RAVEN in Saint Louis is celebrating 30 years of promoting peaceful family environments with intervention for violence and domestic abuse.

RAVEN’s adult groups specialize in working with men who have been abusive to their female loved ones (wife, girlfriend, etc). Some men come to RAVEN’s program because they have been ordered to do so by the court; others come on their own or though other referral sources. It is RAVEN’s goal that men will leave the program with a better sense of what it means to be a man, increased self-awareness about their behaviors, and alternative, non-violent skills and tools to use in their relationships.

Groups meet weekly for two hours. The program is designed to be approximately 48 weeks. Groups are scheduled seven days a week, including evening, day and weekend times. Groups include both an educational or class component, and a more interactive component – where men discuss real situations and put the information they are learning into perspective. Whenever possible, groups are co-facilitated by a male and a female.

Group discussion topics include:

Definition of abuse, violence, and physical violence
Power and control
Identifying non-violent alternative behaviors
Denial and accountability
Non-violent parenting
Emotion identification and management
Assertive communication
Oppression and gender

Contact us via email to find out more information about joining a men's group
or call our office at 314-289-8000 to speak with a staff member.

MYTH: Dating partners are jealous because they love you.
TRUTH: Jealousy and possessiveness are signs that a person sees you as a possession. Jealousy is a negative emotion. It is the most common early warning sign of abuse.

MYTH: He/she hits you because you provoke him/her. TRUTH: No one provokes a violent reaction in anybody. People are responsible for their own actions. Violence is used to control a partner.

MYTH: Dating abuse is defined as physically hurting someone.
TRUTH: Dating abuse is an act of control that comes in many forms: Physical, Verbal, Emotional, Psychological, and Sexual.