Outreach Counseling and Education

Resource Center of Somerset, provides individual counseling, community outreach & education programs, culturally sensitive programs and children services.

Individual Counseling

Based on the Strength Perspective and Empowerment model, counselors will meet with our clients regularly to provide an education around domestic violence and to help them explore their options. The primary goal of counseling is to help individuals become empowered to make their own choices and to trust their ability to make their own decisions.

Psycho-educational Group is designed to provide clients with further knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse and also to offer validation of their experiences. Psycho-education Group is offered in English and Spanish and consists of 8 sessions. The sessions cover a variety of topics including Power and Control, Cycle of Violence, setting a healthy boundary, healthy relationship, self-esteem and warning signs.

Support Groups are offered to those who are in need of additional support in an empowerment process. It is less structured than the psycho-educational group, that there is no set curriculum to follow or prescribed time limit. The group is about support among consistent group members and therapeutic process in a group setting.

Parent’s Support Group was created to fill the gap many victims who are parents experience who require further support with their parenting skills and other common concerns that are unique to families who experience domestic abuse.

All the groups are designed to empower victims while providing them with an opportunity to share their own experiences and hear about individuals with similar experiences. The support groups are offered to those who have attended individual counseling and or the psycho educational group. The support groups provide victims with additional emotional support while working through the effects of abuse.

Community Outreach and Education

Staff specialists on domestic abuse are available to provide general, advanced and professional training and presentations to schools, volunteer organizations, faith-based organizations, businesses, police departments, and the community at large. Information and education about domestic abuse, its consequences and how to assist victims is an important tool for prevention.

Professional Training Seminars

Educational Seminars

Community Seminars

Culturally Sensitive Programs

• Counseling, case management, and legal advocacy services available in Spanish, Japanese, and American Sign language (through an interpreter);
• Services to help aid in the process of obtaining citizenship;
• Individual/community enrichment services such as professional development (resume writing, computer skills) and parenting courses.

Children Services

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