Daisy Centre Community Programs

Reflect & Restore is a six week group program and is suitable for women who have left an abusive relationship and are ideally receiving support from a counsellor or psychologist. This is a reflective program that blends both psychoeducation with therapeutic activities including art, drumming, and mindfulness.

The program is run by qualified counsellors.

Aims:

• increase understanding of domestic and family abuse
• build connection with other women
• gain an understanding how past traumatic events can have an impact on emotional responses
• develop strategies for emotional stabilisation, resilience, and self-care

For more information or to register, please contact us via daisycentre@maryshouse.org.au

Parenting and DFV is a five week group program and is suitable for women who have previously received psychoeducation on the dynamics and complexities of domestic and family violence (DFV).

This group will provide women with strategies and tools to support parenting their children who have also been impacted by domestic and family violence.

Parenting and DFV incorporates elements from other programs and theories including: Black Box Parenting, Attachment Theory, Emotional Coaching, Bringing Up Great Kids and Parenting after Family Violence.

The program is suitable for women with children between three and 12 years old and is run by a qualified counsellor.

Aims:

• build rapport with children; develop safe, predictable, meaningful relationships
• validate children’s feelings and emotions; build children’s resilience
• use play/special time for self-regulation and creating positive memories
• develop tools for kind and understanding responses to children’s behaviour; positive coping strategies

For more information or to register, please contact us via daisycentre@maryshouse.org.au

Art Therapy is a six-week group program for women who have experienced abuse who are looking for an alternative way to develop self-awareness, explore emotions, address unresolved emotional conflicts, improve social skills, and improve self-esteem.

All materials are provided, and no art experience is needed.

This program is run by a qualified art therapist.

Aims:

• enhance physical, emotional, cognitive functioning, and social integration
• develop insights and understanding to facilitate change

For more information or to register, please contact us via daisycentre@maryshouse.org.au

Connect is a 12 week program (Level 1 – 6 weeks, Level 2 – 6 weeks) of exercise-based physiotherapy for women of all levels of fitness who have experienced abuse and want to strengthen their physical and emotional health.

The program is run by an exercise-sensitive physiotherapist.

Aims:

• develop strategies to regulate the nervous system
• build fitness and strength
• support emotional healing

For more information or to register, please contact us via daisycentre@maryshouse.org.au

Financial Wellbeing is a 90 minute workshop run in conjunction with CatholicCare. The program is suitable for women who have experienced financial abuse and want to gain basic knowledge and access to resources on financial matters that can assist them moving forward.

Aims:

• learn how to recognise and respond to financial abuse
• gain financial sustainability and control through basic budgeting
• learn about debt – good and bad
• access to financial support services and resources

For more information or to register, please contact us via daisycentre@maryshouse.org.au