Pledge to make a difference, together.
Mission Our mission is to strengthen people in order to help them live a life without emotional abuse and social control. We challenge the vicious circles of abuse that keep victims stuck in a pattern of emotional abuse and social control. Through acquiring the right cognitive skills and sharing life stories with others in similar situations, it is possible to find a way out of the vicious circles of abuse.
Vision Our vision is to make The Exit Circle a nationwide program, available for all victims of emotional abuse. Via our preventive work with help to self-help therapy groups we eliminate the risk that the emotional abuse will escalate, and by doing so, save society a great deal of money.
Values We have a holistic approach and base our work on the values: Community, Empowerment and Breaking down Hierarchies.
Community A solution to observations of loneliness and the taboo around abuse. Storytelling - sharing your story openly in a community as part of the healing and recovery process is unique to The Exit Circle and is acknowledged around the world as an effective form of therapy. There is silence around emotional abuse because it is still a taboo. Taboos and silence are broken by openness and honesty. Instead of individuals secretly struggling alone, it is possible to help each other in the community.
Empowerment A way of mobilizing resources in the users themselves. In a self-help group, each individual is not just a victim or a client, but also a person, sharing his or her experiences and thereby lending a helping hand and spreading hope to others who are in a similar situation.
Breaking down Hierarchies A way of helping the participants cope - a way of supporting them and helping them support each other in coping with emotional abuse. The groups are based on the belief that everyone can contribute to the community and that gives The Exit Circle's self-help groups the potential to break helper-victim dichotomies.