Full Circle: The Phase II Manual : A Support Group Guidebook for Battered Women

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FULL CIRCLE: THE PHASE II MANUAL: A SUPPORT GROUP GUIDEBOOK FOR BATTERED WOMEN, by Judith Maxwell, serves as an excellent support group tool for women surviviors of abusive relationships. The guidebook is a chronicle of the experiences of, & materials used by, a series of successive groups consisting of women of all ages, economic, social & religious backgrounds. The guidebook offers tools & information that increase self-understanding & security through the use of group exercises including written & creative art projects that focus on group support, self-awareness through exploring the feelings of anger, fear & grief, values identification, choicemaking & goal setting, affirmations, human rights identification, group discussion & group work in assertiveness training, the eclipsed woman in an abusive relationship & the abused woman's right to be angry. Group discussions & creative exercises include: Creative Choicemaking - Weaving Your Lifemap; Circle Rights Affirmations; Weaving Your Values Base; Weaving Your Safety Net; Liberating Your Eclipsed Inner Self; Self-Care Concepts; The 3-Step Process of Dealing with Uncomfortable Feelings - A.R.E.; Weaving the Fabric of Your Grief; Weaving the Pattern of Your Life Purpose; Weaving the Fabric of Your Anger.