ST. LOUIS — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Lindsay Fischer is a domestic violence survivor whose memoir hit #1 in all nonfiction on Amazon. The name of her memoir is The House on Sunset.
She stopped by Show Me St. Louis to share her story and talk about resources available to survivors in St. Louis. She is a former high school English teacher who left the classroom to help others who find themselves in domestic violence situations.
Lindsay graduated from trauma therapy and hit the ground running back in 2014. Her story is very powerful, and she finally realized it was time to get help. She found out there are local services, such as Safe Connections.
Safe Connections is a Domestic Abuse treatment center here in St. Louis. It’s located at 2165 Hampton Avenue. For more information, call 314-646-7500 or visit the Safe Connections Website.
Another resource for victims of domestic abuse is thehotline.org.