Together We Heal, Connect, Create, and Thrive!
A creative and collaborative space for women who have survived interpersonal abuse.
About The Brave Women's Community Center
Our Mission
The Brave Women’s Community Center supports women who have experienced interpersonal abuse by providing trauma-informed, evidence-informed creative and relational programming. Through expressive arts practices, peer-based support, and structured group experiences, we help participants recognize harmful patterns, rebuild self-trust, and strengthen resilience. Our work complements crisis and clinical services by offering restorative, preventative spaces that foster connection, agency, and long-term healing.
Our Values
Bravery
We support women in developing the courage to face challenges, interrupt harmful patterns, and take meaningful steps toward healing and self-direction.
Community
We cultivate respectful, supportive relationships grounded in mutual responsibility, accountability, and care.
Creativity
We use expressive and imaginative practices as tools for insight, resilience, and personal growth.
Playfulness
We believe playfulness supports regulation, learning, and connection, and we integrate it intentionally into our work to promote engagement and emotional safety.
Collaboration
We value cooperation, shared leadership, and co-creation, recognizing that healing happens in relationship.
Integrity and Safety
We are committed to trauma-informed practices that prioritize emotional safety, clear boundaries, and ethical facilitation.
These values guide our programming and decision-making as we create spaces that are structured, relational, and responsive. Our goal is to offer environments where women can build trust, strengthen their sense of self, and engage in meaningful personal and collective growth within a supportive community.
Our Vision
At The Brave Women’s Community Center, we envision a world where women who have experienced abuse are no longer isolated or silenced, but supported in rebuilding their lives with dignity, agency, and connection.
We envision communities where survivors heal in relationship, where collaboration replaces competition, and where creative, trauma-informed practices support long-term resilience and well-being.
As we grow, our vision extends beyond Colorado to the development of a network of community-based centers that complement clinical and crisis services by offering restorative, preventative, and relational spaces for healing.
Through this work, we aim to redefine survivor empowerment as accessible, sustainable, and rooted in both compassion and accountability.
Are You a Survivor?
Are You a Survivor of Abuse?
Abuse does not always look the same. It can be overt and visible, or subtle and difficult to name. Many women question whether what they’ve experienced “counts.” If you have been controlled, diminished, silenced, or harmed — in ways that affected your sense of safety, autonomy, or self-worth — you may be a survivor.
Abuse can take many forms, including but not limited to:
- Emotional abuse: manipulation, gaslighting, or chronic criticism
- Psychological abuse: threats, intimidation, or isolation
- Verbal abuse: yelling, insults, or demeaning language
- Physical abuse: hitting, pushing, or unwanted physical harm
- Sexual abuse: coercion, harassment, or assault
- Financial abuse: control over money or access to resources
- Spiritual abuse: misuse of beliefs or authority to shame or control
- Workplace abuse: bullying, harassment, or toxic power dynamics
- Systemic or societal abuse: cultural conditioning or institutional practices that perpetuate harm and inequality
Abuse can also occur within many types of relationships, including:
- intimate partners or spouses
- family members
- friends or peers
- employers, coworkers, or mentors
- teachers, coaches, or authority figures
- faith leaders or spiritual communities
- healthcare providers or therapists
- institutions or systems that hold power over individuals
Regardless of its form or source, abuse can leave lasting impacts. At the same time, it does not define who you are or what is possible for your life.
At The Brave Women’s Community Center, we believe every survivor deserves access to a safe, supportive, and creative community: one that fosters healing, connection, collaboration, and long-term well-being.
Healing Beyond Survival
The Brave Women’s Community Center is a trauma-informed creative healing center for women who have experienced abuse, coercive control, and long-term psychological harm. We offer a restorative, community-based space to rebuild voice, identity, agency, and meaning after the immediate crisis has passed.
Healing here is not rushed. It is relational, embodied, and deeply human.
Through trauma-informed creative practices — including therapeutic improv, storytelling, movement, expressive writing, and guided community experiences — women are supported in moving beyond coping and toward integration, expression, and growth.
This is a space where women can:
- reconnect with parts of themselves that became quieter during survival
- rebuild self-trust and strengthen personal boundaries
- practice using their voice in safe, supported ways
- access creativity and play as pathways to regulation and renewal
- form meaningful connection with others who understand
- step back into authorship of their lives
BWCC is not a crisis center.
It is not clinical treatment alone.
And it is not performative empowerment.
It is a place for deep repair, integration, and becoming: grounded in mutual respect, accountability, and care.
We believe healing happens in community, not hierarchy. We believe creativity is not a luxury, but a pathway back to self. And we believe survivors deserve spaces where they are not only safe, but seen, heard, and supported in becoming whole.
