暴力的整体方法

Healing from domestic violence comes in many forms of therapy. 今年, 西北维斯塔学院 will help its college community and campus guests take a more holistic approach to healing.

根据 防止家庭暴力服务 in Bexar县, one in three girls will experience domestic violence by the time they turn 18. 相比之下，全国只有五分之一的人这样做. 的 国家医学图书馆 reports that domestic violence affects an estimated 10 million people in the U.S. every year under a variety of abuses, including physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological. 

10月星期二. 24小时，早上9:30开始.m., NVC will welcome representatives from the Peace Center’s Compassionate USA project, 谁将讨论集体创伤和治愈. NVC’s Denise Tolan will share how writing can aid the healing process, and artist Diana Kersey will talk about how art can be transformative. 

下面是每个事件的更多细节. A counselor will be on-site at each time should students need to speak to someone. Additionally, information on how to access counseling services will be available for employees. 

慈悲的美国/圣安东尼奥和平中心 – 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: 的 discussion will connect to the theme of collective trauma and collective healing. 的 Compassionate USA campaign will be discussed as a resource and some promotional items from Compassion USA will be available to students.

地点:棕榈艺术中心剧院

作者分享写作作为治疗 – 12:30 – 1:45 pm: Denise Tolan will read from her memoir, “Italian Blood.” 的 book is a series of stories about her family, followed by a Q&A、签售. 的re will be a raffle for attendees to have a chance to win the book. Attendees will also have an opportunity to honor someone who experienced domestic/dating/partner violence or was lost due to violence by writing their name on a purple ribbon and tying it to the bridge between Redbud Learning Center and Live Oak Hall. NVC Student Life will provide pizza for students and the NVC President’s office will provide dessert and drinks.

地点:橡树厅户外教室

艺术疗愈-下午3点至4点15分 – This portion of the event is a community art project. Participants will have an opportunity to write about their experience with trauma on rice paper and then place the paper inside a ceramic vase. 花瓶将被放在窑里, the rice paper will burn and the ashes will become part of the vases. 的 session will show how art can be transformative and help demonstrate that there can also be beauty from trauma. 这些花瓶将在校园里展出.

地点:棕榈艺术中心剧院

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