Sexual Assault Trauma
Sexual violence affects too many individuals. Many survivors of sexual violence experience devastating and lasting psychological trauma. At MSPWC, we create a safe, secure, and reliable environment for survivors to share and process their experiences through approaches like EMDR, narrative therapy, CBT, and mindfulness. Unfortunately, sexual violence is experienced by too many people. In Canada, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men will experience sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Regardless of gender or age, the effects of sexual violence are lasting and devastating.
Survivors of sexual violence are often left feeling scared, alone, ashamed, unsafe, and worthless. Many survivors may experience depression, anxiety, or even PTSD. Moreover, many survivors of sexual violence find themselves in a victim blaming society that places the blame of the assault on the survivor. This serves to further shame the survivor and leads to many survivors keeping silent about what happened to them.
Recovering from Sexual Violence
Recovering from sexual violence can be very difficult but is absolutely possible. The recovery process begins the moment survivors reach out for help. Reaching out to mental health or health professionals, people you trust, or crisis lines can help survivors to find support and understand what happened to them.
Partaking in a therapy process can also help survivors to understand their trauma and their trauma response, challenge their sense of guilt, shame, helplessness, and isolation, highlight their resilience, and reclaim their power and sense of self. Therapies such as EMDR, CBT, and Narrative have empirically proven efficacy for working with sexual trauma and are provided here at Midnight Sun Wellness.