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    Breaking Free
    Breaking Free
    Breaking Free
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    Breaking Free

    By Esly Carvalho

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    This notebook is short in pages, but long on its proposal for emotional support and recovery for those whose lives are affected by family violence. It is a journal full of exercises that can be developed in a group setting or as a self-help guide for someone who wants to work it individually. It includes instructions on how to hold the meetings, as well as tools for leaders/facilitators of group processes. Finally, it offers a suggestion for healing trauma: EMDR therapy for those who need professional help.

    78 pagesAlso Available in Spanish (Saliendo Adelante) and Portuguese (Saindo Dessa)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEsly Carvalho
    Release dateApr 3, 2015
    ISBN9781941727164
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      Breaking Free - Esly Carvalho

      Breaking Free:

      A handbook for Recovery from Family Abuse and Violence

      ––––––––

      Esly Regina Carvalho, Ph.D.

      ––––––––

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      Breaking Free: A handbook for recovery from family abuse and violence

      © 1992, 2015 Esly Regina Carvalho

      ––––––––

      ISBN-13: 978-1941727164

      ISBN-10: 1941727166 

      Cover: Claudio Ferreira

      Layout: Esly Regina Carvalho, Ph.D.

      Translation into English: Judith Jones

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      Acknowledgements

      We would like to thank the team of the Ecuadorian Center for the Promotion and Action for Women (Centro Ecuatoriano para la Promoción y Acción de la Mujer—CEPAM) for their contribution, as well as the participants of the groups that met in the safe house during 1991-92, when this material was being used in their  women’s shelter for those coming out of situations of violence. Special thanks to Ana Maria Oviedo, Myriam Graces and Anna Cristina Ruiz.

      Dedicated to...

      ...all of the women who have had the courage to break the silence of their situation...

      ...and to those who would like to do it....

      Index

      Index

      Introduction

      Initial Considerations

      Introduction

      A. My relationships

      1. My Family of Origin

      2. My Present-Day Family

      3. My Personal Life

      B. My relationships with myself

      4. My Body

      5. My Sexuality

      6. My Feelings

      7. My Spirituality

      C.  My husband (partner) and I

      8. What we are going through right now

      9. Female/Male

      10. History of our Marriage

      11. The Sexual Relationship of the Couple

      12. Violence

      D. Freedom

      13. My Future

      14. My Sons and Daughters

      15.  A Letter

      16. Violence

      17. Breaking Free

      Conclusion

      Guide for Facilitators: How to Use This Material

      Some rules about group meetings: For Facilitators

      Why do Women Tolerate Violence?

      Recommendations for Facilitators

      Professional Help for

      Additional Resources and Tools

      About the Author

      Introduction

      In 1992, a women’s shelter opened as a result of the work of the Ecuadorian Center for the Promotion and Action of Women (Centro Ecuatoriano para la Promoción y Ación de la Mujer—CEPAM) in Quito, Ecuador. It was for women and children, victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. This shelter became an institutional landmark in the country. In conjunction with the Pastoral Office for Family, Women and Children of the Latin American Council of Churches – CLAI), it produced a methodology that was first of its kind with regard to the problem of violence in the family. It incorporated the technical knowledge and practical studies that had already been previously established, and blended it with the experiential and transformational method of Psychodrama in a Christian context.

      Ecuadorian

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