Local Organizations & Groups

Compassionate Gathering
www.compassionategathering.org
Compassionate Gathering offers private support, group support and community support to survivors of various forms of abuse.  We started supporting Catholic clergy abuse survivors, but others came to us.  We could not turn anyone away so we now support all survivors of all forms of abuse –  child sexual abuse, physical abuse, clergy sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, emotional abuse, and rape.

We Heal Now
www.wehealnow.com
A site dedicated to helping everyone understand the tragedies of childhood sexual abuse and the role of the LDS church and the Boy Scouts of America in perpetuating the tragedy.

Chrysalis Counseling
http://chrysaliscounseling.net/
Natalie Mills is currently in private practice in West Linn, Oregon, where she provide counseling for many issues including: depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, childhood trauma and sexual abuse, adult attention deficit and hyperactivity ( ADD, ADHD) and it’s related depression, anxiety, relationship, and employment or unemployment complications. She works with couples and relationship counseling, couples with problems related to sexual addiction and pornography, cyber sex and virtual relationships, divorce processing and recovery, blended families, and step-parenting.

SOSSA-Speaking Out on Sibling Sexual Abuse
http://www.sossainfo.org/SOSSA.html
SOSSA is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing awareness about sibling sexual abuse to the community in an effort to help fight against sexual violence.  SOSSA believes that through education and effective prevention based workshops, sibling sexual abuse can begin to receive the attention and services that are so desperately needed.

All Things Legal Investigations
www.allthingslegalinvestigations.com
Dawn Krantz-Watts is an expert in the area of Sex Abuse Litigation. Her company assists litigators at every stage of a case—from the first client interview to settlement and a jury verdict. Dawn specializes in witness interviews, sex abuse litigation, networking and a variety of other things to help meet your legal needs.

Wintre’s Wishes
www.wintreswishes.org
The WINTRE’S WISHES FOUNDATION is an organization developed to raise awareness [and eyebrows] of sexual abuse in Oregon. WINTRE’S WISHES is dedicated to SUPPORT, PREVENTION and ADVOCACY for survivors and their supporters. Our goal is to bring individuals and families together to break down the stigma’s associated with sex abuse and to leverage a platform where our voice stands against perpetrators and offenders. All money raised through this foundation goes to support survivors and prevention of further sex abuse.

Body Reconciliation
www.bodyreconciliation.org
Body Reconciliation is a non-profit organization that has as it’s mission to reach out to primary women and young adults for the purpose of education and service for those who suffered childhood abuse and still suffer with an unhealthy relationship with their bodies.

The Portland Archdiocese Documents About Priest Abuse
http://www.archpdxdocuments.com/
The goal of this site is to help the public, child advocates, and any institution which sponsors “relationships of trust” between adults and children, to see what the Archdiocese of Portland, and its Archbishops and Staff, knew or should have known about pedophile priests, so as to learn from these mistakes and thereby ensure that the tragedies of child abuse do not happen elsewhere.

Alano Club – Survivors of Incest Anonymous (SIA)
www.siaportland.org
The Portland Oregon Area Group of Survivors of Incest Anonymous is a 12 step program that exists to support Survivors of Incest. We define incest very broadly as a sexual encounter by a family member or extended family member that damaged the child. An extended family member could be an aunt, uncle, in-law, cousin, friend of the family, clergy, teacher, coach or anyone that you were led to trust.

The Children’s Center
http://www.childrenscenter.cc/
The Children’s Center is a partner in Clackamas County’s response to child abuse and the answer to a child’s pain. A private, non-profit medical assessment center, the Children’s Center supports children and families in cases of suspected physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, drug endangerment and witness to violence.

CARES Northwest

www.caresnw.org
CARES Northwest is a collaborative, community-based medical program for the assessment, treatment and prevention of child abuse. We provide a safe, child-friendly environment for the assessment of children for whom there are concerns of physical or sexual abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic violence. Physical examinations and interviews are conducted in a comfortable environment to help children feel safe.