Recovery(&(Healing(a0er( (Child(Sexual(Abuse( ! Svava!Brooks! Cer,ďŹ ed!Child!Sexual!Abuse!Preven,on!Educator! Advocate!and!Survivor! Svava@educate4change.com! www.Educate4Change.com!
! ! This program is for informational and educational purposes only. It is ! the counsel or not meant to replace treatment of a licensed therapist. !
How!are!you!Feeling?!
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The(Healing(Journey!
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Beginning!–!Middle!–!End! Where!are!you!at!on!the!journey?! How!do!you!know?!
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Let’s!share!
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No=ce(the(choices(you(make:! Have!a!Plan! Know!my!triggers! Vulnerable! Unwilling! !
Open!
Focus!on!the!now!
Connected!
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Learning! !
disconnected!
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Stuck!in!the!past!
Isola,ng!
Closed!
Compassionate!
Numbing!
Work!a!plan!
Ask!for!help! Not!learning!
Hard!on!self! Willing!
You!got!this!!!
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Am(I(Defending(or(Learning?! The!Restora,on!Process:!What!is!my!power!of!agreement?!
Compassionate!
Ask!for!help!
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What(I((am(working(on:(! I!am!proud!of!myself!and!__________________________This!year!on!the!healing! journey!I!______________________________________________________!! It!was!hard!at!,mes!but!I!made!progress!on______________________________and! _________________________________________because!I!was!gentle!and!loving! and_____________________________________________with/in!myself.! ! !
What!I!would!like!to!work!on,!intend!and!visualize!for!next!year! is:! __________________________________________________________________! __________________________________________________________________! __________________________________________________________________! __________________________________________________________________! ! What!I!have!learned!about!myself!this!year_________________________________! My!triggers___________________________________________________________! My!steps!to!ask!for!help_________________________________________________! My!steps!for!self!care___________________________________________________! What!I!want!to!learn!next!year___________________________________________! The!support!I!need_____________________________________________________! 2014!Svava!Brooks,!educate4change.com! !
From(Vic=m(to(Survivor(to(Thriver! Vic=m( (Thinks/feels)! Damaged! ! Nega,ve:! I!am!bad,!broken! stupid! !
Survivor( Naming!what! Happened! ! ! Challenge:! I!was!abused! by!someone!that! I!loved!and!trusted!
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Thriver( Was!wounded!but! Now!healing! ! ! Posi,ve!:! Bad!things!did!happen!but!! I!am!gedng!back!to!who!I! was!before:! Taking!ac,on:! 1.! 2.! 3.!! 4.! 5.!
Resources!
The!healing!begins!with!you!and! the!suffering!can!end!with!you.! !MMSvava!Brooks!
• Survivor!Support(and!Resources! ! ! thelamplighters.org! ! siawso.org!
! malesurvivor.org! ! Call!211! ! OneHealth.com! ! acestudy.org!
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! psychologytoday.com! ! educate4change.com! ! JusIell.org! ! jaimeromo.com!
Great!Books!for!survivors:!! The!Courage!to!Heal!–!Ellen!Bass! Breaking!the!Cycle!–!Sandra!Riggins! Repair!Your!Life!–!Marjorie!McKinnon! !
! 1in6.org!
! Taalk.org! ! survivormanual.com! ! survivingspirit.com! ! connec,onssp.org!
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