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Resources for Survivors
of Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
This list includes Greater Boston services and resources for survivors of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and other interpersonal crises. These resources offer helplines, shelters, legal advocacy services, therapy for trauma, and support groups.
COMPLEX TRAUMA TREATMENT CENTER BOSTON
The Complex Trauma Treatment Center Boston provides outpatient trauma-focused psychotherapy and mind-body wellness counseling for youth, adults, couples and families who have been impacted by interpersonal trauma, loss, social oppression and other forms of life adversity.
CPTSD, Survivors, therapy
BOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER (BARCC)
BARCC provides free, confidential support and services to survivors of sexual violence ages 12 and up and their families and friends. We work with survivors of all genders, and our goal is to empower survivors to heal and seek justice in ways that are meaningful to them. We meet the needs of survivors in crisis and long after, and we also assist them as they navigate the health-care, criminal legal, social service, and school systems.
Website
Survivors, crisis response, Boston, sexual abuse
RAPE, ABUSE, & INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK (RAINN)
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE, online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.
Website
Survivors, sexual abuse
DOD SAFE HELPLINE (SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT)
Safe Helpline for Military Sexual Trauma- The Department of Defense has contracted with RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) to provide independent and anonymous services for this hotline for the DoD Community
Survivors, veterans, national, hotline, sexual abuse
PTSD COACH ONLINE
PTSD Coach Online has tools for coping with sadness, anxiety, and other symptoms that people who have been through trauma can develop. Some tools are brief and can help you relax when you feel stressed, or improve your mood, for example. Longer tools teach you how to tackle difficult problems, change thinking patterns, and take steps to achieve your goals.
Survivors, PTSD, national
METROWEST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER
Located in Acton, MA and serving child, adolescent, and adult clients in the Metrowest area, MBHC is a mental / behavioral health center with expertise in general mental health, complex psychological trauma, and parenting consultation, including specialty in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
survivors, Greater Boston, therapy
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: JOURNEY TO SAFETY
Journey to Safety (JTS) is the Jewish Family & Children's Service's response to domestic abuse. We specialize in providing culturally competent and religiously sensitive services for Jewish and Russian-speaking survivors while offering free and confidential assistance to all who contact us for help, regardless of their religion, culture, or country of origin. JTS is also dedicated to preventing domestic abuse and teen dating abuse through education and awareness-raising in the Jewish community and beyond.
Jewish, Russian, domestic abuse, support, education
RIVERSIDE TRAUMA CENTER
Riverside Trauma Center offers support services including on-site response, grief counseling, and referrals to help people after critical incidents. Extreme stress following a trauma can be overwhelming and cause lasting psychological effects. Examples of incidents at which we have provided response and crisis management include:
-Schools where students have died by suicide, homicide, medical, or accidental causes
-Communities affected by tornadoes, floods, or other natural disasters
-Violence in a school, workplace, or community
-Highly stressful events in a workplace (e.g., assault, arrests, reduction in workforce, etc.)
Riverside Trauma Center also coordinates the statewide Riverside-Massachusetts Trauma Response Network, which trains and partners with other organizations to develop locally-based response teams throughout the Commonwealth.
trauma, Greater Boston, referrals, crisis response
CENTER FOR TRAUMA AND EMBODIMENT
The Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI is dedicated to researching, developing and training providers in effective, trauma-informed practices that help survivors safely re-connect to their body so that they may engage more fully with their life. We offer training in trauma sensitive yoga, trauma informed weight lifting, and will soon have a trauma-informed theater-based program for youth.
Boston, trauma, healing
BOSTON TRAUMA RESPONSE TEAM
The Boston Trauma Response Team provides rapid crisis response to homicides affecting young people (13-24), short-term case management, coping groups, and follow-up psychological first aid services. The team consists of well-trained professionals and volunteers who are called on by community members, leaders, or emergency personnel to provide support to emotionally traumatized youth and their families on a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year basis. Staff and volunteers have the ability to respond to the emergency within 30 minutes of the time called to the Boston community. In an effort to develop resiliency and to provide support following a traumatic event, JRI provides several models of intervention for immediate and ongoing support to those impacted by violence.
Boston, trauma, youth, Survivors, violence, crisis response
MENHEALING
MenHealing conducts healing workshops for men, age 18 and older, who have experienced sexual abuse or sexual assault as a child and/or as an adult. Since 2001 we have served more than 1,649 men through 83 Weekend of Recovery and Day of Recovery Events.
Website
survivors, national, men, sexual abuse
THE CHILD WITNESS TO VIOLENCE PROJECT (CWVP)
The Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP) is a therapeutic, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of domestic and community violence and other trauma-related events. CWVP is staffed by a multi-cultural staff of social workers, psychologists, early childhood specialists, a consulting pediatrician and consulting attorney. It is run under the auspices of the Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center.
youth, violence, Survivors, Boston