Resources
& Support
There’s an increasing amount of information on the internet regarding trauma, abuse, PTSD, DID, and related topics. Perhaps you'll find something here that you haven't seen before - every website is unique and has something different to offer.
General
Information for Abuse & Trauma Survivors
"A friend of mine, one
genius of a writer, has created this website to help all survivors on their
journeys towards healing. :In Bloom: features resources and information on
child abuse & neglect, sexual abuse, rape, incest, domestic violence, DID,
BPD, PTSD, depression, eating disorders, bipolar, self - injury, anxiety &
substance abuse."
~ Joanna M. Doane
The Survivor Manual
In the face of trauma like child sexual abuse, rape, domestic
violence, sexual assault, and neglect there are many how-to questions: How to heal - how to fight - how to trust -
how to get justice - how to escape - how to end the cycle - How to be a better
parent - How to find joy? Here is a
manual on surviving.
"These pages are my
healing journey - my tears, my shame, my anger, my frustration - and finally my
joy. I hope that these pages will strengthen and encourage fellow travelers -
as so many others did for me."
~ Kylee Jones
David Baldwin's Trauma Information
Pages
Since 1995 psychologist David Baldwin has compiled voluminous links to
articles, handouts and other mental-health resources on a wide array of trauma
and stress topics. His extensive Disaster section addresses hundreds of issues
relevant to terrorism attacks, from reducing building-safety fears to helping
disaster workers cope. The General Support page covers topics like recognizing
post-traumatic stress disorder, and lists scores of support groups and
therapeutic resources. Also on the site: a deep list of recommended books.
Abuse survivors section at www.aest.org.uk covers articles, information, and support for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the adult rape -- with over 41 support forums, multiple chat rooms and information for both female and male survivors from the US and around the world.
Earth Station Nine:
Abuse and Survival Information
Earth Station Nine is a Compendium of Resources from the
Invisible Web - 70 Newsfeeds - 790 Categories - 46000 Resources - 1228 Pages.
This site has been built in hopes of spreading awareness regarding different types of abuse as well as information about each type (signs, symptoms, etc.). The goal is to bring as much awareness to the world as possible, from all different aspects of abuse that people have survived.
As Waters Pass By: Resources
for Survivors of Abuse
This site, previously known as "Annaleigh's Abuse Awareness Site",
offers a large amount of resources and information for survivors of abuse.
SadlyNormal.org
Sadly Normal's mission is to:
heal our bodies, minds, hearts and souls, so that we may live normal, healthy
and HAPPY lives, AND to help survivors who haven't found their voice to break
their silence and help them heal. Secondly, they encourage state
lawmakers all around the country to introduce and pass legislation to amend
state laws, codes, statutes so Adult Survivors are able to seek justice for the
crimes against them.
This
website is for and about: Survivors who want to thrive!
Sexual assault and abuse survivors thrive with support. I hope that some
of the insights and tools you'll find here will assist you on your journey to
becoming a thriver!
Surviving the
Memories
Coming Soon!!! ... A site for survivors of sexual
assault, rape, child abuse, child sexual assault.
America's Most
Wanted (AMW) Safety Center
The
AMW Safety Center is the place to get answers that keep you and your family
safe. They offer useful information for victims of trauma such as when
they highlighted RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotlines as the premiere
resource for those affected by sexual violence.
The INFO
Project: End Violence Against Women
This site was developed by the INFO Project to
collect and share in one central location information on the latest research,
tools, project reports, and communication materials produced in the worldwide
struggle to end violence against women
Hope4Survivors
If you are a survivor of
childhood physical, sexual or emotional abuse or are a survivor of any kind of
domestic violence, please consider this a safe haven! You are not a
victim, you are a survivor! You are NOT alone!
This site provides stories, articles, inspiration and
help to those affected by sexual abuse, rape and molestation. They are asking
for submissions from survivors or supporters of survivors to display on these
pages. Submissions can include poetry, stories, pictures of artworks or perhaps
SHARE YOUR STORY. You can do this ANONYMOUSLY.
