Community Support Groups

The Support Group component offers:

• Three general domestic violence support groups for survivors of domestic violence
• Three Latina/Spanish speaking support groups
• A Women Battered by Women support group

Our goals for the group are as follows:

• Each woman will regain a sense of her own personal power.
• Each woman will reclaim her self esteem.
• Each woman will have a better understanding of violence against women.
• Each woman will get in touch with, and learn healthy ways to express all of her feelings connected with having been abused.
• Each woman will end her isolation; connect with other women; learn how to give and get support.
• Each woman will be able to clarify and realize her own goals for herself.

Our support groups use a peer support and education model. The philosophy of Bradley Angle House is that every woman knows what is best for her. We believe that if we have a safe place to talk, think, learn and feel, we can decide what is best for us.

Our support group evaluations demonstrate that this model is generally successful in empowering women to get support in keeping themselves and their children safe, healing from the abuse, and moving forward with their lives in a positive way.

To join a group, women can call the Community Education Program at 503-232-7805 (English) or the Latina Services Program at 504-445-1314 (Spanish) to schedule an in-person intake appointment.