SERVICES

The Purple Door, formerly Women’s Shelter of South Texas, is a non-profit organization committed to serving individuals affected by domestic violence and/or sexual assault, regardless of when the violence occurred. The Purple Door offers support and empowerment to women, children, and men through a variety of services, programs, and referrals with the goal to assist survivors in regaining their independence.

The Purple Door employs a team of counselors who hold a master’s degree in counseling that provide counseling, wellness and support, and empowerment to women, children, and men who are or have experienced domestic violence and/or sexual violence. The Purple Door’s counseling services are available to those who reside in our safe shelter and for those who do not:

• Counseling (individual/group)
• Counseling for secondary victims of domestic and/or sexual violence
• Safety planning
• Dynamics of family and sexual violence
• Dynamics of those who use battering behavior
• Cycle of violence and building healthy relationships
• Play therapy (children ages 6 and older)
• Counseling offered in a safe, public location within our 12-county service area.

Educational Groups:
Prior to participation, please contact our hotline at 361.881.8888 to schedule a one-on-one meeting with a staff member in order to be enrolled.

Turning Points
This psychoeducational group provides curriculum that defines the different types of abuse, social norms that support intimate partner violence, affects caused from trauma, what the state allows in regard to self-defense, and finally discusses how humans respond, resist, cope, and survive abuse.

Closed Group: Tuesday 5-6 PM

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Parenting
This multi-week curriculum provides clients with knowledge and techniques survivors can implement while promoting healthy practices in raising their children in a safe environment.

Open Group: Wednesday 1-2 PM

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Domestic Violence 101
Domestic Violence 101 (DV 101) is a course to empower women in learning the dynamics of domestic violence, how to identify red flags within an intimate relationship, and learn healthy relationship skills.

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The Purple Door provides legal advocacy for individuals experiencing domestic violence and/or sexual violence – there is no attorney on staff. An Advocate will schedule a one-on-one meeting to provide an individualized legal needs assessment and criminal justice plan for:

• Legal Aid Referrals
• Crime Victims Compensation Application
• Protective Orders or Restraining Orders
• Emergency Protective Orders
• Non-Trespassing Orders
• Divorce and/or Child Custody
• Title IX
• Court accompaniment
• Or other legal advocacy needs.

An Advocate is by appointment only. Please contact our hotline at 361.881.8888.

No appointment is needed for face-to-face crisis intervention and advocacy services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Please call the 24-hour/7 day=a=week crisis hotline at 361-881-8888 or 1.800.580.4878 (HURT) to speak to an advocate if you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.

The Purple Door’s Advocates provide individualized case plans to those experiencing domestic violence and/or sexual violence. Advocates are available to meet clients for a one-on-one assessment of needs based on a survivor’s specific situation:

• Crisis intervention and advocacy
• Peer counseling
• Safety planning
• Wellness and empowerment

Information and referrals to community resources, such as:

  • Medical Care
  • Housing
  • Obtaining legal records (birth certificate, driver’s license, identification)
  • Boarding pets
  • Utility waivers
  • Child-care
  • Food, clothing, or other items needed.

No appointment is needed for face-to-face crisis intervention and advocacy services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Please call the 24-hour/7 day=a=week crisis hotline at 361-881-8888 or 1.800.580.4878 (HURT) to speak to an advocate if you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.

Support and Wellness Groups

Sexual Assault Support Group: Open to all survivors of sexual assault and their loved ones.

Every Monday from 6:00 – 7:00pm – Call Katlyn Campsmith at 361.248.3354 or Brian Permenter at 361.881.9619 for details. Join virtually via Zoom here. Meeting ID: 947 3658 5356 Passcode: 535854

Support Group: This process group provides an open forum where clients are encouraged to stay in the “here and now” while addressing current challenges caused by a history of trauma and abuse.

Open Group: Tuesday 6-7 PM

Call 361.881.8888 for details.

Family and Friends Support Group: Open to all those wanting to know how to encourage someone they care about and gain tools to help support, make a referral for agency services, or learn more about how to talk to someone about domestic and sexual violence.

Open Group: Starting September 17, 2024

Schedule: first Friday of every month starting October 4, 2024, from 12pm-1pm and the third Tuesday of every month starting September 17, 2024, from 5:30pm-6:30pm

Group will be held at the Non-Residential Office located at 4444 Corona Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 in suite 139.

Call 361.884.2900 for details.

The Purple Door provides safe, emergency shelter to women, children, and men who are experiencing domestic violence and/or sexual violence. Individuals who seek safe, emergency shelter are admitted on a case-by-case basis when meeting with a Victim or Residential Advocate. The Purple Door does not turn any survivors away and there is no time limit for a client’s length of stay, with regard they maintain compliance with the agency’s shared living guidelines.

About the shelter:

The Purple Door’s shelter consists of 15 community bedrooms that have the capacity to house:
• All survivors, including families with children

The Purple Door is equipped with a kitchen and provides the following meals to our residential clients:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Snacks

Note: We are able to accommodate specific dietary needs upon request.

All children residing in shelter have access to specific youth services to help them feel more comfortable in the shelter environment. The donation room is also available to clients in order to provide clothing, toiletries, shoes, diapers, and other needed items.

If you have any questions about our shelter services or any accommodations that advocates need to be aware of, please call our hotline at 361-881-8888.

No appointment is needed for face-to-face crisis intervention and advocacy services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Please call the 24-hour/7 day=a=week crisis hotline at 361-881-8888 or 1.800.580.4878 (HURT) to speak to an advocate if you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.

The Purple Door is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas. Our agency provides FREE services to victims and survivors of family violence and sexual assault throughout a 12-county region of South Texas. We offer support and empowerment to individuals through a safe shelter, non-residential services/programs, and outreach.

All services are confidential and available free of charge to victims and survivors staying at the shelter and those residing elsewhere in the communities we service.

We service the following counties: Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio.

No appointment is needed for face-to-face crisis intervention and advocacy services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Please call the 24-hour crisis hotline at 361-881-8888 or 1.800.580.4878 (HURT) to speak to an advocate if you or someone you know has been a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.