You Survived....There Is Life After

Session I

1. Open with prayer 

2. Introductions

3. Group Rules

4. Open Discussion

4. Ice Breaker (The Masks We Wear) 

5 Check-in

6. Provide Materials for the Journey

7. Close with prayer

Session II

1. Open with prayer 

2. The importance of faith in your healing process

3. Open Discussion

4. Check-in

5. Close with prayer
   

* Reading Assignment: 

• Chapter 1: Infirmed Woman 

• Chapter 2: Broken Arrows
   

* Writing Assignment:

• Write a letter to your traumatized self

• Forgiveness

• Safetey Net

Session III

1. Open with prayer

2. Open Discussion​

3. Activity - What do you see in the mirror? 

4. Comparison - Self-view vs. God-view

5. Check-in

6. Prayer
 

* Reading Assignment: 

• Chapter 4: Coping Skills 

Session IV

1. Open with prayer 
2. Open Discussion​

3. Check-in

4.. Close with prayer
    

* Time does not heal all wounds. If you don’t attend to your symptoms, they will only worsen.

* Getting help is a way of regaining whatever degree of personal power you lost during the assault.
 

* Reading Assignment: 

• Chapter 6: Origins of Femininity 

Session V

1. Open with prayer 
2. Open Discussion ​

3. Check-in

4. Close with prayer
 

* Reading Assignment: 

• Chapter 3: That Was Then

• Chapter 4: The Victim Survives
   

* Writing Assignments:

• Write a letter to God expressing how you felt then and now

• Think about and write out your needs during this time of work and healing

Session VI

1. Open with prayer 

2. Open Discussion

3. Next Steps​

• Ending Phase I

4. Check-in

5. Close with prayer