Hesed Place

Hesed Place's mission is to provide progressive, personal, and community resources to survivors of severe complex trauma to maximize the potential for freedom, growth, and independence first within their life and then the community.

By creating a “Trauma-Informed-Town-Within-A-Town” through the training of community professionals we offer collaborative Trauma-Informed, transdisciplinary care to those who have been severely abused.

Hesed Place’s tagline is “The Whole Journey.” This focus bears a double meaning: Providing best to serve the needs of The Whole Person, and... throughout The Stages of the Journey. Our focus is not serving “mass numbers” but instead the individual person, really well. We have witnessed all too often those who have suffered the most horrendous abuses struggle as they attempt to find services sufficient to meet the longevity of care needed in order to experience life as it should be, beyond merely surviving. Our hope is to walk with survivors of extreme abuse as they come to know themselves, and experience the restoration of God-given gifts they were not allowed to know because of their abusers. We have recognized what is missing, and are feverishly working to provide what is needed.

In 2020 we relocated to our new and more expansive space with 2 session rooms and a large muti-purpose meeting area for use to provide trauma-informed training, activities for survivors and our community, events, etc.   

We are currently developing curriculum to offer 6 community groups (locally and virtually):

1. Medical and Therapeutic Community
2. Law Enforcement
3. Educators
4. Civic Organizations and Churches
5. Service Providers and Other Professionals
6. Life Groups (Survivor Support Groups)

We have launched a social media platform on Facebook, "Healing Place @ Hesed" private group - Created to discuss issues relevant to complex trauma and the associated healing journey. Our goal is to create a safe place to learn and discuss all aspects of complex trauma and wholeness. 

We provide direct services such as counseling and therapy, transitional community assistance, training, referral services, funding as available, and life group support (relational support) to adult survivors of severe trauma.

Our soon-to-launch website will be a growing and expanding international resource networking site for leaders in trauma studies, providers, survivors, and support persons. 

We are excited to look ahead at potential event opportunities in the upcoming year following the stringent limitations COVID-19 imposed upon us all. These will be exciting times to get to know volunteers and community partners as we continue raising funds to support the survivors we serve.