If you have survived abuse and are ready to move beyond survival, you belong here.
Brave Hearts Speak Podcast
Turning Pain Into Power, One Voice at a Time
Brave Hearts Speak is a storytelling movement and podcast from The Brave Women’s Community Center that amplifies the real voices of women who have lived through abuse, trauma, and silencing — and are now reclaiming their truth through creativity and courage.
Through raw conversations, artistic expression, and survivor-led storytelling, we explore what it means to heal, to find your voice again, and to live bravely after everything tried to quiet you.
This is not about perfection or polish — it’s about honesty, heart, and the power of women speaking what was once unspoken.
Listen HERE or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Brave Hearts Speak is sustained through community support.
Our Patreon membership helps fund ethical podcast production with Resilient Voice Media and invites women into monthly creative gatherings, podcast reflection circles, and behind-the-scenes reflections.
LEARN ABOUT THE BRAVE HEARTS SPEAK COMMUNITY
Hosted by the founder of The Brave Women's Community Center; Lucia Severtson
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Dear Beautiful Woman,
Abuse isn’t always loud or obvious. Sometimes it hides in the subtle patterns of how we are treated and how we’ve been taught to tolerate harm. This guide is a gentle way to pause, reflect on your relationships, and choose one Brave Step Forward
With Love,
Lucia, Founder
A Quick Glimpse: Check Out What's Happening at BWCC
A year long collaborative project for women who have survived interpersonal abuse. Begins August 2026
When Fear and Bravery Collide
A survivor theatre and documentary residency
A year-long, trauma-informed creative program for women who have experienced interpersonal abuse.
Through therapeutic drama, movement, and storytelling, participants reconnect with their voice, build confidence, and take part in a collaborative performance and docume
When Fear and Bravery Collide
A survivor theatre and documentary residency
A year-long, trauma-informed creative program for women who have experienced interpersonal abuse.
Through therapeutic drama, movement, and storytelling, participants reconnect with their voice, build confidence, and take part in a collaborative performance and documentary.
Applications are now open for the August 2026 cohort. This program is grant funded. There is no cost to participants who are selected.
Creative Joy Lab meets every other Monday from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Session Dates: June 15 June 29 July 13 July 27 August 10 August 24
Creative Joy Lab is a playful, fully guided 6-session creative experience for women who want to reconnect with joy, creativity, and community without the pressure of being “good” at art. Led by an occupational therapist, this welcoming in-person series invites participants to explore a variety of creative modalities — including movement,
Creative Joy Lab is a playful, fully guided 6-session creative experience for women who want to reconnect with joy, creativity, and community without the pressure of being “good” at art. Led by an occupational therapist, this welcoming in-person series invites participants to explore a variety of creative modalities — including movement, drama, visual art, music, tactile art, and creative writing — in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment focused on process over perfection.
Finding Your Voice A 6-Week Writing & Expression Group for Women Begins May 12 | Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM MST | Runs through June 16 | Online
Finding Your Voice A 6-Week Writing & Expression Group for Women Begins May 12 | Tuesdays, 6:30–8:00 PM MST | Runs through June 16 | Online
Finding Your Voice is a 6-week, trauma-informed writing and creative expression group for women who are ready to reconnect with their voice, identity, and sense of self beyond past experiences.
Through guided writing prompts, reflection, and collaborative exercises, participants explore not only their stories, but also the parts of thems
Finding Your Voice is a 6-week, trauma-informed writing and creative expression group for women who are ready to reconnect with their voice, identity, and sense of self beyond past experiences.
Through guided writing prompts, reflection, and collaborative exercises, participants explore not only their stories, but also the parts of themselves connected to creativity, courage, joy, and possibility. This is not just about processing the past, but expanding into who you are becoming.
The group is relational and community-based, with opportunities for optional sharing, witnessing, and connection with other women in a supportive, non-judgmental space. There is both depth and lightness woven throughout, with an emphasis on creativity, expression, and taking meaningful risks at your own pace.
No writing experience is required, just a willingness to explore and engage.
JOIN US AS A VOLUNTEER!
As we expand our offerings and work towards our dream, we are looking for volunteers who are passionate about empowering women and girls through creative arts and holistic practices. If you feel aligned with our vision, we would be honored to have you join our efforts. Whether you’re drawn to working with music, art, yoga, theatre, or any other area of our programming, we welcome your talents and enthusiasm.
If you feel called to serve with us, please contact us at info@bravewomenscommunity.com Every contribution makes a significant impact, and we are excited to welcome new members to our community.
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Who Should Have Access to You?
A quick reflection guide to help you notice where subtle and overt abuse may be happening in your life