Walking Alongside Clients on Their Healing Journey
Emma Furman, MSW, recently joined SHALVA as a therapist, and has already become a valuable member of the team. We asked her a few questions so you could get to…
Emma Furman, MSW, recently joined SHALVA as a therapist, and has already become a valuable member of the team. We asked her a few questions so you could get to…
by Naomi Senser, SHALVA President Almost four decades ago, a small group of women made history when they recognized that women in the Jewish community of Chicago were suffering in…
Social media may be full of hearts and flowers for Valentine’s Day, but February is also Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). If you are concerned that your teen is…
Financial abuse (also called economic abuse) occurs when one partner in a relationship controls access to money or information about finances. Perpetrators often use money as a tool to exert…
We like to think that if a survivor would just leave an abusive relationship, she and her children would be safe and free to rebuild their lives. Unfortunately, leaving an…
We received a flood of emails after the recent article in the New York Times, Your Car Is Tracking You. Abusive Partners May Be, Too. Many asked if SHALVA clients…
How confusing that we put two quite opposite words together to describe the beginning of a relationship? Confusion is exactly how a person who is the target of love bombing…
“On any given day, I never know what to expect and no call is ever the same. Some potential clients have an inkling they may be in an abusive relationship…
SHALVA is proud to be a member of the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV). Chloé McMurray, Chief Capacity Building Officer, recently interviewed Viki Rivkin, Outreach and Education Legal Liaison…
When we think of abusive relationships, we often envision physical violence, scars, and bruises, or controlling behaviors. There is, however, another insidious method of abuse that remains hidden at the…