Saisian -
Survivors of Sibling Sexual Abuse
Provides information on sibling sexual abuse. It is for
parents who know or suspect there is sibling abuse in their family and want to
do something about it. It's also provides informaton for parents who want to
understand and prevent sibling sexual abuse in their family. Many parents are
afraid to believe that sexual abuse could be possible in their family, and the
information is meant to support parents in facing that possibility in an
informed and realistic way.
Remember to
Breathe
This is a website dedicated to survivors of multiple instances of sexual
assault.
A Mighty
Phoenix
Activist and author Marie Waldrep created this web site, called The Mighty
Phoenix, with information to help promote awareness and healing of all sexual
abuse.
Rubbed The
Wrong Way
This is a site for women, men and teenagers who have experienced sexual assault
by a massage practitioner, or for anyone else interested in the topic.
Survivors
United
This site, built by former child abuse survivor Jenna
Kandyce Linch, is dedicated to all the survivors and victims of abuse who are
still standing strong in life. To all the survivors and victims out there
she wants to encourage you to use your voice to speak out about what you have
gone through.
Sexual Abuse,
Assault, and Rape Awareness (S.A.A.R.A.)
College
Student, Joni Poole, the creator of S.A.A.R.A. (Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Rape
Awareness), is a rape victim and survivor. She created this website in an
effort to spread awareness to others. It includes links, research, and
individual letters to abusers.
Through the Fire
Through The Fire - dedicated to anyone struggling to survive the traumas
of life.
If I Could Only Help
After surviving domestic violence the creator of this informative web page made
it available in order to try and help others who are in or who know someone in
an abusive situation.
Cambridge
Documentary Films who produced the documentary, "Rape is…," designed
this site to help connect people with organizations and resources who 1) for
people who have been raped or want to help people they know who have been
raped, 2) for anyone interested in learning about the many issues sexual
assault touches upon, and 3) for anyone interested in helping to end
rape. Information is provided about international human rights
activities, or child abuse, or clergy abuse, or campus rape, or the
relationship between rape and sex trafficking and prostitution, or prison rape,
just to name a few of the many categories covered.
Online Discussion
Boards & Forums Offering Support
A website for information, solace, and support for Sexual Assault Survivors, including a discussion board!
~ isurvive.org -- Abuse Survivors
Learning to Thrive ~
A non-profit online community center for abuse survivors providing anonymous discussions boards, chat rooms and other resources.
Pandora's Aquarium
Rape & sexual abuse survivors forum and chatroom.
Dancing in the Darkness
Informative and thought-provoking, this website serves as a safe haven for rape and sexual abuse ...
International
Child Abuse Network
This organization works collectively to break the cycle of child abuse. This
site offers 24 hour chatgroups related to child abuse, incest, domestic
violence, parenting for survivors of abuse, etc.
After Silence
After Silence is designed to help victims become survivors, and
communicate in the recovery of sexual violence. Their mission is to support,
empower, validate, and educate survivors, as well as their families and
supporters. The core of their organization is a support group, message board,
and chat roomwhere victims and survivors come together online in a mutually
supportive and safe environment.
Welcome to
Barbados
Welcome to Barbados is a Tori Amos inspired site for rape
and sexual abuse victims and survivors. In the following pages, you will find
the site creator's story as well as the sexual violence survivor stories of
hundreds of other courageous survivors. You will also find a message
board and chat room for
victims and survivors of all types of rape, sexual abuse, and sexual assault.
Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow is a support site for
survivors of rape, sexual abuse or any type of unwanted sexual contact.
Whatever your experience - whether you were a victim of date rape, partner
rape, sexual abuse or sexual assault, you deserve to heal and you are welcome
here.
A Gift From Within
A
Gift from Within offers support to survivors of child
sexual abuse and / or adult rape. It has information and a supportive message
board. A
Gift from Within works to raise awareness and offer
support to survivors of ritual abuse and child sexual abuse. The site also
offers information on Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Fort Refuge: Community & Chat for Survivors of
Abuse
This is a special place for all who have experienced abuse in any manner, shape
or form. They hope to offer survivors a refuge and also camaraderie.
Helping Us Heal
Helping Us Heal
is a ministry committed to helping survivors of abuse and violence in
their journey toward healing. The Healing Room,
offered on their site, is a discussion group designed to allow survivors to
post questions, comments, and basically just share with one another.
