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While all forms of victimization are traumatic and life-changing to any gender, survivors of male childhood sexual abuse have the greatest challenges. Much of the literature on sexual abuse and trauma focuses on only women as victims. This isn’t an accident, there are also countless resources for female survivors dealing with trauma from sexual abuse …

On the Road to Recovery – How Male Sexual Abuse Survivors Can Heal Read More »

Being a trauma survivor is a challenging journey, but it is also an empowering one. Trauma acts as the catalyst for us to learn how to better engage in self-care and introduces us to endless modalities for healing and expressing ourselves, enabling us to channel our crisis into our transformation. Most importantly, it gives us access to …

 5 Powerful Self-Care Tips for Abuse and Trauma Survivors Read More »

“Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.” Anais Nin (attributed) If you were a victim of childhood sexual abuse, you know about shame. You have likely been plagued by it all your life without identifying it as shame. You may feel shame because you blame yourself for the abuse itself, or because you …

Healing The Shame Of Sexual Trauma Read More »

Every day now in the news, we learn of various actions taken by those facing allegations of sexual assault and harassment. One set of actions has to do with their reported sexual harassment and/or assaults. Another set of actions has to do with how they respond when accused. Both types of action are crucially important. …

How to Listen When Someone You Know Discloses Sexual Harassment or Assault Read More »

Ways of grounding Three major ways of grounding are described below—mental, physical, and soothing. “Mental” means focusing your mind; “physical” means focusing on your senses (e.g., touch, hearing); and “soothing” means talking to yourself in a very kind way. You may find that one type works better for you, or all types may be helpful. …

Different Grounding Techniques Read More »

While the title above may look like this article is going to give a one size fits all, foolproof tips on how to recover and heal from the trauma of a sexual assault, the truth about tragedies and traumatic experiences like sexual assault is that there are no rules on how to go about recovering …

How to Start the Healing Process After a Sexual Assault Read More »