We’re here to help.
Life can get tricky — especially if you’re a girl. That’s why OP is here - to give you the space to navigate and explore life’s joys and challenges. Timely topics to help you… or a friend. Fun ways to explore your place in the world. Welcoming groups that grow into real friendships. Conversations about hard issues. Learn more about how we can help, here.
There is no ‘type’ of girl* who takes part at OP. Everyone is welcome.
We do have things in common, though: OP participants are often exploring who they are, and how to manage issues that are specific to being a girl in society. Each wants to be able to claim — or at least work toward — these statements:
I understand I am valuable.
I know my values.
I have a voice.
I am able to think critically and use these skills to make my own decisions.
I am confident or working to strengthen my confidence and self-esteem.
I recognize the value in others and lift them up.
I am not done.
No matter your background, beliefs, what you look like, what you’re interested in, or what you’ve tackled, you are power. You will change the world.
*How does OP define "girl?”
Ophelia’s Place serves and welcomes girl-identifying youth of all races, religions, national origins, immigration status, sexual orientations, beliefs, sizes, abilities and economic status. Ophelia’s Place also recognizes an expansive definition of girl. We are for all trans girls and cis girls, as well as for nonbinary youth, gender non-conforming youth, and genderqueer youth who feel or have a connection to girlhood or girlness. Welcome to your space.
What is there to do at OP?
Join us from anywhere during a virtual or in-person club at our Eugene, Junction City, and Albany locations.
Check out any of our workshops. Girl-positive anime? Pottery making? Drawing? Computer coding? Dungeons & Dragons campaigns? Yes please.
Need to chat with someone? Connect with a pro who can help. We have lots of online girl resources too – just for you.
Have a bigger issue? Check out our strength-based therapy. Visit with an OP therapist one-on-one, with your family, or in a group setting.
How do you get started?
It’s easy to get started. Schedule your orientation and sign up for your first activity. If you’re under 14, you’ll need parent or guardian permission. If you’re interested in scheduling a brief and confidential intake here, also have your parent schedule a brief and confidential intake here. Then, stay connected! Follow us on our socials, or subscribe to our eNews to stay up-to-date on our latest and greatest.
Is participation confidential?
Absolutely — to the point you want it to be. All therapy sessions, individual and group, are private and protected. Group and activity work is done with an established ‘code of conduct’ that means what happens and is said at OP, stays at OP. But if you want to be public about your participation, or want to be part of a community project, you do so as an OP participant, so there’s some identity there. Make sense? If not, ask us. (That’s confidential, too :) )
Looking back. How OP helped me…
“There is a girl at school who feels defeated by the bullies that torment her daily. There is a girl at home right now who wishes she had friends to talk to about the latest book she read. There is a girl who wants to express her love of anime through art and reading but has no one to join her. There is a girl in need of someone to help her with these overwhelming feelings of sadness, fear, and loneliness. These girls are all my own personal experience as a youth, and of those I met in the community that Ophelia’s Place fosters daily. I always called Ophelia’s Place my ‘home away from home,’ where I could be in a safe environment to interact with girls like me.”