Safe Harbor Audio Course

Description

This 3-hour audio training is designed to help you be an effective first responder for couples impacted by narcissistic and emotional abuse.  

Learn how to define and identify emotional abuse, how to recognize your own inherent biases that may lead to secondary abuse, and gain new insight and practical tools for how to navigate the complex and subtle dynamics of emotional abuse.  

Led by Marriage Recovery Center coach Sharmen Kimbrough, Safe Harbor is an invaluable resource for professional counselors, lay counselors, church and ministry staff, and anyone involved in marriage ministry. 

The course is comprised of 3 one-hour audio trainings that you can download to any device and listen and re-listen to at your own pace. Also included is: 

1. An optional quiz designed to help you reflect on the content and identify areas where you may need strengthening in your understanding and approach to helping victims of emotional abuse. 

1. A script of the audio content for those who prefer to read along or take notes. 

1. A referral handout that you can download and print, to give to couples who need specialized follow-up care. 

 

Part One: Identifying Emotional Abuse 

In Part One, you will gain a deeper understanding of what emotional abuse is, how it presents itself in the context of relationships, and how to watch for signs of power and control dynamics – a key marker of emotional abuse. You will learn how to decipher what is going on underneath the surface, and how use of language can reveal much more than the words themselves. 

 

Part Two: Avoiding Secondary Abuse 

In Part Two, we share an in-depth overview of the methods and approach that we have been using at the Marriage Recovery Center to bring healing to couples struggling with emotional abuse for over a decade.  You will learn how to use these same approaches to bring clarity and safety to an otherwise chaotic and destructive situation. We will talk about ways to jumpstart the healing process, including use of boundaries and intervention, and a deeper discussion of the real dangers of secondary abuse.  

 

Part Three:  Forging a Path to Healing  

In Part Three, we dive deeper into related issues such as spiritual abuse, sexual abuse, separation, forgiveness, and reconciliation, all in the specific context of emotional abuse. We look at what successful follow-up care looks like and how we can partner with you to provide continuity of care to help couples in their journey of intentional steps toward connection.