by Joanna Nunez | Nov 9, 2022 | Counseling Program at Quaker House, Domestic Violence, News from the HomeFront
“Gaslighting” is a term that has gained popularity due to TikTok and other social media, but it is often misused and misunderstood. Gaslighting is so much more than lying or changing a story. It is purposeful psychological manipulation to make victims question their...
by Wayne Finegar | Mar 2, 2022 | Counseling Program at Quaker House, News, Our History and Work
The Board of Directors of Quaker House is pleased to announce the appointment of Wayne W. Finegar II to the position of Executive Director, effective March 1, 2022. Wayne graduated from Swarthmore College in 1989 with a BA in Philosophy and received a JD degree from...
by Wayne Finegar | Oct 23, 2021 | Counseling Program at Quaker House
This post is by our Quaker House LCSW mental health counselor, Joanna. Abuse can come in many forms, and while I have written about this before, more of our clients are reporting financial abuse as one of the ways they are being controlled by their partners. This...
by Wayne Finegar | Nov 14, 2020 | Counseling Program at Quaker House
Joanna being interviewed by Reuters reporter about what we were seeing among service members with sudden deployments. Reporter was wearing a coat because we had to replace our furnace this year, too. We are very lucky in that despite the COVID-19 outbreak, clients...
by Wayne Finegar | Nov 20, 2019 | Counseling Program at Quaker House, Domestic Violence
There’s a popular gym-chain that has many locations across the nation (they just opened a second one in Fayetteville) that has the tag line “Judgement Free Zone.” I have actually been to that gym, and the one I visited was true to their statement. People of all...
by Wayne Finegar | Sep 23, 2019 | and the Environment, Counseling Program at Quaker House, Fiftieth Anniversary, Military, Moral Injury, Our History and Work
When Quaker House celebrated its 50th Anniversary on September 21, 2019, with a special event in Fayetteville, many of the former directors and a few people who had been helped by or associated with Quaker House in the past attended as special guests. Monisha Rios was...
