About Us

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Willow Circle envisions a future where women in Central Oregon, starting in Bend and reaching into surrounding rural communities, have consistent and accessible spaces for connection, healing, and support, especially in the moments when support is hardest to find.

We recognize the gaps that exist.
In evenings. In weekends. In rural areas where distance, isolation, and limited resources make access to care difficult.

Willow Circle is committed to helping bridge that gap.

Through community-based gatherings, weekend support spaces, and outreach into rural communities, we aim to bring healing closer to where women are, creating environments that feel safe, human, and accessible.

Our vision is to expand beyond Bend into the rural areas of Central Oregon, offering consistent, relationship-centered support in places where services are often limited or unavailable.

Because healing should not depend on location, timing, or access.
It should be something you can reach.

• Oregon ranks near the bottom in the nation for mental health access, with about 1 in 3 adults unable to get the care they need 

• Rural Oregon communities experience significantly higher suicide rates than urban areas 

• Many rural areas require long travel distances to access mental health providers 

• Some regions in Oregon still have critical shortages of behavioral health professionals, especially outside urban areas 

• Stigma and lack of privacy in small communities can prevent people from seeking help

 In Central Oregon, behavioral health access remains uneven, with limited evening and weekend options and significant barriers in rural communities leaving many women without support when and where they need it most.

 Willow Circle responds by creating accessible, community based support through evening and weekend gatherings, while expanding outreach into rural Central Oregon meeting women where they are, when they need it most.