Pathways to Healing is a private, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, incorporated in 1983. One of 15 rape crisis centers in South Carolina, PTH advocates for and supports survivors of sexual assault and abuse in Richland, Lexington, Newberry, Clarendon, and Sumter counties and educates the community to identify and prevent sexual violence.
Our Mission:
Ending sexual violence through advocacy, education, and supportive services.
Our Vision:
Healthy survivors, thriving in a community free of sexual violence.
Our Goals For
Pathways To Healing
To ensure that survivors are respected, valued, and their voices are heard.
To boldly lead the effort to end sexual violence in our communities.
To be diligent in meeting the two critical components of the mission: directly supporting survivors through their healing and educating the community-at-large.
To operate collaboratively, with other organizations, for the greater good.
Our Core
Values
CompassionAccountabilityInclusion
Who We
Serve
Sexual violence affects people regardless of race, ethnicity, class, sexual and gender identity, religious affiliation, age, immigration status, and ability. Because survivors of sexual violence may experience the abuse in culturally specific ways, our counselors, educators, and advocates have received training to support survivors who represent the diverse communities represented in the Midlands. This includes, but is not limited to:
LGBTQIA+ Survivors
Survivors with Disabilities
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Survivors
Hispanic and Latino Survivors
Immigrant Survivors
Survivors with Limited English Proficiency
Survivors of Human Trafficking
Teen Survivors
Survivors Serving in the Military
Male Survivors
Trafficking Survivors
Secondary Survivors
Professionals Exposed to Sexual Trauma
Who We Are
We are families helping families. We empower and support families and youth struggling with behavioral, emotional or substance abuse challenges in navigating resources to achieve wellness and resilience.
What We Do
We provide support for families and their children in King County. We provide one-to-one parent support to help guide parents through the System of Care while their child is having difficulty and during recovery. We provide peer support to guide youth through their hard times. We offer parent classes and trainings for parent support providers. We have quarterly family social events to have fun and to connect with other families in the community. The majority of our services are free of charge.
What We Believe
We value family voice, family choice. Youth and families have the right to speak and to make decisions about their behavioral, emotional, mental health care and substance abuse treatment. Youth and families have the right to know the full range of promotion of wellness and prevention options available to them. Family inclusion is fundamental to a strong and effective System of Care.