The emphasis is on members making their own choices, making their own decisions and generally making the group their own. A support group doesn't suit everybody. If you decide to join a support group, you will need to make a commitment to attend that group every week while it runs. Support groups are usually run when we have received enough requests. A group will run when we have between eight and ten participants to begin.
Support groups can run between ten to twelve weeks.
Sessions run for approximately two hours. Participants are expected to attend all sessions and to have some involvement in the group. Women come to groups for many reasons - emotional support, wanting to 'get on with life', needing to break the isolation, to understand what happened, to share, to make friends who understand, and to learn to like ourselves. Often survivors feel guilt and shame about their experiences. In support groups women can offer encouragement to each other to begin to let go the responsibility and place the blame at the feet of the perpetrator.