Bellflower Center

http://www.bellflowercenter.org/ProgramsandServices.asp
Bellflower Center for Prevention of Child Abuse prevents child abuse and neglect by breaking the cycle of child abuse in all its forms through clinical treatment and education.
Services Include:

• Individual & Group Counseling for Children through Adults
  
• Telephone Services
  
• Kinship Care Support
  
• Personal Safety Skills Programs for Children
  
• Community & Professional Education

Adult Survivors Group:
Helps adult survivors of child abuse to begin to understand the impact of
the past and learn new ways to take control of their lives.
*Meets Tuesday evenings*

TREM support and education group:
“Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model,” which meets Wednesday afternoons.

Call Bellflower: 216-229-8800 to get started or for more information.

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

http://www.clevelandrapecrisis.org/therapy/programs.asp

Women's Support Groups

Ongoing support groups for adult women survivors of rape, sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse. These groups offer a space for receiving and giving emotional support, expressing feelings and learning coping skills. Activities may include expressive therapies in combination with discussion. Closed group modules last 10 to 12 weeks and are offered during daytime and evening hours. Each session is 2 hours long, and the maximum group size is 8 members. A pre-group interview is required before one can participate.

For more information, contact Carrie Burick at (216) 619-6194 x 102.
 

Men's Support Group

The Men's Support Group is for adult men who are survivors of rape, sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse. This group offers a space for receiving and giving emotional support, expressing feelings and learning coping skills. Activities may include expressive therapies in combination with discussion. Group modules last 10 to 12 weeks and are offered during evening hours. Each session is 2 hours long, and the maximum group size is 8 members. A pre-group interview is required before one can participate.

For more information, contact Carrie Burick at (216) 619-6194 x 102.  

Expressive Arts Group

This group is for adult women and men survivors of rape, sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse who are looking for an alternative healing approach. This group is designed for individuals who have already participated in individual and/or group therapy in some capacity. The group art sessions primarily utilize ceramic materials. A background in art or ceramics is not necessary.

The group module is eight weeks long and is located at the Art House, a non-profit art center.

For more information, contact Carrie Burick at (216) 619-6194 x 102.

Wellness Series

This series consists of workshops for adult women and men survivors of rape, sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse to supplement the work done in individual and group therapy. Each workshop has been designed as a day of healing brought about by creativity and imagination in a supportive and caring environment.

For more information, contact Carrie Burick at (216) 619-6194 x 102.

Pycho-educational Outreach Program

The CRCC offers a psycho-educational outreach program for chemically dependant women in residential treatment who are survivors of rape, sexual assault and/or childhood sexual abuse.

For more information, contact Carrie Burick at (216) 619-6194 x 102.

Tell Your Story

Are you a survivor of sexual assault who was raped in college?

Laura DiStefano is in the process of developing a book tentatively titled, Empowerment.  This book will be a compilation of stories submitted by sexual assault survivors who have been raped in college.  The current statistic from a Department of Justice research project is that 1 out of every 4 women will be sexually assaulted during college. Women in college either do not report their sexual assaults or they feel as though they are the only ones that have experienced this trauma. 

The purpose of Empowerment is twofold:

1. Show women who have been raped that they are not alone and that their story is similar to so many others.
   
   
2. Warn young women who are just going off to college that sexual assault is an epidemic on college campuses that they must be aware of.

If you are a survivor, please visit my website, www.writing4survivors.com, to find out how to contribute your story. 

If you have any questions, contact laura04@writing4survivors.com