Posted on date: 11/1/2013 Eligibility Adult, aged 18 or over have ever been in a Leather/BDSM/kink relationship in which you experienced intimate partner abuse, and sought help from publicly available domestic violence/intimate partner abuse services, or wanted to seek help from publicly available domestic violence/intimate partner abuse services, but did not do so. The interview will take […]

The DVP Team is putting the finishing touches on our training module for the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Administers and supervisors from the Hotline will be meeting with the Team here in Dallas on Friday, 10-18-13 for a first run through of the Training that the Team has developed. Any changes or additions that may

The NLA Dallas Domestic Violence Project Team: Lex, Beth, Artemis, Rob, Hardy, Jim R. and I are on schedule with the development of our training module for The National Domestic Violence Hotline staff in Austin. Team members work well together and have a good balance of knowledge of the Kink/Leather/BDSM community, training experience, knowledge of

I have received feedback several times in the past few months that there is a lot of talk about what NLA Dallas DV Project is planning/about/going to do.  Well, that is fair and very true.  Things in the mental health field don’t just happen quickly….there is much discussion, exploration of various options, establishing mutually agreed

All interested individuals who are involved in BDSM/Leather/Kink lifestyles are invited to participate in a survey about intimate partner abuse. The purpose of this survey is to gather information regarding the quality of experiences had by those who sought help from domestic violence service providers, or those who wanted to seek help, but did not

On June 27, the NLA Dallas Domestic Violence Team: Lex, Beth, Artemis, Rob, Hardy, and I (Jim R. had an emergency and was unable to attend) met here in Dallas with three administrators from The National Domestic Violence Hotline staff from Austin. We discussed the in-service training needs of hotline supervisors, and hotline phone operators.

Authored by: Dennis C. Hartzog, M.Ed., LPC I am pleased to announce that I am no longer the NLA Dallas Representative to the NLA-I DVP. The EC voted last Tuesday to have the NLA Dallas Domestic Violence Project continue as an autonomous project of NLA Dallas with me as the appointed Chairperson. All references to NLA-I DVP

Authored By: Robin On May 19, a remarkable thing happened: members of the Leather/BDSM/Kink community: Beth, Dennis, and I, met with senior managers of the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the National Dating Abuse Helpline — and we were welcomed with open arms! A partnership was formed with potentially national impact. Given the historic lack of

I have been in contact with Ms. Jones, Director of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, whose administrative office is in Austin Texas as a part of the Texas Council on Family Violence. Lex, Beth, Rob, and i will be going to Austin on Friday, May 17th to discuss  in-service training to the National Hotline staff