Support for you and your child(ren)
If you are a mother affected by domestic abuse, Auberge Shalom has a variety of services that can support you and your child(ren) (up to age 17) together. When the time is right for you, our counselors can help you recover from trauma to improve your quality of life. In addition to counselling, our professionally guided support groups offer a safe space to share experiences, provide education, and help break isolation.
Our work with mothers includes:
Sharing stories and breaking the silence around conjugal abuse
Focusing on strengths and resiliency
Accessible brain science and psychoeducation about trauma
Strengthening communication between mother and child
Practical tools for identifying and regulating emotions
Skills for building healthy relationships and self identity
Our work with children and youth includes:
Breaking the secret around conjugal violence
Exploring feelings
Clarifying that violence is not their fault
Modeling healthy alternative for expressing feelings
Enhancing self esteem by focusing on strengths and abilities
Preparing for custodial visits and safety planning
Providing a positive, nurturing environment
To find out if this program is right for you, please call 514-485-4783. Once a telephone intake is completed, you will be assigned to one of our clinical counsellors and given our confidential address for your first appointment.
“Since joining the Auberge Shalom team, I have seen mothers build confidence and learn to trust their maternal instincts; children give language to their feelings as they begin to understand their own emotional responses to their experiences. These strides are life changing.”