Women of faith suffer added layers of complexity in relationships of domestic violence, making abuse even more difficult to bear, a webinar on domesti.
Key Responses to Care Well for the Abused
Brad Hambrick
The first and most important thing you need to realize when someone discloses the experience of sexual abuse is that they are demonstrating an immense amount of courage.
Caring for Survivors
Maybe one of the least understood aspects of sexual abuse is the victim’s loss of voice. Abuse is usually followed by demands not to tell anyone and threats of what will happen if the victim does talk. Then, once a victim is alone, their own sense of shame makes them not want to tell anyone. Finally, there are the fears of what they will have to endure if they tell someone and are believed, not to mention the fears of telling someone and not being believed.