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Link – 1in6 and RAINN Launch Peer SupportGroup to Help Male Survivors

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

The first Peer SupportGroup session took place in early October 2015, with positive reviews from both users and moderators. The service functions similar to a group chat, where male survivors of childhood sexual abuse can support other men in their journey of trauma recovery. Men from all over the country can chat back and forth with one another and share their experiences during a 90-minute online session. Each session is moderated by a licensed clinician who provides therapeutically-sound guidance and a “gatekeeper” who has gone through extensive training to ensure the anonymity and safety of every participant.

This is great. I hope this resource proves to be useful to all of the male survivors out there convinced that this doesn’t happen to other men.

1in6 and RAINN Launch Peer SupportGroup to Help Male Survivors | RAINN | Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network

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