


By: Arezoo Shahbazi Roa, Prevention & Community Education Director When we think about relationship violence and what it looks like, our experience and learnings associate it with physical as the


By: Hope Talieh, Legal Advocacy Program Manager At Human Options we know all too well the depth of trauma survivors of relationship violence experience. We see it in their faces

By Maricela Rios-Faust, Chief Executive Officer of Human Options Words are powerful. They can cause a listener to feel strong emotions because of a person’s past experiences, beliefs, or ideals.



By Mieka Bledsoe, MS, LMFT , Program Supervisor, Safe Options for Seniors Robert is a retired educator with two masters degrees. He never could have imagined that he’d be a victim


By: Arezoo Shahbazi Roa, MSW, Prevention & Community Education Director of Human Options As a domestic violence advocate focused on prevention with a mental health background, I see the long-term