Broken Spirits Network is an online community and support group
that focuses on aiding both current and past victims of child abuse, sexual
abuse, and domestic violence. The Broken Spirits Network provides a
comprehensive state by state list of shelters, hotlines and organizations that
can provide help for potential victims. In addition to the national abuse
resource listing is a comprehensive discussion forum where users can
create their own virtual identity within complete confidentiality. This allows
people to discuss the happenings of their life without letting others know who
they really are. Another point of interest is the information section of the
site where you can find a reference of common symptoms of abuse and also find
methods to prevent becoming a victim.
Making
Daughters Safe Again (MDSA)
This is a members-only chat room and message board for adult
women who were victims of mother-daughter sexual abuse. Making Daughters Safe
Again provides an opportunity for women to share their experiences, tears, and
thoughts in order to help the healing process. This site includes public
forums, pen pals, information, resources, artwork, and advocacy.
Aphrodite
Wounded
Aphrodite Wounded is a support site for women who have
experienced rape/sexual assault in marriage or by another male partner
Escaping Hades
A rape and sexual abuse survivors site. This site was created by one of the
founders of the message board pandora's aquarium.
Dealing with Adversity and Trauma
Online Support Group from Life Challenges
Online Support Group with writings, articles, reflections and interviews about facing and living creatively with life's challenges
National Support
Group Meetings
This group provides support to adult survivors of child sexual abuse, incest, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault. They welcome advocates and collectively work for a movement for incest recovery & childhood sexual abuse recovery. They now have a total of 41 chapters in six countries, 35 in 24 states, a chapter in Tokyo, Japan, a chapter in Lagos, Nigeria, Africa, one in Kenya, Africa, one in Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia and chapters in Alberta and Ontario, Canada.
Survivors of Incest Anonymous is a 12-step, self-help
recovery program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous. There are no dues or fees.
S.I.A. is for men and women, 18 years and older, who were sexually abused as
children. You will not be rejected because you think your abuse was "too
horrible," and you will not discounted because you think your abuse wasn't
"bad enough to count." Use
this page to look for meetings being held in your area. There is also a listing of online meetings.
A.S.C.A. (Adult Survivors of Child Abuse)
Individual and group support program for adult survivors
of physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse or neglect. Self-help meetings are
the backbone of the ASCA recovery program. This is a current listing of
meetings held weekly throughout the U.S.
Organizations
That Help
The Rape, Abuse
& Incest National Network is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault
organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at
1.800.656.HOPE and the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline at rainn.org, and
publicizes the hotline's free, confidential services; educates the public about
sexual assault; and leads national efforts to prevent sexual assault, improve
services to victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
CHILD WELFARE INFORMATION
GATEWAY
Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families. Visit often for the latest on a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption...
The National Center for Victims of Crime
This is a nonprofit organization advocating for all victims of crime. They
educate child victims about their rights and the recent provisions that have
been established to protect them. The National Victim Center has a toll-free
number that acts as a referral service for children who have been exploited at
1-800-FYI-CALL.
Child Abuse Information Services -
Childhelp USA
This organization is dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. It does this by focusing its efforts and resources on treatment, prevention, and research. Childhelp's comprehensive programs and services include the Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline; residential treatment facilities (villages) for severely abused children; child advocacy centers that reduce the trauma of child abuse victims during the interview and examination process; group homes; foster-family selection, training and certification; Head Start programs for at-risk children; child-abuse prevention programs; and community outreach.
Child
Molestation Research and Prevention Institute
The Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute is a national, science-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse
"In the beginning in
1989, the "Tenderness Tour" started out with Richard Propes, a man I
am blessed to know. Richard traveled the roads of Indiana alone in his
wheelchair for 41-days and 1086 miles, desperate and on a mission to end child
abuse in Indiana. 18 years later these road tours continue, but the Tenderness
Network as grown into a community of activists who work to promote that children,
not just in Indiana, but EVERYWHERE, deserve a loving environment free from
violence and abuse."
