SAFE-T Education and Counseling Center of Palm Beach County is a 501(c)3 organization started in 2000. Over 500 people have gone through the classes and groups that SAFE-T provides.

Some of the classes offered are the following:

• Managing Healthy Emotions

• Boundaries

• Understanding Codependency

• Anger Management

• Self-Esteem

• Understanding and Living with Difficult People

• Recovery from Abuse

• Personal Growth and Development

• Healthy Parenting

• Shelter from the Storm (sexual abuse survivors)

• Moving Beyond Your Past

Classes are limited to 15 Women. This provides a small, safe environment for individuals to process their issues and achieve greater understanding of their own emotional dynamics. Classes differ in length. Shelter from the Storm is a 14-week class, from 7-9 pm; some are 2-hour classes and others are 4-week classes. Please check the Classes section for definite times.

There is a cost for all of the classes, but some scholarships are provided. (See: About Our Fees on the menu).

One of the main objectives of SAFE-T is to provide sexual abuse recovery classes. This group/class is called Shelter from the Storm. Classes are 14 weeks long and meet once a week for 2 hours.

Some Startling Statistics:

• 1 of every 4 women will be sexually abused before the age of 18.

• 1 of every 6 men will be sexually abused during childhood.

• 1 of every 7 women is a victim of domestic violence.

• 1 of every 5 children will be a victim of some type of child abuse.
       (Source: 2000 Florida Department of Law)

WHY ANOTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION?

SAFE-T provides ongoing classes for sexual abuse recovery as well as for personal growth and development. SAFE-T offers individual, family, and couples counseling for a minimum fee.

SAFE-T is on the referral network of many women’s organization in Palm Beach County. SAFE-T receives referrals from Victim’s Services as well as the State Attorney’s Office.

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