Dating

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You may be in an unhealthy or abusive relationship if your partner does any of the following:

• Insults you, in public or in private
• Monitors your whereabouts and contact with others
• Puts down your friends and family
• Tells you jealousy is a sign of love
• Destroys your belongings
• Blocks exits during arguments
• Controls your access to money, transportation, or cell phone
• Threatens to hurt you, people you care about, or your pets
• Forces you to have sex
• Touches you in ways that hurt or scare you
• Tells you that the abuse is your fault, and that your fears are not important

 

Resources

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call 911 for life-threatening situations. For other assistance, please contact YWCA Clark County's domestic violence hotline (24/7) at 360.695.0501 or 1.800.695.0167. Collect calls accepted. You can also contact the Washington State Domestic Violence Hotline (24/7) at 1.800.562.6025.

YWCA Clark County offers shelter to survivors of domestic violence, regardless of gender. Children and pets are allowed.

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services National Hotline (24/7)

1.800.799.7233
AOL Instant Messenger: DeafHotline
​Videophone: 1.855.812.1001

Provides confidential support, domestic violence and sexual assault education, healthy relationship information, referrals and resources, safety planning, and technical assistance to everyone, with a focus on serving the Deaf and Deaf-Blind community. LGBTQ+ friendly.

Domestic Violence Support Group 

YWCA Clark County
3609 Main St, Vancouver
​360.696.0167

Those experiencing, or who have experienced, domestic violence can find support through this weekly domestic violence support group, available at no charge. Call to learn when the group meets.  ​

LoveIsRespect.org
English 
​Español

1.866.331.9474
Text: "loveis" to 22522 

Learn what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like, including dating basics, how to identify abuse and more. This website also provides resources, statistics, quizzes, and other information intended to educate teens and empower us to prevent or end abusive relationships. Teens can call or text the teen dating abuse hotline for free and confidential advice and information from trained advocates.

TeenRelationships.org (24/7)

1.800.300.1080

Learn about respect, honesty, consent, types of abuse, and some steps you can take to prevent abusive relationships, stay safe, and report abusive relationships.

Where We Grow

YWCA Clark County
3609 Main St, Vancouver
​360.906.9146

A free multi-session group for youth, ages 11-14, to build knowledge and skills around healthier relationships. Sessions include activities and discussions around setting boundaries, healthy communication, and recognizing unhealthy behaviors. The group is offered several times a year at the YWCA and can also be brought to community settings.

 

Helpful websites

All about starting, keeping and ending healthy relationships​

Love: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Dating and being in love can be exciting – but at times it can be totally confusing. This website helps you work out where your relationship is at – whether it’s good, bad, or ugly. Single? Just dating? Not really sure what you want? That’s OK. There’s something for everyone. The website answers questions like:  How can I find a boyfriend or girlfriend? How can I make my relationship better? What can I do if it’s ugly?

LoveIsRespect.org: Healthy relationships

Learn what healthy communication and barriers look like, how to boost your existing healthy relationships, and how to spot — and safely respond to — unhealthy relationships.

RESPECT: Teen Dating Bill of Rights

13 things you have a right to in a relationship.

TeenSource

Learn about building and strengthening your relationships and dealing with relationships that aren't good for you. This website includes advice on negotiating with your significant other about safe sex, exploring your sexuality and gender identity, talking with your parents, dealing with peer pressure, and more.

Rejection

Dealing with Rejection Part 1: Handling others' rejecting behavior

Dealing with Rejection Part 2: Saying no to others

Learn how to manage being rejected, and how to decline a request from others, like a pro.

Warning signs of unhealthy relationships

A Thin Line: Constant messaging

Learn what constant messaging is, what could happen, and what to do if you're experiencing it. 

A Thin Line: Cruelty and digital discrimination

Learn what cruelty and digital discrimination are, what could happen as a result, and how to deal with it.

A Thin Line: Digital disrespect and cyberbullying

Learn what digital disrespect and cyberbullying are, what could happen as a result, and what to do if you're experiencing digital disrespect or cyberbullying.

A Thin Line: Sexting

Learn about what sexting is, what could happen as a consequence of sexting, and how to stay safe.

A Thin Line: Spying ​​

Learn what spying is, why someone would spy, how to take control/get help, and how to stay safe from spying by setting boundaries

Break the Cycle

Learn about dating abuse, some warning signs, how common dating abuse is, what your rights are, how to help a friend, and how to take action against abusive realtionships. This website has healthy relationship quizzes, resources, places to ask questions, and other educational and legal services to help teens and empower us to end domestic violence.

Am I in a healthy relationship?​

Teen Relationships: Is your relationship healthy?

Take this quiz about how you treat your partner and how your partner treats you to see if your relationship is healthy.

TeensHealth: Am I in a healthy relationship?

Learn what healthy relationships and unhealthy relationships look like.​

Break-ups

TeensHealth: Getting over a break-up

Learn about heartbreak, letting out your feelings, and being kind to yourself after a break-up.

Helping a friend who is in an unhealthy or abusive relationship

The Red Flag Campaign: Recognizing and addressing dating violence 

Learn the signs of an abusive relationship, how to help a friend who is being abused, safety planning, and some numbers/resources available to help.

 

Our other resource pages

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