FAMILY VIOLENCE
I
am the abuser. What can I do?
As a person
who is abusing your partner or family member, you have a responsibility
to stop the violence.
There is
help available for you and you must be willing to seek out that
help regardless of whether your partner or family member is going
to stay with you.
The first
thing to do is to talk with someone about your problem.
You can
call a hotline: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE
(7233) or TTY 1800-787-3224 for the hearing impaired.
You can
seek counseling: Lifeworks 478-1648
You can
talk with a friend, clergy or other trusted person.
You can
take responsiblity foryour problem by not minimizing its seriousness
or blaming it on someone or something else, or saying that you can't
control it. You CAN learn to control it.
You can
respect your children by getting help so that they do not inherit
a legacy of violence.
You can
respect yourself by learning that no one deserves to be abused and
everyone deserves to be loved and
live violence-free.
My family is experiencing violence
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Legal Services Links:
Travis
County Attorney's Office
Travis
County District Attorney's Office
Legal Aid of Central Texas
Women's
Advocacy Project
Social Services Links:
APD Victim
Services
TCSO Victim
Services
SafePlace: Domestic Violence
and Sexual Assault Survival Center
Austin Child Guidance
Center
Additional Resources:
Domestic
Violence Hotlines and Resources
National Domestic Violence
Hotline
Violence Against Women
Office
Violence
Agaianst Men and Women
Family Violence Awareness
Page
Husband Battering
Child Abuse:
National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
Prevent
Child Abuse America
National
Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse
Yellow Pages
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