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Who We Are
Peaceful Resilience Counseling was founded to meet a deep and often overlooked need: safe, clinical group support for women navigating the psychological and emotional harm of non-physical domestic violence. Whether you are in the midst of a high-conflict divorce, entangled in the invisible grip of coercive control, or reclaiming your life after emotional abuse, this space was created for you.
A Focus on What’s Often Missed
While many services address physical safety in domestic violence, Peaceful Resilience Counseling focuses on what’s harder to see—but just as real:
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Gaslighting and psychological manipulation
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Legal and financial abuse during and after separation
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Isolation, identity erosion, and chronic fear
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The trauma of being disbelieved or dismissed
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We specialize in supporting women who are experiencing—or have experienced—emotional abuse, coercive control, and destabilization by a partner, particularly in the context of divorce and custody conflict.
Why Group Support?
We believe in the healing power of women coming together in a space rooted in empathy, education, and clinical care. Our closed, trauma-informed groups allow for deeper trust and consistent support across four-to-six-week cycles. You don’t have to heal alone—and you don’t have to explain your pain to those who have never lived it.
All of our groups are structured under the SAFE framework:
Support • Awareness • Freedom • Empowerment
Clinical Integrity, Relational Care
Peaceful Resilience Counseling is led by Caroline Fithen, MA, BS, a Professional Counselor Associate under the supervision of Jennifer Sowers and registered with the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists (OBLPCT). Caroline brings specialized training in trauma recovery, coercive control, high-conflict divorce dynamics, and domestic violence, focusing on non-physical elements.
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