Everyone in a family deserves to be safe and respected. Our domestic violence programs stop violence at home and help people have healthier relationships. We understand that it's difficult to make changes alone. Our group programs help people discover the relationship skills they already have and learn new ways of thinking about how to be a partner and parent.
Alternatives to Family Violence
At Family Service, we work with the entire family to stop domestic violence. Families can come to counseling together, but meet separately with counselors to learn:
- Development of a violence avoidance/safety plan
- Education about the cycle of violence plus power and control dynamics
- Use time-outs to manage anger
- Assertiveness training
- Skills in self-esteem, self-responsibility, stress management and social communication
- Learn about addictive relationships, co-dependency and drug and alcohol abuse.
Program Features
- Experienced, Master's level counselors
- Individual assessment session
- 26-week group therapy component
- Separate, concurrent sessions for men, women and children
- Childcare for infants and toddlers (Indianapolis only)
Breaking Free domestic violence advocates and counselors work in locations throughout the community to support, educate and advocate for victims of domestic abuse. Our program works to empower individuals to break free from abusive relationships, to provide resources and education for safety, healing and growth, and to promote community awareness and to end the cycle of violence.
Our Groups for Children
Children ages 3-17 who have witnessed or experienced domestic abuse participate in an eight-week group program that teaches them how to recover from abuse.
Our Adult Services
- Support groups provide a safe, confidential and consistent setting for survivors of abuse to discuss their experiences and gain needed support.
- Personal Assistant Line offers immediate and compassionate information, crisis intervention and referrals at 1-888-254-8988
- Court support provides emotional support plus accompaniment to court.
- Personal advocacy offers one-on-one meetings for limited case management, extensive safety planning and referrals.
- Community education provides presentations for businesses, schools and community organizations.
- Multi-cultural services are available in Spanish for the Latino community.
Other programs
Anger management is different than domestic violence intervention. We offer classes for people who have difficulties appropriately expressing their anger. More information
Parenting is the hardest job in the world and we offer parent education classes to help parents improve their relationships with their children. More information