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This 50 page booklet addresses healing after a sexual assault focusing on emotional wellbeing and relationships. It offers a general overview of what sexual assault survivors may experience in their healing after a sexual trauma--whether it was recently or awhile ago. It can also be a good resource for friends and loved ones to help them to better understand what survivors may be experiencing.
Topics (from the Table of Contents) include:
- If the sexual assault happened recently
- Understanding rape and other types of sexual trauma
- What are the different types of force and sexual assault?
- Alcohol and drug-facilitated sexual assault
Unique concerns for some survivors
- For survivors with marginalized identities
- For male survivors
- For LGBTQIA+ survivors
- For survivors of color
- For survivors with disabilities
- Overcoming barriers to access culturally-sensitive care
- Minority stress, health and mental health
Healing Considerations
- Common responses, concerns and feelings
- The impact of trauma on the brain and body
- Trauma-informed care for survivors
- If it has been awhile since the sexual assault
- Some warning signs you might notice
Relationships
- Helping family and friends to understand better
- A message for your loved ones and friends
- Signs of an unhealthy relationship
- For survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV)
- Healthy relationships: 10 important considertations
Resources for survivors, loved ones and friends
A final message on coping and healing after sexual trauma