Oasis of Hope Grief Support Registration
Oasis House’s Grief Share Support Group focuses on identifying and addressing survivors’ various types of grief. Survivor grief is different than the grief experienced by someone who loses a loved one to death. Victims’ grief goes unrecognized and unacknowledged because society sees the relationship as unnecessary and something victims should “get over” or ignore. It is this thinking that often causes victims to suffer silently and in fear of being ridiculed. Registration is FREE but required in order to participate.
How Do I Know if Oasis of Hope is Right for Me?
Survivors’ grief is different than the grief experienced by someone who loses a loved one to death. Oasis House’s Grief Share Support group focuses on identifying and addressing intimate partner violence victims’ points of grief.
Most survivors experience what is known as disenfranchised grief, a term coined by Dr. Ken Doka in 1989. This is grief that “either is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, socially validated, or publicly supported. It includes non-death losses, loss of health, loss of stability, loss of innocence from abuse and neglect, and loss of relationship with a loved one who is not a blood relative. Victims’ grief goes unrecognized and unacknowledged because society sees the relationship as unnecessary and something victims should “get over” or ignore. It is this thinking that often causes victims to suffer silently and in fear of being ridiculed.
Whether a woman went through abuse at a young age, or is currently in an abusive relationship, the associated grief is often overlooked or deemed inconsequential. If you have ever been in a position where your feelings have been downplayed, or if you currently struggle to get help expressing the pain associate with losses related to your abuse, we encourage you to enroll in Oasis of Hope. It is FREE for all participants.