Women of Color Trauma Healing Group in Chicago for women of color experiencing trauma.

This group is exclusively for women of color who have experienced some form of trauma. Participants will learn more about trauma and how it impacts their minds, bodies, and communities as well as discover new ways to foster healing, peace, empowerment, and liberation in their everyday lives and relationships. The group is designed to explore and address issues that specifically impact women of color while also learning to utilize the coping skills found within Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which is the mostly widely used evidence-based treatment for persons with complex interpersonal trauma. This group provides an emotionally safe and supportive environment that is both trauma and diversity focused and informed where group members learn how to explore and practically addressing the impact of systemic violence and oppression on their lives through discussing topics that are often relevant and important to group members, such as: poverty, violence against women, ethnic/racialized violence, religious bigotry, nationalism, ableism or ageism, and cisheterosexism. We start out by building intersectional solidarity among group members that promotes the collective empowerment needed for group members to develop healthier relationships and ultimately increased social consciousness and community engagement.