Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC)

Hotline: 1-800- 841-8371 24/7

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BARCC provides a 24 hotline. It also provides free individual and group counseling, legal assistance, support groups, post-assault housing, and medical advocacy immediately after a rape.

All programs are offered in English, Spanish, French and Haitian Creole.

The Center for Hope and Healing

Lowell

1-800-542-5212

The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc. is committed to providing high quality services to survivors of sexual assault and their loved ones. To that end, they provide individual and group counseling; legal and medical advocacy; provide resources and referrals as needed and offer a 24-hour crisis hotline. All of their services are free and confidential, regardless of insurance, income, citizenship, or any other barriers. They are committed to serving survivors of all identities, expressions, and life experiences.

YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts

Locations in Lawrence, Lynn, Beverly, Haverhill, and Newburyport

1-877-509-9922

The YWCA’s Sexual Assault and Rape Crisis Services work to help survivors regain a sense of control and power over their own lives and to understand that they are not at fault.

A Safe Place

Nantucket

508-228-2111

A Safe Place provides free, confidential services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. They are dedicated to eliminating domestic violence and sexual assault, and empowering every woman, man and child in the Nantucket community to live a life free of violence. Their services include direct services as well as preventive education, supervised family visitation, crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy and much more.

A New Day

Locations in Brockton, Quincy, Weymouth, and Plymouth

508-588-8255

The A New Day program provides free assistance to survivors of sexual assault or trafficking at any time after the experience, including in the immediate aftermath, years later, or any time in between. Confidential counseling and support are available for individuals and groups. They also have an advocacy team to assist survivors with medical and police matters.

CONNECT to End Violence

Locations in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown

508-696-7233

CONNECT to End Violence, a dual domestic violence program and rape crisis center, provides free and confidential services to individuals who have experienced or witnessed domestic or sexual violence as well as loved ones, friends, acquaintances or coworkers who may also be impacted. Their services are available to all genders, abilities, sexual orientations, ethnicity, demographics etc. All services, including bilingual, are available on a walk-in basis, or by appointment.

New Hope

Locations in Attleborough, Taunton, and Webster

1-800-323-4673

New Hope engages survivors, stakeholders and communities to build an anti-violence movement. Using a trauma-informed practice, they work with those impacted by sexual and domestic violence, as well as those persons who use abuse in their intimate relationships. They are committed to practices that promote racial and gender equity, while also elevating persons living with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ identified persons and immigrants.

Independence House

Locations in Barnstable, Falmouth, Orleans, and Provincetown

1-800-439-6507

Independence House offers individual counseling, advocacy and group counseling for survivors of: rape, incest, stalking, sexual harassment, molestation, childhood sexual assault and intimate partner sexual abuse. Counseling is free, confidential and available for survivors of all ages and genders, as well as partners, families and friends. Independence House will help no matter how recent or long ago rape or sexual assault happened.

Fenway Community Health Center

Various locations around Boston

Phone: 800-834- 3242

Violence Recovery Program: 617-927- 6250

Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm

Counseling, support groups, advocacy specifically for LGBTQ victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, hate crimes, and police misconduct

Birch House

The bIRch house is a supportive community dedicated to healing for female adult survivors of incest and childhood sexual abuse through programs, resources, education and advocacy.

Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC)

One West Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: 617-661- 1010

Services: provides free civil legal aid and affordable psychological counseling to low-income people.

Cambridge Health Alliance

26 Central St., Somerville

Phone: 617-665- 2992

Services: Provides long and short term individual and group therapy for survivors of trauma, including survivors of rape and sexual assault. The center is also linked with advocacy services and can make referrals for health, legal and community resources as well. Groups they offer include trauma informed groups, groups about trauma and the body, healthy relationships groups, and more!

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Colonial Place Three 2107 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201-3042

Phone: 1-800-950-6264 ; (703) 524-7600

Cambridge Women’s Center

Beth Israel's Violence Prevention and Recovery Center

Mindfulness/Meditation, Coping Skills, Trauma Coping Skills (Trauma Recovery Group Phase I) *(See website for the full scope of groups offered).

Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

CIMC is an urban refuge and teaching center for all who seek inner peace through the liberating practice of Insight Meditation (vipassana). Adults of all cultural and spiritual backgrounds, races, nationalities, classes, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, and abilities are welcome here.

Impact Boston

All IMPACT classes are taught with an awareness of the lasting effects of abuse and trauma. Survivors regularly participate in all our women’s, men’s, LGBTQ, and youth classes. Some survivors prefer IMPACT classes that are specifically designed for people who have experienced abuse. Survivor classes have a deeper focus on the ways in which abuse affects people’s experiences of their bodies and their safety.

Beyond Surviving: Virtual Support Community & Coaching

Beyond Surviving, has been specifically designed to change the way we think about and heal from abuse. Based on her educational training, study of neuroscience, and lessons learned from her own journey, she has successfully used this program since 2007 to help her clients break free from the past and move on with their lives.

The Meeting Point

3464 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

“The Meeting Point is a collaboration of independent practitioners [offering mental health and bodywork services] who know that oppression is pathology and that social justice heals.”