Where one door closes, another opens. "This proved true wisdom of the French writer Moliere on 2 January 2001. For then the door opened pregnancy conflict counseling office of the association Donum Vitae (Gift of Life), after the doors of the Catholic crisis pregnancy counseling centers by ordered by Pope John Paul II's departure from the statutory pregnancy conflict consultation had closed. For the NRZ I spoke with donum vitae consultant Ulla Höhne about the work that she and her Mrs Betty van Bubat Hasseln and administrative specialist Ilse Roberts does.
Given the history was the establishment of Donum Vitae and the opening of its own advisory body quite tricky. Who supports you in the beginning?
We have been supported by very many committed Christians, who were of the opinion that the Catholic Church is not the pregnant women in the conflict must be left alone. There were also people from the area of Charity who have made strong for us. I am thinking, for example, Anne Terhune, who to this day as volunteers in support of our Board Association committed.
What qualifies you and your colleague for the difficult task of abortion advice?
I am social worker and my colleague, a social scientist. I also have additional training as a systemic family counselor. And my colleague is also trained as a therapist interview.
How will your finances work for people seeking advice free?
80 percent of our budget is funded by the state. The remaining 20 percent are from municipal grants and from membership fees our currently 60-member association and from donations.
What makes the profile of the crisis pregnancy counseling in Donum Vitae?
We offer a Christian, what many women is important. We also advise Muslim women who come to us willingly. We benefit from positive word-of-mouth and the fact that we not only offer abortion counseling, but also advice and help with partnership conflicts, domestic violence, prevention and education issues and in monitoring of women after the consultation for have chosen their child.
How many Women seeking advice from you?
Last year, we have 570 consultations with 315 women out. For comparison, in our first year counseling center was visited by 97 women, with whom we have had at that time 179 consultations. We can look forward to an ever-growing popularity.
How has your counseling work changed since 2001?
It is harder and become more complex, because most women have more and multilayered problems. I can not remember, for example, that would be the first year a woman with a violence problem in their partnership came to us. Meanwhile accumulates this problem, especially in connection with unwanted pregnancies. Previously, no women came to us in need of grief counseling, because they have lost a child or with the burden of abortion are not clear.
What do you see the reason for this shift in emphasis?
I believe that today more women dare to go with their problems to the public and talk about their problems. And even today we have problems in the eye and talk to them, to which we have not thought ten years ago.
also looking for men Your advice?
rarely full. Every year, I may have one or two men in counseling who are not as clear with the decision of their partner. About 75 percent of our consultations we exclusively with women and about 25 percent of couples. Often women are also aware of at first alone in our consultation in order to be clearly independent from their partners about their own decision.
The counseling center of Donum Vitae at the Castle Street 8 to 10 Monday through Thursday from 9 to 17 clock and Friday from 9 to 14 clock by phone: 969 15 15 or by e-mail to: muelheim@donumvitae.org reached
This text was published on 9 January 2011 in the NRZ
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