HRTs: Healthy Relationships for Teens Group (Alternatives to Domestic Violence)
The Healthy Relationships for Teens (HRTs) Groups give Bergen County teens and young adults a safe space to process relationship issues in a structured and supportive communal setting facilitated by licensed clinicians and antiviolence educators. ADV recognizes that our teens and youth need special support in navigating challenging transitions, confusing messages about relationships, and positive healing processes from harmful experiences of both dating abuse and family conflict.
The group's mission is to empower all youth and directly engage them in violence prevention by raising their consciousness about power and control in all relationships, as well as their capacity to shape relationship norms in their community. Teens will explore how to have healthy relationships with self, peers, and loved ones. To learn more or sign up for HRT services, contact the main line: 201-336-7575.
Our therapeutic curriculum includes reviewing:
- The ingredients of healthy, equitable relationships
- The warning flags of exploitative relationships
- Adaptive coping strategies for distress
- Support-seeking and bystander intervention skills
- Media literacy and active modes of community engagement
The groups meet weekly with several weekday options, are free and confidential, and are open to teens 14+ of all genders and regardless of the gender of their dating partners. We also hold groups that center the lived experiences of LGBTQIAP+ youth and promotes their wellbeing and healing in warm community.
Current schedule:
Tuesdays, 5:00pm-6:00pm- LGBTQIA+ HRTs Group- Temporarily Virtual Only
Wednesdays, 4:00pm-5:00pm- HRTs Group- Temporarily Virtual Only
Additional HRTs groups, including in-person options, are on the way! New groups shall be formed in response to community needs and demand.
To learn more or sign up for services, call the ADV main line: 201-336-7575.
For more information about ADV's programs and services, visit our official website.
If you or someone you know is experiencing abuse in a relationship and wish to speak to someone, please contact ADV's 24/7 Confidential Crisis Hotline: 201-336-7575.
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Last Updated: 12/06/23