Bay Area Mental HealthOct 7, 20223 min readOnly "Yes" Means Yes: Protect Yourself From Sexual ViolenceSexual assault on school campuses has received a lot of attention in the press lately. That doesn’t mean that the number of rapes is...
Bay Area Mental HealthOct 7, 20224 min readMental Health Effects of Sexual AbuseAwareness of the prevalence and impact of sexual abuse has recently surged in the media following such events as the #MeToo movement and...
Bay Area Mental HealthOct 7, 20214 min readImpact of Sexual Abuse on Mental HealthAwareness of the prevalence and impact of sexual abuse has recently surged in the media following such events as the #MeToo movement and...
Bay Area Mental HealthOct 7, 20215 min readOvercoming Childhood Sexual Abuse"Anything that is “wrong” with you began as a survival mechanism in childhood." ~ Dr. Gabor Maté Being sexually abused as a child,...
Bay Area Mental HealthOct 7, 20213 min readSexual Abuse: Why You Can't "Just Get Over It" - Part 3You are not alone. Healing from sexual abuse and rape requires working with every part of the trauma experience – instinct, emotion,...
Bay Area Mental HealthOct 7, 20214 min readSexual Abuse: Why You Can't "Just Get Over It" - Part 2You aren’t broken. Trauma and complex PTSD caused by sexual abuse and rape are underdiagnosed and often misdiagnosed as something else....
Bay Area Mental HealthOct 7, 20213 min readSexual Abuse: Why You Can't "Just Get Over It" - Part 1“Just get over it.” It’s one of the worst things someone can say to a survivor of sexual abuse or rape. And yet how many times have you...