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Abuse in Care: Survivor shares story of sexual abuse through sculpture to find freedom
Express yourself: healthy expression is a way to healing. Find what resonates with you and give it a go. Through her beautiful and harrowing sculptures, Daniels found a unique way to express the childhood trauma and sexual abuse she experienced from a young age over many years. https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/129195641/abuse-in-care-survivor-shares-story-of-sexual-abuse-through-sculpture-to-find-freedom
What causes fear of the unknown?
Lack of predictabilityFeeling that you don’t have enough information to make accurate predictions can cause your anxiety to rise. One way to counteract the lack of predictability is to get more information. For example, if you’re experiencing fear of the unknown related to a new school or neighborhood, you might consider exploring the area before…

The Telegraph: Polish Catholic Church expects ‘wave’ of child sex abuse reports after release of film on paedophilia
The Telegraph: Polish Catholic Church expects ‘wave’ of child sex abuse reports after the release of the film on paedophilia.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/15/polish-catholic-church-expects-wave-child-sex-abuse-reports/ Poland’s Catholic Church says it is expecting a “wave” of reports of child sex abuse by priests as it struggles to cope with the impact of a new film on paedophilia in the church that…

Preventing Retraumatization: Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS)
A Macro Social Work Approach to Trauma-Informed Practices & Policies https://www.socialworker.com/feature-articles/practice/preventing-retraumatization-a-macro-social-work-approach-to-trauma-informed-practices-policies/ Secondary traumatic stress can follow exposure to another’s experience of trauma, resulting in emotional distress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is as if we take in a portion of the trauma that the other has survived. Unlike burnout, which is a…
Allegations of evidence that church has destroyed documents proving abuse
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/401230/royal-commission-jehovah-s-witness-elders-told-to-destroy-documents Survivors guess there could be several hundred unacknowledged cases in New Zealand, where Jehovah’s Witness believers number 14,000 out of a global following of eight million. A video of the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ headquarters records a manager telling elders everywhere to destroy documents was leaked last year to the Philadelphia Inquirer paper; in it the…

Raising their voices to tell what has been inflicted on them
Today, women in Ireland have been raising their voices to tell what has been inflicted on them – violence, rape, sexual abuse, emotional manipulation & control. Women's Aid always believes women when they reach out & it's always a very powerful moment. Please call. #IBelieveHer pic.twitter.com/k00Wgs0Bmm — Women's Aid Ireland (@Womens_Aid) June 20, 2020