30th Anniversary Celebration of Yokhuselo Haven

Julia Philips, a writer, shares what she learnt as a rape crisis counsellor. She explains entering the first training session and feeling completely overwhelmed as she was surrounded by a family therapist, nurses, sex educatorsRead more

Jude Miller Burke completed a research study in 2017 with 300 successful men and women that revealed that “40% of them reported experiencing childhood abuse, witnessing family violence, or having an alcoholic parent while growingRead more

Healing after abuse is a long, arduous process. Thomas Fiffer shares a list of the challenges that survivors don’t share or rarely share. Fiffer’s article paints a clear picture of the daily struggles that survivorsRead more

VersAnnette Blackman-Bosia writes about the journey of healing after experiencing domestic violence. The article is targeted at single mothers who face additional challenges to leave an abusive relationship. Caring for their children and carrying thatRead more

In an article by Sherri Gordon, she explains how victims stay in abusive relationships because they fear not being able to provide “financially for themselves and their children.” Financial security is also recorded as oneRead more

Bonnie Koehn, in her article, Early Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship, writes about how abusers can be very charming in the early stages of a relationship and for this reason women are usually drawn toRead more

It can be difficult to differentiate between someone with a bad attitude and someone who is abusive. In an article by Maria Miguel, the issue of emotional abuse is tackled in a lot of detail. Read more

Heidi Davoren shares the story of Jerry Retford, a man who used to abuse his wife in front of his children, and how he changed his life. Retford explains some of the things he neededRead more