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Safeplace speaks out about male sexual abuse
Good to see a place that offers help for male and female victims!
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Link – 5 Questions to Ask the Partners of Child Abuse Survivors
This is a really good reminder, that when you have one person in a relationship dealing with a long term healing process, the other person needs support too. I especially like the reminder that the survivor benefits greatly from knowing that someone else is also looking after their partner as well. It is very important…
The Four “R’s” for Hope and Healing
Saw someone share this yesterday and, after some time looking through it, decided it was definitely worth sharing. It’s from Lauren’s Kids page, and it has a ton of information about what they are calling the four “R’s”
Recognize
Report
Respond
Recover
Link – One in three children entered foster care in 2017 because of parental drug abuse
As I’ve been writing recently, when childhood trauma goes untreated, or not prevented in the first place, it can often lead to problems with addiction in adulthood, as well as many other things. (Not in everyone, but it is a significant factor statistically) Now we see that not doing anything about that childhood trauma, is…
Sharing – Why telehealth for mental health care is working
It’s all about flexibility. As the article below points out, online appointments don’t work for everyone. They do require a stable and fast internet connection for video, and not everyone has that.
On the other hand, they also point out that not everyone has transportation to a therapist’s office, time away from work to regular travel to appointments, or the ability to get the whole family, for example, transportation to the same location.
For those folks, the switch to Telehealth that the pandemic thrust upon all of us is proving to be a godsend because they have something that was inaccessible to them previously. Even as others need a place to meet with a therapist, or simply connect better in person.
