Jewish Women’s Aid is pleased to announce our Spring 2015 courses for Jewish professionals working with Jewish women and their families. Whether you work in a school, a synagogue or another communal setting, you will be encountering Jewish women affected by domestic abuse. The problem is, it may not be obvious. Domestic abuse is not just physical, and the signs...
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Archive for February, 2015

The Journey Home
I am not sure exactly what the catalyst was for finally seeking counselling from JWA. Maybe it was the endless sleepless nights and night terrors – relentless and exhausting. Maybe it was the constant swing between hypervigilance – paralysing and raw, and the feeling of numbness and becoming shut down to the point that I couldn’t even hold my own head. Maybe...
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