Group Support
Taking Back Control Group
Taking back control group is an 8-week programme with structured sessions over 2 hours. It involves reflection, discussions, activities. It is an opportunity to learn from each other. What we cover includes:
- Week 1 – Group Contract/ Beliefs, Values and Attitudes/ Attachment
- Week 2 – What is Sexual Violence/ What is the impact of Sexual Violence/ Barriers to Disclosure
- Week 3 – Understanding Shame
- Week 4 – Understanding Shame & Guilt/ Responses to Trauma/Victim blaming/ Control
- Week 5 – Understanding Intrusive Thoughts
- Week 6 – Relationships/ Intimacy/ Acceptance & Self-compassion
- Week 7 – Building Assertiveness & Resilience
- Week 8 – Final reflections
To develop a safe and consistent group experience the group is ‘closed’ which means that new members can only join on the first session. Numbers are limited to 14 participants. It is important to note that this is not therapy – you do not have to share experiences with the group. This course provides psycho-education to help you understand and overcome the impacts of abuse.
If you would like to book a place please email jaime.leigh@rasamerseyside.org to attend at our Bootle centre.
Taking Back Control Live Online via Zoom or in our Wirral centre
If you would prefer to engage in the Taking Back Control Group live online, or in person at our Wirral Centre, then please email tracy.derbyshire@rasamerseyside.org . The online course runs on a Monday, 10am – 12pm.
Sunflowers Service Group Hypnotherapy Sessions
Hypnotherapy is an effective way to reduce worry and feel more in control. RASA Sunflowers offers anxiety-reduction sessions for both young people and for caregivers. Please contact janet.bunn@rasamerseyside.org to book in.
Healing Trauma Through Movement for Women
You will learn how trauma affects the nervous system, leaving you in a dysregulated state which can make normal day to day tasks seem overwhelming.
We explore techniques that will help release stored trauma from the body which can often present as a chronic pain condition. You will learn tools to help befriend your nervous system and help you on your healing journey.
If you would like to book a place contact Lisa.Mercer@rasamerseyside.org
Maria Fogg Family Law Drop In
Maria Fogg Family Law will be hosting drop-in sessions at the Wirral Centre on the first Tuesday of each month, from 10:00 to 11:30.
Reducing Anxiety Depression and Stress (RADS) Group
Starting 7th October 10-12 – Bootle
Email: jaime.leigh@rasamerseyside.org
What to Expect
Our RADS group is a clinical hypnotherapy group, providing 3 sessions of clinical hypnotherapy, over a 3week period, working on reducing your symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress.
You will be placed in a male or female group, our groups run at set dates and times throughout the year.
Please note that this is not one to one support and it is not group therapy, you will not be expected to share your feelings or any details about yourself or your experiences.
What will happen during the sessions?
During the session you will be asked to sit with your eyes closed and take part in a guided meditation.
This will help you to relax and enter a hypnotic trance. You will be in full control and able to respond to the facilitator at any time.
TAKING BACK CONTROL
Monday 11th January | 10am–12pm
Bootle | 8 consecutive weeks
Trauma can sometimes leave us feeling as though we have lost control over our emotions, reactions or even parts of our lives.
Taking Back Control is an eight-week psychoeducational programme helping you understand the impact of trauma and giving you practical tools to manage difficult emotions, recognise patterns, build resilience, and begin reclaiming a greater sense of choice and control.
This group may be for you if…
You find yourself wondering “Why do I react like this?” and would like to understand what is happening beneath those reactions and learn practical ways to manage them.
Email: jaime.leigh@rasamerseyside.org
Women’s Circle – 25th November – 10-12pm
As part of our 16 Days of Action against Sexual Violence, we invite you to join us for a gentle and empowering Women’s Circle.
Together, we will create a safe, supportive space to explore what it means to reclaim our voice, reconnect with our inner strength and honour the parts of ourselves that may have been silenced, diminished, or lost along the way.
Through connection, reflection, and grounding practices, we will celebrate resilience, choice, boundaries, and the right of every woman to feel safe, heard and empowered.
There is no expectation to share personal experiences — simply come as you are.
Your voice matters. Your boundaries matter. Your story belongs to you. And so does your future.
Join us for this empowering circle and take a meaningful step toward reclaiming your voice, power, and sense of self. Contact us to reserve your place or learn more.
Email: jaime.leigh@rasamerseyside.org
❄️ Winter Women’s Circle – A Space to Pause, Restore & Reconnect ❄️
As the year begins to end, we invite you to step away from the noise and expectations of the festive season and take some time simply for you.
Our Winter Women’s Circle offers a warm, safe, and supportive space to slow down, breathe and reconnect with yourself and others. Together we’ll reflect on the year we’re leaving behind, gently release what we no longer want to carry forward, and explore what we would like to nurture within ourselves as we move towards a new year.
Expect gentle grounding, reflection, meaningful conversation, and connection — with no pressure to share more than feels comfortable.
✨ Wednesday 16th December
🕙 10am–12pm
Come exactly as you are. For two hours, there is nowhere else you need to be and nothing you need to be for anyone else. 🤍
Email – jaime.leigh@rasamerseyside.org
🌱 MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER
Tuesday 12th January | 6pm–8pm
Offered as an alternative to individual therapy
A supportive group combining psychoeducation, self-development and practical tools to help you understand how past experiences can affect the way you think, feel and respond today.
Together, we’ll explore trauma responses, emotional regulation, coping strategies, boundaries, self-worth and ways of moving forward with greater understanding and self-compassion.
This group may be for you if…
You want to understand yourself better, develop new ways of coping and feel ready to begin looking towards the future.
Email: jaime.leigh@rasamerseyside.org
🧘 HYPNOSIS FOR WELLBEING
Wednesday 13th January | 10am–12pm
Bootle | 4 weeks
Four weeks. Four different guided hypnosis sessions. Four opportunities to simply stop, breathe and give some time back to yourself.
Each week will offer a different hypnosis experience focused on relaxation and emotional wellbeing, helping you explore ways of creating greater calm and reconnecting with yourself.
You don’t need any previous experience of hypnosis — just come along, get comfortable and allow yourself the space to switch off from the outside world for a while.
This group may be for you if…
You would like some dedicated time to slow down, relax, and explore hypnosis as a tool to support your emotional wellbeing.
