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

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 …

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Anonymous Story: Part Of Me Is Still Lying On That Kitchen Floor

When I was in high school, I had a boy over at my house when my parents weren’t at home, which was definitely against house rules. We were just hanging out, doing whatever kids do, when the phone rang. I picked it up in the kitchen, gesticulating wildly to the boy to be silent so …

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 5 Powerful Self-Care Tips for Abuse and Trauma Survivors

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 …

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On Gaslighting, Rape Culture And Consent

Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse “in which information is twisted, selectively omitted to favor the abuser, or false information is presented with the intent of making victims doubt their own memory, perception, and sanity.” Essentially, gaslighting is a tactic used to destabilize a victim’s understanding of reality, making the individual constantly doubt their own …

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For Survivors: To Report Or Not Report

Survivors rarely report sexual assault. The question of whether to report or not is a serious one to consider, in fact, sexual assault remains the most drastically under-reported crime ever. Reporting rates are low for a variety of reasons. A survivor may be uncertain whether what happened was actually an assault. Sexual assaults that are …

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New To Therapy?

What is psychotherapy? Psychotherapy offers you a chance to spend concentrated time on yourself with a highly skilled practitioner who can help you unpack your story, get to the root of issues, and give you new clarity on your past and your present. The bedrock of personal growth lies in a chance to enter into …

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How We Can Promote Resilience and Recovery for People Who Have Experienced Trauma from Sexual Violence?

Resilience looks at how people make it in spite of difficult circumstances/experiences. Theorists have defined resilience as self-acceptance, the ability to engage in positive relationships with others, and environmental mastery. Resilience means a positive outcome despite the experience of adversity, the ability to continue to be positive or effectively function in adverse circumstances and the …

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