Male Abuse Awareness Week 2015
As always, Dec 1-8 is Male Abuse Awareness Week on the Help4guys.org website. Here’s this year’s promotional video, talking about male victims of abuse:
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Link – You Have Permission to Cut Off Your Abuser
“Cutting someone out of your life can sound extreme or over-reactive. Maybe other people don’t have all the facts, and they don’t want to tell you to do something rash. The truth is you’re the only expert on your personal experience. You don’t need anyone to validate your feelings. If your gut is telling you…
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Link – When teachers sexually abuse students
“It’s important for all those who want to protect kids from abuse to know that oftentimes abusers are very popular; they are so good; they are so sought-after. They’re attractive. That’s how they get away with years of abuse. It’s this disguise they are highly adept at wearing that lets them unleash years of soul-destroying…
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Link – Child sexual abuse: How big is the ‘iceberg’?
“We’ve known for a long time that only a relatively small number of abuse cases come to the attention of the authorities, but this report by the Children’s Commissioner for England is a comprehensive attempt to measure and understand abuse that is hidden from view. Its conclusion that only one child in every eight facing…
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Link – Chicago-area Advocate program helps children recover from sexual abuse
“For months, Erin Hagerty tried to get the young boy to open up about his traumatic past. Instead, he spent entire sessions avoiding eye contact, staring at the wall and refusing to speak. But Hagerty, a clinical psychologist with the Advocate Childhood Trauma Treatment Program didn’t give up on the child, who had been abandoned…
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Link – Surviving to Thriving
“The experiences of abuse take us to a dark and heavy place that no one should ever know. It’s ugly, it’s painful, and it can swallow up everything good we ever knew. Moving on from these times isn’t a step-by-step process you can get from a therapist. It’s a journey. A lifetime of learning from…