Oregon Divorce Support Groups: Benefits and Structure
Divorce support groups in Oregon (also known as divorce recovery groups) are the ideal way to heal the pain, grief and devastation that divorce leaves in its wake. While divorce counseling can help you move and grow through the unique dynamics of your heartache, divorce support groups also curb loneliness and isolation by providing tools for how to cope with divorce, in a community of others who are also in a divorce recovery process.
Divorce recovery groups do not provide legal or financial advice regarding your divorce. If you are trying to figure out where to start, read “How to get a Divorce in Oregon.”
Listed below are the currently known divorce support groups in Oregon. The groups vary considerably in some of the following ways, inquire with each group to determine the one best for you based on these qualities:
- Operates year-round (listed first in each section) or periodically
- Religious leaning or non-denominational
- Donation, cost per session, or cost for a series
- Teaching by video, person or facilitated activities
- Facilitated by a trained counselor or community volunteer
- Number of meetings in a series and attendance expectations
Portland, Oregon Area Divorce Support Groups
Anew Divorce Support, Mt. Tabor Presbytarian, 5441 SE Belmont St., Portland
Meets weekly, with a rotating 15 week topic cycle
Divorce Support Group, 1220 SW Morrison, #920, Portland, OR
Catholic Divorce Support Group, St. Pius X Catholic Church, 1280 NW Saltzman Rd.,
Portland, Meets 1x per month
DivorceCare Group, Southwest Hills Baptist Church, 9100 SW 135th Ave., Beaverton, OR
DivorceCare Group, Sonrise Church, 6701 NE Campus Way, Hillsboro, OR
Separation/Divorce Support Group, 2929 SW Multnomah Blvd, #103, Portland
Grief Support Circle (Support group for grief of any kind), 1016 SE 12th Ave, Portland
Life Beyond Breakup (Portland area Meetup group meeting mostly online for now)
Vancouver, Washington Area Divorce Support Groups
DivorceCare Group, Living Hope Church, 2711 NE Andresen, Vancouver, WA
Salem, Oregon Area Divorce Support Groups
DivorceCare Group, West Salem Foursquare Church, 3094 Gehlar NW Rd., Salem
DivorceCare Group, First Baptist Church of Salem, 395 Marion St. NE, Salem
Eugene, Oregon Area Divorce Support Groups
DivorceCare Group, First Baptist Church, 3550 Fox Meadows Road, Eugene, OR
Bend, Oregon Area Divorce Support Groups
No divorce group currently operating.
Good Grief Guidance has Community Grief Circles, 33 NW Louisiana Ave, Bend, OR
Medford / Grants Pass, Oregon Area Divorce Support Groups
DivorceCare Group, Parkway Christian Center, 229 NE Beacon Dr., Grants Pass, OR
Other Divorce Support Groups in Oregon
Northwest Divorce Support (Facebook support group)
Look for a DivorceCare Group near you. (A Christian-based learning, recovery and support group)
Online Divorce Recovery or Grief Support Groups
Room for Grief: A monthly online grief circle.
If you are aware of a divorce support group or divorce recovery group that is not listed or would like to list a group you are hosting, send us an email with the information and contact so that we can confirm it is happening and list it on this page.