Heaven’s Rain Recovery Groups
Our Recovery Support groups are geared at empowering trauma victims to embrace hope and seek help in making progress toward developing their new normal. It applies a cinema-therapy approach using our signature movie Heaven’s Rain along with our HR-Trauma-Recovery-Guide written and developed by Dr Julea Douglass of Heaven’s Rain Productions, USA.
The movie along with Recovery Guide has proven to be a life changing tool in charting the recovery journey for many, and is delivered in a safe confidential environment. For only two hours for 8 weeks the journey explores topics such as: Finding Commonality, Restoring Relationships, Seeking Justice and much more.
The author of the program recommends a few guidelines for an effective recovery group:
- have a consistent private space for the entire program
- try at best not to miss a session- be consistent, this may be the only aspect of their lives that are dependable and consistent.
- a maximum of 12 sessions- 2 hours per week so that they are not overwhelmed by the topics
- a maximum of 16 persons for every 2 group leaders
- groups should not be co-gender, either all female or all male.
- plan a small celebration at the end to mark the emotional success
- keep in contact after and have a follow-up at 6 months to 1 year after.
- please provide water and tissues.
- heaven’s rain DVD, manuals and pencils would be provided by VSF
- 18 years and over
- committed to the entire 12 weeks
- not have family relations in the group
- at least 6 months to 1 year after their most recent trauma
- not be currently still associated or in the environment of the trauma source. (.i.e living with the abuser’s, in court proceeding. etc)
- ready to move forward from the trauma
- at least mildly literate as the manuals do require reading and writing
Register today to host or join a support group near you. Training is available to start a support group in your community, once your Application is approved.