A conversation with Meagan Struck, TDP Development Director and Jacqueline Skog, MA of Peace & Safety Counseling. 

The Dwelling Place is a place of healing and hope. Our mission is the commitment to providing peaceful and safe shelter, education, encouragement, support, and therapy for the women and children. The facility is equipped to meet the basic needs of women and children and help them heal their lives while they transform the family legacy.

The foundation of a dating relationship when two people care about one another is the development of mutual trust. Building trust in a relationship involves several important character traits as well as attitudes, and behaviors in both partners. The first and the most important trait is honesty which leads to an agreement to be truthful, having no secrets. Second is a consistent pattern of respectful and responsible communication with encouragement and support. Third is to express the desire to understand your own thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about the relationship and then to consider the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs of your partner.