The Laurel Center Intervention For Domestic & Sexual Violence

The laurel center provides trauma informed supportive counseling for survivors seeking services due to sexual assault, including adults, youth and children,individually and as a group and available in spanish and english. Supportive services include: 24-hour hotline, individual counseling, support groups, child therapy services (ages 5-17), hospital companionship, childsafe center companionship, legal advocacy, information and referrals, community education and awareness.

The laurel center provides counseling services to children who have witnessed domestic violence in their families. Counselors use age appropriate techniques, including play therapy for younger children. Our children's program focuses on safety planning, working through feelings related to violence, and developing skills to break intergenerational cycles of violence.