About Center for Peace

Believing in the power of change and resilience

Our Approach

Rooted in understanding

No matter your background, we nurture the inherent dignity and value of every individual. We are committed to dismantling harmful patterns and fostering a culture of respect and understanding across cultures.

Meet the coaches

Our coaches support individuals working to correct abusive behaviors and help women learn how to honor their own agency and hold to values that support trust and safety their relationships.

For Women
For Men

MAAC, BCC, CRPB, APSATS CPC, CSMF, CES/CASRD, CAS

Coach Joi

Coach Joi is the Program Director and Master Coach at Center for Peace. She has more than 30 years of experience working in the field of violence and abuse towards women. She specializes in helping women restore their agentic voice taken from them by an abusive partner, while helping men correct their abusive behavior. Her years of experience, decades of grounded research and multiple degrees bring the right experience for the abused and abusers looking for hope and change. Coach Joi runs the year-long abuse program at Center for Peace.

Coach Sharai

For over 15 years, Coach Sharai has mentored and supported women in their faith communities. Her own journey overcoming religious coercion and partner abuse deeply informs her approach, fuelling her passion to help women uncover and assert their inner strength and voice. Committed to each woman’s unique path, Sharai offers insightful guidance towards self-discovery, and a journey of recovery from emotional, psychological, spiritual, and sexual abuse.

For women experiencing abuse

Support for women navigating emotionally unsafe relationships, coercive dynamics, betrayal, or relational confusion. This work centers safety, clarity, and the rebuilding of self-trust after harm.
Women's Services

For men ready to change

Structured, accountability-based programs for men who are ready to confront harmful patterns, develop character and learn how to live relationally without recreating harm.
Men's Services

Men & women abuse support

Why the Work Is Separate and Why That Matters

While men and women are both impacted by relational harm, they do not need the same interventions.

Women should never be asked to wait, endure, or sacrifice safety in the hope that someone else might change. Men who want to change require structure, confrontation, and sustained accountability.

By offering distinct pathways, the Center for Peace ensures that:

Women partners are kept safe

Women receive support that prioritizes safety and clarity

Male Partners Are Supported

Men are challenged without being centered over women’s wellbeing

All genders are safe-guarded

Change is possible without asking anyone to absorb harm along the way