Community Conversations: A Podcast by ACH Child and Family Services achchildandfamily

Control, mental, verbal, psychological abuse. It was all there before it became physical in Amanda’s experience as domestic violence survivor. Brave and resilient, Amanda shares the story of rebuilding a life for her and her son with ACH’s Families Together Program.
Families Together provides residential services (12-18 months) for mothers and children experiencing homelessness due to intimate partner domestic violence.
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Why doesn’t the victim just leave? Believe it or not, leaving a life you’ve built in exchange for safety from an abusive partner—especially with kids—is a complex and difficult issue no mother should ever have to experience. Join us as we demystify common misconceptions about intimate partner domestic violence.
Statistics and facts compiled from stjudehouse.org/domestic-violence-facts, Safe Haven of Tarrant County, and NBC News.

Heartache, stress, violence, abuse, and trauma. These are not easy words to hear, but they are words our staff hear all the time in the stories of our clients. ACH’s Transitions Program Manager Nick Little shares a few common experiences of domestic violence survivors—before these women ever enter our care, they have already gone through so much.
Families Together provides residential services (12-18 months) for mothers and children experiencing homelessness due to intimate partner domestic violence.

Establishing the feeling of safety for children who have experienced abuse and neglect is a difficult feat. It takes a village of knowledgeable, patient, and caring adults to care for them. Learn more about the importance of Felt Safety in this episode.
Applied at ACH, Felt Safety is a strategy from TCU’s Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®), a therapeutic model that trains caregivers to provide effective support and treatment for at-risk children.

What is Felt Safety? ACH’s Nick Little shares how this idea cultivates trust with the youth we serve who have experienced trauma from abuse and neglect.
Applied at ACH, Felt Safety is a strategy from TCU’s Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®), a therapeutic model that trains caregivers to provide effective support and treatment for at-risk children.

From sleeping on park benches to entering foster care, Mohammed’s journey continues at the Morris Program, ACH's transitional living program (TLP). Follow the story of a resilient teen, wise beyond his years, thriving after receiving help from ACH.
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