Support Groups
The Rape Crisis Center offers eight specialized support groups designed to provide guidance, connection, and healing.
Two groups, Healthy Relationships and Secondary Survivors, are also open to the people who support survivors, including non-offending partners, family members, and friends. These groups provide a safe space to gain understanding, build supportive skills, and navigate the impact of sexual violence together.
How to Join a Group
Each group runs as an eight-week counseling program and begins with a confidential screening conversation with the facilitator to ensure the group is the right fit for each participant. To ask about any group, contact:
Lead Counselor
Our Lead Counselor will share current group dates and times with you when you reach out. To protect the privacy and safety of group members, meeting schedules and locations are not posted online.
If you need support right now, our 24-hour hotline is (210) 349-7273.
The Groups
All eight support groups are facilitated by our trauma-informed counselors, who are specially trained to provide compassionate, survivor-centered care. Through a safe, supportive, and confidential environment, participants are guided through the healing process while building connection, resilience, and coping skills.
Women’s Support Group
Who it’s for: Adult women survivors of sexual violence.
A processing-oriented group.
Men’s Support Group
Who it’s for: Adult men survivors of sexual violence.
Emphasis on skills and resilience. No pressure to share.
The Art of Healing
Who it’s for: Adult survivors, men and women.
A creative, art-based group. No artistic experience needed.
Trauma Recovery Skills
Who it’s for: Adult survivors, men and women.
A skills-first group — it does not involve processing past experiences.
Beyond Survival
Who it’s for: Adult survivors, men and women.
Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Healthy Relationships
For survivors & supporters — together
Who it’s for: Survivors and non-offending partners, family and friends.
Survivors and supporters attend together. A survivor may attend with one or more support people, arranged during registration.
Secondary Survivors
For partners, family & friends
Who it’s for: Partners, family and friends supporting a survivor.
This group is for supporters only, not survivors.
Rhythm & Recovery
Who it’s for: Adult survivors, men and women.
A music-based group.
To ask about any of these groups, email our Lead Counselor at magama@rapecrisis.com.