Empowering Domestic Violence Survivors

I'M MIKE WALCHER, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE, MORE THAN 12 MILLION WOMEN AND MEN ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE EACH YEAR THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ROUGHLY 24 PEOPLE EVERY MINUTE IN THIS COUNTRY AS PART OF THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO BRING AWARENESS TO HONOR SURVIVORS AND THE MORE VICTIMS OF VARIETY OF PROGRAMS ARE BEING OFFERED TO HELP THOSE AFFECTED AND WGCUS KATE CRONIN HAS MORE. >> FOR MORE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, I'M JOINED BY SARAH. LET'S SHOP A TRAUMA THERAPIST AND FOUNDER IS HEALING LOUDLY. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK WITH ME TO THIS ERA. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. NOW I WANT TO START WITH YOUR UPCOMING EVENT. OCTOBER 18TH, YOU CALL IT RECLAIM YOUR POWER AND IT'S A COURSE ON SELF-DEFENSE. EDUCATION. KEY, TELL ME MORE ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS SUNDAY. >> SO THIS SUNDAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SELF-DEFENSE CLASS AND TRAUMA INFORMED YOGA SESSION AT BACKYARD. SOCIAL AT 09:00AM. AND IT WILL BE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. WHERE HALF THE PROCEEDS ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO PROJECT HELP. >> MUSIC, HOW DOES YOUR TIME AS A TRAUMA THERAPIST INFORMED YOUR WORK IN SELF-DEFENSE? EDUCATION? >> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. LIKE I STARTED TO NG SELF-DEFENSE. ACTUALLY, BEFORE I BECAME A TRAUMA THERAPIST. BUT IT DEFINITELY HELPS EMPOWER MYSELF AND EMPOWER OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ANY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES SAYING. >> NOW I KNOW THIS A PRACTICE. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE WHAT WE NORMALLY THINK WHEN WE THINK THERAPY IS THE HIGHEST TAKING YOUR WORK OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE, HELP THESE WOMEN, THE SURVIVORS REALLY FEEL EMPOWERED. >> SO TRAUMA IS NOT ONLY STORED IN YOUR BRAIN BUT ALSO STORED IN YOUR BODY. SO BY DOING SELF DEFENSE THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE FEEL THE POWER WITH IN THEIR BODY. AND SO JUST THINKING THROUGH THINGS. SO THE TRAUMA CAN BE PROCESSED THE MEDICALLY AS WELL. AND AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST TO IT BY THINKING YOU CAN TO IT IN OTHER WAYS, TOO. >> DO YOU SEE ANY CHANGES IN PARTICIPANTS BEFORE THEY TAKE YOUR COURSE FOR SAYS AFTER? >> WHEN I'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, THIS IS THE 3RD TIME I'M HOSTING THIS ON. PEOPLE DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE AND LIKE INVIGORATED AFTERWARDS. THEY I HAVE LOTS OF ENERGY. YOU CAN SEE THEM LIKE WITH LIKE SMILES ON THEIR FACES. AFTER THAT, THEY LEAVE AND AND THAT THEY JUST FEEL MORE CAPABLE WITHIN THEMSELVES. >> CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT HOW HAVING THIS EXPERIENCE LEARNING TO DEFEND YOURSELF CAN MAKE SURVIVORS FEEL MORE EMPOWERED? WHAT IS IT REALLY GIVING THEM WHEN THEY GO TO HIS CLASSES? >> SO WHEN SOMEONE EXPERIENCES ON INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP ABUSE >> THE FEEL LIKE THE FLOSS CONTROL FOR OWN BODIES. >> AND SO THROUGH SELF-DEFENSE, IT CAN HELP THEM RECLAIM THAT POWER WITHIN THEMSELVES TO REMIND THEM THAT THEY ARE BACK IN CONTROL AND BACK AND BEING CAPABLE OF THERE. OF LIKE RECLAIMING THAT POWER AND THEIR BODIES. SO IT'S LIKE HELPS THEM LIKE BUILD CONFIDENCE. BACK UP >> NOW, OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR TEAM? >> SO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS DEFINITELY A BIG TOPIC THAT WE FOCUSED ON. AND IN OUR TREATMENT ROOMS. SO THAT LIKE GARZA, STICK ABUSE, ASSAULT ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS IS OUR MAIN FOCUS AND OUR PRACTICE. AND AND I WORKED WITH PROJECT HELP FOR 6 YEARS. AND THEN EVEN BEFORE THAT, I STARTED VOLUNTEERING ONE ELSE. 5TH TEEN. SO I'VE BEEN IN THIS FIELD FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. AND THAT'S JUST A VERY DEEP PASSION OF MINE. >> BEFORE AND THEN IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ATTEND THIS IN SESSION ON SUNDAY, HOW WOULD YOU HOW WOULD THEY GET IN TOUCH? >> AND THEY CAN GET IN TOUCH THROUGH MY EMAIL OR THROUGH MY WEB SITE. MY TICKETS ARE ON MY WEB SITE ON UNDER THERAPEUTIC WORKSHOPS. >> PETA, FOLLOW. SARAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO TALK WITH US TODAY. THANKS FOR