Workshop For Women
Next date: 23 November, 2024 @ 10am – 1pm
Venue: 307 Wattletree Rd, Malvern East | Duration: 3 hours | Cost: $295
To book: Call 03 9500 0455 or submit Booking Form
Questioning the dynamics of your relationship and the way your partner treats you? Feeling chronically confused, doubtful or unsettled? Constantly apologising even when you are unsure why? Friends or family expressing concerns about your partner? Researching gaslighting or narcissistic abuse online, wondering if this applies to you?
You Are Not Alone
Identifying the patterns of emotional abuse in intimate relationships is difficult because by their nature they involve distortion, justifications and blame-shifting, making you doubt your judgment and remain silent. It leaves you emotionally depleted, confused, doubtful and isolated, trying to make sense of an ever-shifting cycle between good days and occasional acts of kindness to bad days of put-downs, blame, callousness, excessive jealousy and micromanaging.
If you are finding yourself chronically apologising to your partner, always walking on eggshells around them, constantly self-monitoring and self-censoring what you say, becoming cut-off from friends and family, and feeling the need to record conversations or arguments – you are likely experiencing emotional abuse.
If all this sounds familiar, this workshop is for you. Join me and learn:
- What emotional abuse IS and what it IS NOT
- The 3 Ds of emotional abuse – Disrespect, Distort and Disempower
- Common patterns of emotionally abusive relationships
- Emotional abuse vs healthy relationships
- The mental and physical impact of emotional abuse
- Can things improve and how?
- What are realistic expectations for the future
What you can expect:
- An intimate group environment with only 6-8 women
- Practical in-depth information by a practitioner that specialises in this area
- Real-world examples that help illustrate the harmful dynamics discussed
- Guided reflections and lively discussions
- Opportunity for questions & answers throughout
Important: Please note this is a psychoeducational workshop, not a therapy group. While some personal questions and experiences come up in discussions, self-disclosure is not required and personal sharing is contained.
Free Workshop Resources:
Impact of Emotional Abuse Handout
Resources on Emotional Abuse Handout
Wondering if this workshop is for you?
This is a space for any woman seeking to understand the nature of intimate emotional abuse through a practical, well-informed and considerate approach to the topic. This workshop was designed with you in mind if:
- You are currently in a relationship that doesn’t feel right but are unsure if it would be considered emotionally abusive.
- You are aware that you are experiencing emotional abuse but still doubt if it’s that bad or hope your partner will change. You can’t decide if you should leave or wait for improvement.
- A past relationship left you confused, emotionally scarred and feeling like you lost a part of yourself, and you are still trying to make sense of it.
- You wish to expand your awareness in your work about the signs, dynamics and psychological impact of emotional abuse in relationships – e.g. you work in couples therapy, social or community services, the legal system etc.
- You are supporting a friend or family member that is dealing with an emotionally abusive relationship.