


5 Telling the world about how terrible the sexual abuse was helps with healing
While it’s true that you may gain some relief initially in telling others what happened to you and also expose you deep emotional wounds, this is not the answer to real self-healing. There are several level of healing that need to take place. Telling the story is good...
3 ‘Telling the story is necessary for healing’
While there is such a lot of stigma and shame involved in letting people know you were sexually assaulted, due to worries about judgement and what people might think, it requires a lot to speak up on the matter. Being able to speak about it, has a place, especially if...
1‘You can’t recover from sexual abuse’.
The traditional approach which includes the medical model in Australia and in other parts of the world, is that recovery from sexual abuse is not possible. The medical model is largely influenced by their belief that once the brain or mind is broken, it can’t be fully...