Healing after Harm

Vincy's survivor-centered comic uses creative self-expression as a form of resilience and a path to healing from abuse.

Shweta Kapoor, MD, PhD, discusses medications, therapies, and other treatment options that can help us cope and heal after sexual trauma, as well as how partners can care supportively for survivors of sexual abuse.

Trauma can lead to chronic pain and other physical conditions, sometimes years after the event.

In this interactive exhibit, forty-six survivors of violence reflect on one week in their journeys toward healing.

Chanel Miller describes finding support as a survivor of sexual violence and how central creating art has been central to her journey of healing. She also discusses racism and the need to reform the criminal justice system for the sake of survivors.

This article features the work of eight artists who participated in the "Talking Cure" exhibit, at the University of Minnesota, showing how art can allow us to express ourselves and to find healing after violence.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Shena Young, a licensed body-centered psychologist, healer, artist, and survivor, encourages us to move beyond Western approaches of healing. Young provides guidance on holistic healing that recognizes the effect of trauma on the body.

This guide from Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) provides helpful tips for coping with street harassment. It is geared towards young people, gender-based violence professionals, activists, and allies.

When a bad thing happens to you, like sexual assault, sometimes, it feels like it's still happening even long after it’s over.

Find groups and organizations who are working to support survivors and end gender-based violence.

This guide explains “triggers,” or what we like to call “activators,” which are things that activate the nervous system into its alert state.

This piece, written by a sexual assault survivor, encourages us to forgive ourselves and realize that we are not the cause of our trauma.