Group Healing

This is a closed peer support group for student survivors of sexual assault. The purpose of the group is to promote a sense of community, self-empowerment, and to provide a safer space for survivors to learn self-care and coping strategies by building on existing strengths. For closed groups, regular attendance is expected and an intake/consultation appointment must be completed to participate.

Healing in Community are workshops and healing groups that center the intersections of survivors by focusing on identity specific impacts that survivors may face. The focus of these groups is creating community, exploration of healing strategies, de-mystifying stigma, providing education and support.

CARE Cove

CARE Cove is a healing group that centers experiences of survivors of sexual assault, partner violence, and stalking who are Masculine/Male identifying and/or expressing. CARE Cove explores healing strategies, the impact of masculinity on survivors, and de-mystifying stigma. This group is currently being offered to undergraduate and graduate students at UCSD.

Rainbow Reef

Rainbow Reef is a space that centers the intersections of LGBTQIA+ folks and survivors of sexual assault, partner violence, and stalking. This group works to identify healing strategies along with emphasizing the importance of community and intersectional experiences. This group is currently offered to both undergraduate and graduate students both in-person and virtually.

 Healing Through Empowerment

Healing Through Empowerment workshops utilize modalities of art, movement and grounding for participants to engage in self-expression, self-discovery and connection to community. The intention of these spaces is to center oneself through learning and practicing various techniques of self care to build resiliency, self-awareness, and self esteem. Our art, movement and grounding focused workshops can be spaces where you have the opportunity to experience new insights, creativity, and joy. 

 CARE Anchor (Healing Through Grounding)

CARE Anchor is space that centers grounding as a healing modality for trauma related to sexual assault, partner violence, and stalking. The purpose of this workshop is for individuals to establish coping skills for safety to address the impacts of trauma and stress as they navigate their healing journey. To ground oneself is to bring the mind, body, and spirit to the present moment through awareness in the senses and reconnection to earth. With grounding, one can reach a sense of security and stability as one navigates drifting through life’s many stressors- like an anchor to a ship at sea. This space is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

Yoga as Healing - Trauma Informed Yoga