Services at the Center

Services

24-hour Crisis Line

A trained advocate will provide confidential crisis intervention, needed support, and appropriate referrals for survivors of sexual assault, abuse, suspected child abuse calls, human trafficking, or any other crisis you may be experiencing. Services are available in both English and Spanish.

The Center staff and volunteers are trained specifically on Trauma-Informed Care. The Center has an understanding and belief that everyone’s trauma and symptoms are in the context of their life experiences, history, culture, and society. How you cope, whatever it looks like, is how you cope with your trauma. There is no judgment on how well or if you have been able to do so. We focus on what happened to you, rather than what is wrong with you. We do this by helping a person feel safe, respected, empowered, resilient and accepted. Our services strive to be Culturally Competent and understand a person in the context of their life experiences and cultural background.

Services

Counseling / Support Groups

Free counseling is available for survivors 12 years and older who have experienced sexual abuse or assault. Counseling services are also available for all significant others, such as parents or spouses. An AMAC (Adults Molested As Children) support group is available for adult women who would benefit from the group process.

Studies have shown that individual crisis counseling can decrease the long-term impact of trauma. The Center Staff is trained in trauma-informed care and our counseling staff primarily practice Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). During these sessions, you will work on your awareness of your personal coping mechanisms and triggers as well as grounding techniques. We will work with you on your memories and how to process them. This may include various writing or drawing exercises. We will help you work through some of your automatic negative thoughts about what happened to you that can cause you to become overwhelmed and not function on a daily basis. Most importantly, we will help you find your voice, we will give you the tools to be empowered and find a path toward healing from your experience.

The Center offers several support groups throughout the year that are offered in Spanish and English to adults and teens. These groups consist of a Cognitive / Educational Support Group that typically runs weekly for 8-10 weeks and a Healing Art Group that we refer to as BRTA (Building Resilience Through Art).

The cognitive groups are generally a smaller closed support group that typically has 5-8 people. Individual stories will be shared, and participants will complete worksheets and art projects that deal with trust, anger, intimacy, betrayal, coping mechanisms, and self-care.

Healing Art Groups – Building Resiliency Through Art

This group is offered to adults and teens in Spanish and English and generally runs from 6-10 weeks depending on the group’s needs. This group provides a safe environment for survivors to begin to understand and change their trauma by connecting with other survivors by using art such as painting, drawing, sculpting, collage. This is not a psychoeducational group and specific discussions regarding your trauma are not necessarily required. This support group offers recovery through self-expression, self-discovery, and self-care.

All group participation requires the client to attend individual counseling and at the appropriate time, the counselor will discuss the benefits and availability of each type of support group with the survivor.

Services

Personal Safety & Self-defense

Our trained educators and instructors provide community workshops focused on awareness, assertiveness, and physical self-defense techniques.