Workshops, Drop-In Groups, Hotline Training Available

DANBURY — The Women’s Center of Greater Danbury is now offering a four-week evening group that will explore ways to experience and work through grief over lost loved ones, lost relationships, lost dreams. The first session meets on Wednesday, February 18, from 7 to 9 pm, in the upstairs support group room at 2 West Street.

Registration is required, so call 731-5200 for more information and to sign up.

The Center is also offering the following:

Endings – an 8-week evening group for those considering or in the process of ending a marriage or relationship. Next session begins Monday, January 26.

I AM OK! Reclaiming Your Self Esteem – a seven-week group to identify and develop skills to counter the negative factors impacting self esteem. Next morning session begins Thursday, January 29; next evening session begins Tuesday, February 3.

Weekly drop-in groups include:

SOAR (Survivors Overcoming Abusive Relationships) meets evenings weekly in Danbury and New Milford - New Milford SOAR includes child care.

Breaking the Silence meets evenings weekly in Danbury.

LSG (Lesbian Support Group) meets evenings weekly in Danbury.

In related news, the winter sexual assault hotline certification training schedule for prospective Women’s Center volunteers has been announced by Volunteer Coordinator Chrissy Deep. The 40-hour training certifies volunteers to perform crisis intervention at the Center during business hours or from home when the Center is closed.

Evening training classes will begin Tuesday, February 10 and meet through Monday, March 23.

Last year the Women’s Center of Greater Danbury responded to more than 1,500 sexual assault and domestic violence hotline calls, in addition to providing emergency shelter, counseling services, advocacy services, community education and prevention programs, and information and referral services.

Over 21,000 clients in the greater Danbury area were served by the Center’s programs in 2008.

Work to end the violence by calling Chrissy Deep at 731-5200, ext. 202 for more information and to register for training.