Writing for Resilience: Coaching Survivors of Domestic Abuse

237: Writing for Resilience: Coaching Survivors of Domestic Abuse with Charmaine Pollard

In this Episode

Hear how an innovative coaching program is helping survivors of domestic abuse ‘dream big.’

Our host, Julie Flower, is joined by the creator of the “Writing for Resilience” coaching program, Charmaine Pollard, as well as two of the participants, Priya* and Shari*. Charmaine, a coach and certified poetry therapist, explains how the evidence-based, 20-week programme uses a combination of writing, poetry, 1 to 1 and group coaching to help survivors of domestic abuse rebuild their lives. Priya and Shari share their challenges and transformative experiences, highlighting the programme’s impact on their confidence and personal growth. They emphasise the importance of group support and accountability, goal-setting and creative expression in their healing journeys. Charmaine explains how the programme’s integrative approach, utilising the power of writing with coaching, creates deep and meaningful change.

This episode will challenge perspectives about survivors of domestic abuse. It is both moving, hopeful and a testament to the courage and resilience of these women.

*names have been changed to protect the participants

You Will Learn

• What motivated Charmaine to create this programme
• About the different elements of the programme
• The evaluation of the program's effectiveness and its positive outcomes.

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Guest Bio's

Charmaine Pollard is an experienced coach and certified poetry therapist. She has been driven by her passion which includes resilience coaching for individuals and business coaching for sole traders and SME owners. In her practice, she utilises the transformative power of creativity by integrating writing and poetry with coaching techniques, enabling her clients to achieve their goals. She developed a 20-week coaching programme to raise aspirations for women survivors of domestic abuse, promoting economic equality and wealth creation. She is author of Writing for Resilience: Finding the Courage to Bounce Back, which is available on Amazon. Charmaine is hugely grateful for the local authority's funding and support, which helped realise this vision. Their decision to fund an untested but promising programme showed their commitment to empowering women as leaders and ending violence against women and girls.

 

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