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April Is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Learn How You Can Make A Difference
One victim is one too many. According to the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault, one in five women and one in 71 men have been sexually assaulted in their lifetime. The number of LGBTQI+ survivors is even higher. Fear for one’s safety, fear of not being believed, self-blame, [...]
How The Arts Help Children and Parents Heal
This article presented during National Creative Arts Therapy Week, (March 12 – 18) highlights 180’s Amanda’s Easel Creative Arts Therapy Program. By: Laura Greenstone, M.S., LPC, ATR-BC "When my Mom and Dad fight, I draw pictures to make them stop." Feeling responsible is a common reaction for [...]
In honor of International Women’s Day ~ March 8, 2017
Today we honor International Women’s Day and dedicate this post with admiration to the women of 180 Turning Lives Around……the committed staff, and caring professionals, whose daily work it is to help others rise up. Each of you inspire and instill confidence; delivering healing and hope so that others may have a chance to rise up and turn their lives [...]
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Teen Dating Violence Prevention The statistics on teen dating violence are a call to action. “Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year. One in three adolescents in the U.S. is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse from a dating partner, a [...]
Daylight
When you heard about others making New Year’s resolutions did you look down and say to yourself, “Nothing will ever change?” Maybe you felt as if there’s no hope or at least no hope for you. First, you should know that 180 Turning Lives Around is here to support you [...]
180 saved me
My mother and I stayed in the Safe House when I was 10. That was over twelve years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. She gathered up the courage to leave and we escaped our abuse once and for all. With a few belongings stuffed into suitcases [...]