A peer support group is happening in Melrose, MA for those who want to be happy in life while healing the emotional effects of trauma. Our primary focus is on healing issues resulting from traumas such as: major losses, childhood neglect, sexual abuse, physical abuse and other types of trauma; but any trauma survivor interested in healing is welcome.
The BeatBrigade is an interactive drumming group operating through HandReach, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the poorest children in the developing world overcome severe debilitating trauma injuries. The BeatBrigade engages in therapeutic drumming that promotes community and benefits survivors of burn and trauma injuries. Outstanding BeatBrigadiers are invited to tour locally and abroad to drum with people of all kinds! ** Everyone is welcome to join and participate in the BeatBr …
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Meet other survivors of sexual, physical, verbal, or emotional abuse in a safe environment. This is a caring group eager to listen to and support each other, as well as share experiences on surviving and coping with a legacy of abuse.
Resilience: Everyday Stories of Survival “No one has a perfect life... Everyone has problems.” How often I have heard that, and how resistant I have been to believing it, until life handed me immense challenges of my own. As I marched on, I began to take notice of how many others around me had been through trauma, loss, and heartbreak -- and kept on going. An MBTA driver who keeps the photo of his son, lost in a drunk driving crash, on the dashboard of his train while he carries me safely to wor …
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