The Brave Women's Community Center is a creative and collaborative community in Lakewood, Colorado, supporting women who have experienced interpersonal abuse, including emotional abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and coercive control.
Our inaugural cohort of When Fear and Bravery Collide is underway! Fourteen women are exploring bravery, self-expression, and connection through therapeutic drama, improvisation, movement, and storytelling.
Together, they're creating an original theatrical performance while filmmaker Heather Dalton documents their journey.
Follow along as their stories of bravery unfold.
In partnership with the Rose Andom Center, we're launching a new When Fear and Bravery Collide cohort in January 2027.
This free, nine-month therapeutic theatre experience invites women who have experienced interpersonal abuse to explore bravery, creativity, and connection through improvisation, movement, storytelling, and play.
No theatre experience is necessary. Applications are now open!
Join us for Financial Foundations, a free three-part financial wellness series for women, presented in partnership with Partner Colorado Credit Union.
Learn practical skills in budgeting, credit, financial decision-making, and fraud prevention in a welcoming environment.
November 10, December 1st & 8th, 2026 | 6–7 PM
Free dinner and giveaways included!
Abuse doesn't always leave visible bruises. It can take many forms, and sometimes the most damaging experiences are the hardest to recognize or explain.
Domestic violence and interpersonal abuse aren't limited to physical violence. Abuse can also be emotional, psychological, verbal, sexual, or financial. It can involve manipulation, intimidation, humiliation, isolation, threats, gaslighting, and coercive control.
Perhaps you've experienced a relationship in which you were constantly questioning yourself, walking on eggshells, or changing your behavior to avoid someone else's anger. Maybe your boundaries were repeatedly violated, your independence was undermined, or you gradually lost confidence in your own perceptions and decisions.
Abuse can happen in intimate relationships, marriages, families, friendships, and other relationships where someone uses power and control to harm another person.
Many women struggle to identify what they've experienced as abuse, particularly when there was no physical violence. You may have minimized what happened, blamed yourself, or wondered whether your experiences were serious enough to count.
Abuse does not have to be physical to be real. And you do not need someone else's permission to acknowledge what you've experienced.
At The Brave Women's Community Center in Lakewood, Colorado, we create opportunities for women who have experienced interpersonal abuse to explore bravery, rediscover their voices, and build meaningful connections through creativity, play, and community.
You are more than what happened to you.
Surviving abuse takes courage. But healing is about more than surviving. It's about discovering who you are beyond what happened to you and reclaiming the freedom to live life on your own terms.
For women who have experienced emotional abuse, psychological abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, or coercive control, the effects can extend long after an abusive relationship has ended. Rebuilding self-trust, establishing healthy boundaries, reconnecting with others, and rediscovering joy can all be part of the healing journey.
At The Brave Women's Community Center, we believe creativity, play, and community can open doors to new possibilities. Through therapeutic improv, expressive arts, storytelling, movement, and collaborative theatre, women have opportunities to explore their identities, express themselves, take creative risks, and experience connection in new ways.
Healing doesn't have to be defined solely by processing painful experiences. It can also involve laughter, curiosity, imagination, meaningful relationships, and the freedom to experiment with new ways of being.
We believe bravery isn't the absence of fear. It's the willingness to explore what's possible, even when fear is present.
You deserve more than a life defined by survival. You deserve opportunities to create, connect, play, and thrive.
Brave Hearts Speak: Stories of Bravery, Healing, and Finding Your Voice
What does it mean to live bravely? Brave Hearts Speak, a podcast from The Brave Women's Community Center, explores courage, healing, and life beyond interpersonal abuse through honest conversations and powerful personal stories.
Through the art of brave witnessing, we invite listeners to approach women's experiences with curiosity, compassion, and without judgment.
Every voice matters. Every story deserves to be heard.
Hosted by the founder of The Brave Women's Community Center; Lucia Severtson
Your time, talents, and creativity can make a meaningful difference!
At The Brave Women's Community Center, volunteers help us build a welcoming, survivor-centered community where women can connect, create, explore, and thrive.
Whether you're passionate about marketing, community outreach, fundraising, special events, creative programming, or helping behind the scenes, we'd love to learn more about you.
We welcome compassionate, collaborative individuals who believe in our mission and value creativity, respect, and healthy boundaries.
Ready to make a difference? We'd love to hear from you!
A quick reflection guide to help you notice where subtle and overt abuse may be happening in your life