A flyer explaining easy steps for reaching out for Safe+Sound's free domestic violence services.
Audience: Survivor
How We Talk About Domestic and Sexual Violence
A blog post that describes forms of trauma, trauma-specific services, and trauma-informed approaches recognized utilized by S+SS Whenever Safe+Sound Somerset’s SPEAK Outreach and Prevention team hosts workshops, they spend a significant amount of time defining terms and laying...
Healing for Survivors of Sexual Assault Begins Here
A blog post introducing S+SS sexual violence resources and definitions As of October 1st, 2021, Safe+Sound Somerset expanded our trauma-informed services to serve survivors of sexual violence in Somerset County, NJ. For over 40 years, Safe+Sound Somerset has...
Live At Lunch – Legal Advocacy
A video interview with a Safe+Sound legal advocate, about creating safety for survivors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofvMhxc40Fg
How Media Talks About Violence Impacts Survivors
A blog post that summaries positive and negative qualities of media exposure surrounding interpersonal violence for survivors. The media is a huge entity – from news to social media outlets, television to radio stations. The impact of this...
Sexual Assault in Domestic Abuse
A blog post informing about intimate partner sexual violence, with examples and definitions For over 40 years, Safe+Sound Somerset has provided safety, hope, and healing for survivors of domestic abuse in Somerset County. As of October 1st, 2021, we expanded our mission to also serve...
Warning Signs of Domestic Violence
A blog post providing a list of abuse warning signs, even when someone is "just joking." When 1 in 3 women, 1 and 4 men, and 1 in 2 transgender and nonbinary people experience domestic violence in their...
Safety Planning for Leaving a Relationship
A blog post explaining tips for safety planning and how it can help, when staying in, leaving, or after a relationship ends. Many people in our community think that, as the lead agency for domestic violence response in Somerset County, we should encourage people to...
Power & Control in Domestic Abuse
A blog post explaining how one partner gaining and keeping power and control is the center of an abusive relationship, and alternatively, what healthy P/C looks like. The ability to control our own lives through decisions is powerful,...
Rights & Responsibilities for Healthy Relationships
A blog post explaining how both people following rights and responsibilities makes an equal, healthy, safe relationship. Boundaries are the limits and rules you have for your interactions with others, and how you want to be treated in...