~ Joanna Doane
As a Hollywood screenwriter, model and actress, Angela Shelton lives much of her life
on film. After receiving accolades for the film based on her life with her
mother, Tumbleweeds, Angela set out to create a documentary called Searching
for Angela Shelton. Her goal was to survey women in America by interviewing
women who shared her name. As Angela started interviewing other Angela Sheltons
she found that 70% had been victims of rape, childhood sexual assault and/or
domestic violence. Angela has quickly become recognized as a hero among
survivors of trauma. Due to the overwhelming audience response to her and her
film, the Angela Shelton Foundation was created with the mission of inspiring
and empowering all survivors of abuse to heal and lead joyful lives.
darkness
to light
Darkness to Light is a non-profit organization dedicated to prevent child sexual abuse. They work to raise awareness of the prevalence and consequences of child sexual abuse by educating adults about the steps they can take to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to the reality of child sexual abuse
Founded
by actress, activist, and victims advocate, Mariska Hargitay, this group stands
committed to the total healing and recovery for survivors of sexual assault:
mind, body, and sprit.
The Allstate Foundation is an independent charitable organization that provides resources and programs that support survivors of domestic abuse and their advocates – by addressing the issues of financial security and economic empowerment.
Participate in
helping Allstate help others:
http://www.clicktoempower.org/
National
Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC)
The purpose of the National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children
(NAPSAC) is to support survivors of
sexual abuse, change the structure and culture of abuse in families,
organizations, institutions and society at large, and pursue justice,
institutional change and other means to hold individual perpetrators
responsible and their organizations accountable
PAVE -
Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment
A national, multi-chapter, grassroots
nonprofit. PAVE uses education and action to shatter the silence of sexual and
domestic violence. PAVE's work has been featured on CNN, Today Show, and
in TIME magazine.
Together
the Army of Angels fight to raise awareness about the silent epidemic of abuse
and trauma that plagues our nation in order to prevent it from spreading into
the lives of another woman, man, child, or family. They're growing in
numbers and teaming up with organizations who share their vision of living
in a joyful world. They
believe that it’s time to stop being victims, surpass being survivors, and to
fight as soldiers against the epidemic of pain and suffering that stems from
abuse & trauma.
Take a Stand
This
organization's mission is to provide a safe and secure environment for
survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence through online moral support,
victim advocacy, and community education. Through these mediums they hope to
help victims as well as survivors gather their strength and regain control.
The P. Luna
Foundation
This non-profit foundation website was created in order to raise public
interest on the topics of abuse.
The P.Luna Foundation fights child abuse by creating innovative programs to
educate, aid law enforcement, and build awareness about the growing epidemic of
child abuse and exploitation.
Prevent Future
Abuse
This group fights in making stricter
registration and notification laws on Sex Offenders. Their web site is
designed to be a source for information that is all public knowledge in any
state.
(WO)MEN SPEAK
OUT
(Wo)Men Speak Out is an organization dedicated to
eradicating male/female violence against both genders. They seek to educate
both men and women, cultivating healthy relationships and gender equity.
A Child's Voice
Connection
A Child's Voice Connection is a driving force against child abuse. We connect
other campaigns together so that we are one single unit fighting against child
abuse. Their first co-campaign manager is based in Auckland, New Zealand and
their second co-campaign manager, Rev. Darrell Matthews, is based in the United
States.
FoRe! Beyond
the Green ministries, Inc.
FoRe! Beyond
the Green International Ministries is a Division of DOVE
Career Development, a California 501(c)(3) Not For Profit Organization.
FoRe! Beyond the Green Ministries, Inc. specializes in raising awareness,
promoting education, and seeding justice for those effected by Domestic-Sexual
Abuse.
Bikers Against
Child Abuse (BACA)
A national Organization of Bikers ready and willing to empower abused children
to feel safe in the world in which they live.
Blátt Áfram
Blatt Afram, (pronounced: blout a-from) which translates as
“Straight Forward,” is the leading grass roots child sexual abuse (CSA)
prevention organization in Iceland. Blatt Afram was formed in 2003 by twin
sisters, Svava and Sigga Bjornsdottir who themselves were sexually abused as
young children growing up in Iceland but who sought to turn around their
misfortune by helping others. This website is available in multiple
languages, including english.
