Empowering Voices: Integration for (Women) Survivors of Sexual/Domestic Violence

Empowering Voices (EV) is a psychedelic integration & support group for women who experienced sexual assault, domestic violence/abuse, or intimate partner violence. These experiences can make a survivor feel as if they have lost complete power and control of their own life; losing their sense of self, and their voice. This support group aims to elevate and empower all women, leveraging strength as a community by women who have found the road of healing, recovery, and transformation through the power of entheogenic medicine and holistic integration tools such as art, meditation, breathwork, journaling, and bodywork.

Abuse may have been - or may currently be - a part of your life experience but your strength, power, and resilience can never be taken away. Empowering Voices creates a safe and sacred space to share your story, an important step for many in the healing process, and to embrace women alike who are looking to shed the years of silence, shame, guilt, or fear that are all too often held onto.

Along with building a narrative of power through sharing your story and finding your voice, there are a variety of topics and tools we discuss. Some of those include boundaries, triggers, coping skills, disrupting unhealthy patterns, and the importance of community.

THIS IS A CLOSED GROUP FOR WOMEN ONLY

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Empowering Voices was founded by:

Sarie Bettineski:
Sarie has studied at PNCA for her BFA, minor in Art History & Creative Writing. She is also a Rose City Scholar recipient and Phi Theta Kappa. She studied Philosophy, Art & History at PCC. She is the Co-Founder of Eudaimonia Collective, a Psychedelic Art Integration for prep and post journey. Sarie is an Advocate/Activist for Women’s rights and a mentor providing healing art/energy release techniques for women who have experienced sexual trauma or domestic abuse. She is a resident artist at the Ford Gallery of Art in Se PDX, co-owner and creator of American Scenes a design company focused on narratives through photography and keepsakes. Sarie is a proud woman in recovery, living a life with spirit plants and sharing the word about alternative addiction treatments.

Mandi Friedlander:
Mandi is Secretary of the Portland Psychedelic Society Events Committee, a Plant Medicine & Integration Coach, a practitioner of Reiki and NLP, and a Women's Integration Circle facilitator for Psychedelic Societies on both the east and west coast. She is also a Mom, a community builder, an advocate, an educator, and a lifelong learner.
Mandi has found deep healing, from complex trauma in early childhood and adulthood, through community and with the support of various 'alternative' healing modalities and medicines. Mandi is passionate about cultivating safe spaces where women can come together to learn, heal, thrive, and create. Safe spaces where women support, empower, and uplift one another on their own healing journeys.
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Portland Psychedelic Society (PPS) is a not-for-profit, donation-based organization.

LINKS to PPS Info; volunteer opportunities, donation information, and merch -
[https://LinkTr.ee/PortlandPsychedelic](https://linktr.ee/PortlandPsychedelic)

Thanks for your Participation and Support!