Benefits / Purposes / Goals of our Separation & Divorce Recovery Support Group

* To openly and honestly share our feelings, pain, losses, fears, etc. out loud with others who are going through the same thing.

* To be heard, accepted, supported and validated by others without judgment.

* To grieve our losses together (as psychologist John Bradshaw said we can’t effectively grieve alone).

* To receive encouragement from others who understand what we’re going through.

* To gain wisdom and inspiration by listening to other people’s experiences.  To realize we are NOT alone in the misery we’re going through.  Others have been through it, survived and eventually prospered.

* To gain a sense of empowerment, control and hope for ourselves and our future.

* To ask questions and receive advice from others who are further along in their healing journey – learning new ways to cope and recover from heartache.

* Divorce can be a very isolating experience.  Group participation can help us form new connections with people.  A way to step back out in the world, to combat our loneliness and feel human again.