Community

You deserve connection that respects your privacy, your pace, and your choices.

Connection without pressure

Support can mean being listened to, learning how someone else handled a difficult situation, or spending time with people who respect your choices. You decide what to share and when. You do not need to tell your story to deserve support.

Community forums and Rise & Recover support groups are not open yet. You can use the resources below to explore established support services now.

Planned discussion areas

Relationship recovery

A place to discuss rebuilding confidence, managing contact, grief after a relationship, and learning what respectful connection looks like.

Family relationships and boundaries

Support around difficult family dynamics, expectations, independence, and limits that fit your circumstances.

Workplace mistreatment

Conversations about bullying, manipulation, professional boundaries, and seeking appropriate workplace or legal support. Discussion would focus on behavior rather than diagnosing colleagues.

Co-parenting challenges

Support around communication, emotional strain, and finding qualified help. Peer experiences cannot determine what is safe or legally appropriate for another family.

Progress and success stories

Space to recognize everyday changes, from asking for support to making a decision with greater confidence. Progress does not have to look the same for everyone.

Finding a support group now

Ask a local domestic violence organization or qualified clinician about available groups. The National Domestic Violence Hotline can help you explore local services.

  • Peer-led groups: Shared experience and mutual support. These are not automatically clinical treatment.
  • Professional-led groups: Ask who leads the group, their qualifications, and whether it is therapy or education.
  • Virtual groups: Ask about display names, cameras, recordings, participant privacy, and safe access from your device.

Questions to ask before joining

  • Who moderates the group, and how are concerns handled?
  • Is there a cost or commitment?
  • Can I attend without describing my experiences?
  • What happens if someone shares a crisis or threatens another participant?
  • Are meetings recorded, and who can see participant information?
  • What confidentiality limits should I understand?

Standards for a respectful community

Our planned community will center survivor choice and behavior-based discussion. Participation guidelines will prohibit harassment, threats, victim-blaming, identifying another person, unsolicited promotion, and attempts to diagnose members or people in their lives.

No online group can guarantee confidentiality. Other participants may copy or share posts. Avoid names, locations, children’s details, court documents, screenshots, or other information that could identify you or someone else.

Support while you decide

Explore recovery exercises, find professional help, or get urgent support. A community forum is never a substitute for emergency help.

Rise & Recover provides education and resource links. It does not provide diagnosis, treatment, legal advice, or emergency response. Get urgent support.