Portland Men's Resource Center History

Portland's Men's Resource Center was established in 1972 as an organization of men in alliance with the feminist movement with an interest in exploring gender issues, particularly re-evaluating traditional gender roles, stereotypes and sexism. We held educational forums and consciousness raising groups, published a newsletter and participated in political activism. Counseling sessions were first offered in 1977 including individual, couples and family and group therapy. In the early '80s we began to offer violence intervention groups for men and counseling sessions for gay men.

The Women's Counseling Center was established in 1986, as a resource for the female partners of men in the violence intervention program. The focus was as support and counseling groups for women to work on healing and empowerment. We soon after began to offer counseling for women for a wider range of issues.

We continue to offer individual, couples, and family therapy for men and women; specialized services for gay men; and anger-management and domestic violence intervention groups.