A Call For Change
acallforchange.bsky.social
A Call For Change
@acallforchange.bsky.social
A Call For Change is a helpline for adults and teens who want to stop using control and abuse in their intimate relationships.
📞 (877) 898-3411
10am-10pm ET every day.
Confidential, anonymous, free.
Linktr.ee/ACallForChangeHelpline
Superiority and dominance are learned behaviors, not a mental illness.

You can unlearn them.

Call us to explore how to create the conditions for change in your intimate partnership.

A Call For Change Helpline
📱 877-898-3411
🕙 Open daily from 10 AM–10 PM ET
✅ Free, Confidential, Anonymous
June 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You’re calm with clients.
Respectful to coworkers.
But at home? You yell, shut down, or explode.

That shift isn’t random.
Let’s talk about what’s really going on.

📞 A Call For Change Helpline
877-898-3411
Free • Confidential • Anonymous
Open 10 AM to 10 PM ET, 365 days a year
June 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“Who answers the A Call for Change Helpline?” is one of our most-asked questions!

The short answer: Trained responders. Real people trained to create conditions for real change with compassionate accountability.

📞 877-898-3411
10 AM–10 PM ET, 365 days a year
Free. Anonymous. Confidential.
June 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
LOVE REQUIRES SAFETY AND CONSENT.

If that’s missing from your intimate relationship, we can help you find your way back!

📞 Call 877-898-3411
🕙 Open daily from 10 AM – 10 PM ET
🆓 Free. Confidential. Anonymous.
June 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Don't miss JAC Patrissi, Growing a New Heart's Founder/Principal and our Co-founder, at the 30th San Diego International Summit hosted by @ivatcenters.bsky.social! In this session, JAC will introduce our intervention model! #IVAT #IVATSanDiego
June 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Is your partner walking on eggshells around you?

Our responders are trained to identify and interrupt these behaviors. We can help.

Call us at 877-898-3411. We offer free, confidential, anonymous help from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET, 365 days a year.
June 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A few days ago, Growing a New Heart celebrated our LA expansion! The event brought together local leaders and partner organizations to reflect on the Helpline’s early impact. Since expanding to California in October, the Helpline has already seen a 12% increase in calls from the state!
May 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our responders use the Dialogues Across Differences skills every day. They use the Field of Peace to stay grounded in moments of tension, add missing information with compassionate accountability, and ask powerful facilitative questions to explore new possibilities!
May 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
As an advisory board member of the A Call for Change Helpline, Tanisha Arena, Executive Director of Arise for Social Justice, attended the recent Massachusetts Community Care Network Convening at Holyoke Media and spoke about how the Helpline provides an alternative to the carceral system!
May 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
At A Call for Change, all responders are trained in Growing a New Heart practices.

The Common Lens training series adds another critical layer to our work by addressing the intersection of these issues.

Join this training and experience the values that guide our work bit.ly/COMMONLENSTRAINING
April 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Thanks to this training, our responders know when substance use, sexual violence, and partner violence overlap and how to respond without dominance.

If something feels sketchy and you’re not sure what to do, call us at 877-898-3411. Free. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
April 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thanks to this training, our responders at A Call For Change know how to navigate the overlap of substance use, sexual violence, and intimate partner violence in ways that don’t reinforce dominance! Now, you get to do the same! Register now: bit.ly/COMMONLENSTRAINING
April 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New Training Series! The Common Lens from Growing a New Heart. This two-part series is another opportunity to learn the frameworks our responders are trained in! It is perfect for providers, supervisors, or directors in recovery spaces.

Register here: bit.ly/COMMONLENSTRAINING
April 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨 Last chance to register! Today’s your final opportunity to sign up for the Compassionate Accountable Conversations (CAC) Training, one of the core frameworks our helpline responders use to hold space with care and courage. Register by midnight EST TONIGHT: bit.ly/APRILCAC
April 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join our co-founder and facilitators to experience one of the core frameworks shaping how we support people through tension, grief, and transformation moments. Through real-life role plays, participants walk away with tools that stick! Register by TOMORROW at midnight EST: bit.ly/APRILCAC
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We don’t wing it on the helpline. Our impact starts with how we’re trained. If you’ve ever wanted to know how we hold the hard stuff without replicating control, this is your chance to learn the skills behind the call!
April 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Whether you are new to this field or a seasoned pro, this training offers something powerful for everyone.

📍 Brought to you by the Bureau of Substance Use and Addiction Services
❤️ Hosted by Growing A New Heart

Scan the QR code on the flyer or go to bit.ly/APRILCAC to register.
April 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Another great testimonial for this amazing training happening soon! It’s a great way to learn one of the main frameworks used by our responders. Register at bit.ly/APRILCAC or scan the QR code in the flyer to join!
April 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Growing a New Heart’s Compassionate Accountable Conversations is one of the powerful tools our helpline responders are trained in.

If you’re working in recovery spaces with folks who use control or dominance in their relationships, this training is for you. To register, go to bit.ly/APRILCAC
April 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dialogue Across Differences by @growinganewheart is one of the guiding frameworks in our work with callers and now you get to experience it for FREE!

Dates: April 10, 11 & 15
Time: 9AM–1PM (ET) via Zoom
CEUs available

REGISTER: Scan the QR code or go to bit.ly/VIRTUALDAD
April 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
When it's time to make meaning across profound differences, there are skills to strengthen.

When the other person is acting out of a sense of superiority and dominance, when you want to build relationship wherever possible, come join us.

Dialogues Across Differences from Growing A New Heart
March 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
When it is time to make meaning across profound differences, there are skills we need to strengthen.
When the other person is acting out of superiority and dominance, when you want to build relationship wherever possible, come join us. Check out the training Compassionate Accountable Conversations
February 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What do we mean dominating a #relationship?
How exactly do compassion and accountability go together?
Call the Helpline to talk about how to be compassionate while still being accountable with your partner.
Helpline: (877) 898 3411
#sustainable #goals #DoNoHarm #balance #consent #abuse #prevention
February 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A Call for Change uses a framework of Abusive Values when we work with people. A lot of these are common, and some are even though of as implied! We are all in relationship to Abusive values- nobody is exempt - so OK let's get real... which of these have you seen lately?
#culture #values #DoTheWork
January 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#Concepts that guide our work interrupting harmful behavior:
#Compassion
#Accountability
#DialoguesAcrossDifferences
#AbusiveValues
#Transformation
#Equity
#Respect
Which of these resonates with you? Which of these are you familiar with?
Any that you have a hard time with? Why?
January 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM