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PEER SUPPORT

Are you single and lonely? Are you working on a troubled marriage?

If you're feeling confused, overwhelmed, angry or frustrated, join a Peer Support Group. Peer Support offers discussion groups for women who share common concerns. Women have an opportunity to meet others in similar life circumstances who experiencing normal but sometimes frustrating, confusing or distressing situations.

Each group is six sessions (once a week for six consecutive weeks) and is led by two professionally trained NCJW facilitators. Sessions begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held at the NCJW Center for Women, 513 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Livingston, NJ. The fee for each Peer Support group is $45.

PEER SUPPORT GROUP SCHEDULE:

Thursday, October 16, 2008
Women Coping with Separation & Divorce
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UPCOMING PEER SUPPORT GROUPS

• Women Coping with Separation and Divorce
• Divorced Women Moving On
• Widows
• Young Widows
• Widows Moving On
• Young Widows Moving On

MINI CHAT GROUPS

One-to-two session peer support for small groups. Fee: $7 per session If you are interested in any of these groups, please call the Center for Women at 973-994-4994.

• Women Contemplating Separation or Divorce
• Women Living in a Difficult Marriage
• Women Parenting Alone
• Women Dealing with a Depressed Family Member

NEW FOR THE FALL!

A support group for men and women who have lost someone to suicide at least one year ago.
Fee: $45 for six sessions
For more information, call the Center for Women at 973-994-4994.

Women who have participated in Peer Support say...

"We made new friends who understand-who we could reach out to-who share our feelings, our problems and our questions."
"Just being able to compare my situation with other women in a non-judgmental setting helped me to cope."
"The women in the group helped me to deal with my loneliness and feelings of anger.
"I was lost and alone. The widows' group saved my life. I continue to meet with the women in my group and we have become good fiends."
"Although my situation is not over-whelming, lots of similar feelings about what I am involved in doing were expressed and discussed."

RAINBOWS

Do you have a grieving child who needs someone to talk to? RAINBOWS provides a healthy path toward healing for children who have experienced a loss or life-altering crisis.

SUPPORT GROUPS FOR CHILDREN AGES 5 - 14 Years

RAINBOWS Support Groups run for 10 - 12 weeks. The groups meet at the NCJW Center for Women, 513 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue in Livingston.

RAINBOWS SCHEDULE:

Mondays, Oct. 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 8, 15, Jan. 5, 12, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Cut off date to register: Monday, Oct. 20
Parent Meeting: Thursday, Oct. 23
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For more information or to register, call 973-994-4994.

RAINBOWS MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN

"Before RAINBOWS, the only one who listened to me was my teddy bear," said a six-year-old participant in RAINBOWS, a support group for children who are grieving from a life-altering crisis such as death, separation, divorce or other painful transitions.

An international nonprofit organization, RAINBOWS was started in Chicago 23 years ago. Since then more than one million children have participated in RAINBOWS programs in 49 of the United States and in 13 other countries from Australia to Austria, Scotland to Singapore.

The programs, while not counseling or therapy, offer grieving children the opportunity to heal by having children with similar experiences participate in 10 to 12 week small group sessions led by trained facilitators. Children can continue to participate in the program for as long as they and their parents feel they can benefit from them.

In the spring of 2005, NCJW brought RAINBOWS to the Linda and Rudy Slucker Center for Women. To date nearly 80 children, ranging in age from 5 to 14 years old, have participated in the program.

Caring adult volunteers who have been trained as facilitators lead the RAINBOWS support groups. Confidentiality is fostered at the outset by both the facilitators and the children.

For more information or to register, call 973-994-4994.