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Projects A number of projects function at and through the Women's Center. Each project extends a much needed resource to women in the community. Projects: For Crying Out Loud - For Crying Out Loud (FCOL) is a collective of survivors of child sexual abuse working together to produce support and educational materials for other survivors. FCOL produces and disseminates a newsletter for survivors. Incest Resources - Incest Resources (IR) was founded in 1980. It was the first organization of incest survivors in country. Incest Resources provides a voice to survivors. IR provides free support groups and therapeutic physical programs for survivors, including survivors with disabilities, survivors of ritual abuse, survivors with multiple personalities, survivors of clergy abuse, and survivors of abuse by professionals. Incest Resources provides education about child sex abuse as a societal and political issue. Incest Resources is run by Elaine Westerlund, a licensed psychologist with dual board certification as a specialist in trauma/ptsd and sexual abuse. Incest Resources provides a monthly drop in support group at the Women's Center. Topics of the support group include: PTSD; memory disclosure; courage and growth; dissociation; trust and safety; anxiety and depression; self-Image and self-esteem; boundaries and assertiveness; sexuality; and relationships. Meetings are open to survivors who were born female only. For more information, visit www.incestresourcesinc.org Women's Counseling and Resource Center - The Women's Counseling and Resource Center (WCRC) is a collective of licensed therapists, offering individual psychotherapy to women who are low-income and have no health insurance. Each therapist volunteers her time. WCRC provides a one-to-one relationship with a skilled counselor to women who cannot afford therapy at the Women's Center. For more information about any of the aforementioned projects, call 617.354.6394. |
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