It Happened To Alexa Foundation
It Happened to Alexa Foundation, founded by Tom and
Stacey Branchini, honors the courage of their daughter Alexa, who survived a
traumatic rape by a stranger who broke into her college dormitory the second
week of her freshman year. The foundation is a resource for victims
of sexual assault to receive money to ease the burden of attending a criminal
trial, providing family members or trusted friends financial assistance to be
able to attend a court trial with their loved one who has been a victim of rape
or sexual assault.
JustTell.org
The purpose of Just Tell
is to raise awareness about Childhood Sexual Abuse and to increase the
percentage of children who tell an adult about the abuse they are
suffering. JustTell.org is the central hub for Just Tell’s advocacy
efforts. The first of its kind in the United States, the website offers
sexually abused kids a place to read privately about sexual abuse, learn why
and how to choose a trusted adult to tell, and how to tell that trusted adult
about the sexual abuse they are suffering.
Ophelia's Love
Ophelia's Love is a registered
organization that provides information and advocacy as well as survivor and
community support through web-based and community services. Ophelia's
Love has emerged as a global forum and resource for finding positive solutions
to challenges faced by organizations, individuals and our communities in the
areas of violence awareness and prevention.
Survivors of Educator Sexual Abuse & Misconduct Emerge
(SESAME)
Works as a voice for the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and
harassment of students by teachers and other school staff.
The Awareness Center
The Awareness Center is an international
organization dedicated to addressing childhood sexual abuse in Jewish
communities around the world. They offer information and resources, and
in the near future will have their first international conference, and develop
a healing center.
Stop the Silence
Stop the Silence® is a non-profit, charitable 501(c)3 organization working with
others toward the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse. The
Mission of Stop the Silence is to expose and stop Childhood sexual abuse and
help survivors heal worldwide. Their overarching goals are to promote
healing of victims and survivors and to celebrate the lives of those healed.
The Rape Foundation
The R.A.P.E. Foundation is a
non-profit organization dedicated to assisting rape, sexual assault, and incest
survivors, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, creed,
ethnicity/country of origin or any other, possibly discriminating factor.
The R.A.P.E. Foundation was founded by Namid, a rape and incest survivor.
To Write Love On Her Arms
To Write Love on Her Arms is a
non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people
struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide (all issues that
can affect survivors of abuse and trauma). TWLOHA exists to encourage,
inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
Wake Up - Stop Child Abuse
Wake Up is a charity organization dedicated to winning the war against child
abuse through being a loud voice for our children in need.
Speaking Out About Rape, Inc. (SOAR)
Speaking Out About Rape, Inc.® (SOAR®) runs national awareness, education and
prevention programs to empower survivors of sexual violence and enhance
the public's understanding and acceptance of rape victims.
Building Block
Building BLOCK (BB) is a grassroots organization, empowering citizens through
education and providing support for survivors of violence. By
prioritizing public health and safety over matters of personal morality, BB
will motivate positive change and build better lives for our communities and
kids -- one block at a time.
Youth Voice Initiative
The purpose and mission of Youth Voice Initiative is to give a voice to the
countless number of children who daily become victims of child predators. Their
goals are to increase awareness and education for abuse prevention as well as
to petition and sponsor legislation to make it more difficult for predators to
continually offend and get off with minimal punishment. They have determined
that legislation should be in place to insure that these predators receive
appropriate punishments rather than escaping through loopholes. Additionally,
they further hope to encourage victims to seek counseling and seek
organizations to form alliances with to provide survivor support, creative
outlets and other services.
Women Against
Sexual Predators (WASP)
W.A.S.P.
is a grassroots organization started in Columbus, Ohio by Tracy
Golden after finding sexual predators in her neighborhood that were within
1000 ft of a school. Faced with the harsh reality that the Sheriff's
office was overwhelmed with the task of keeping track of these offenders, and
desperately under funded and understaffed to do so, Tracy decided it was time
to take a stand. Tracy formed W.A.S.P. in hopes of uniting women and parents to
take a stand against sexual offenders, get schools more involved in child
safety education, and to provide fellowship between Law Enforcement and the
community. There are now chapters in Ohio and Chicago.
Pedophile Hunters Inc.
The sole purpose and mission of Pedophile Hunters Inc is to make the world a
safer place for children. Our goals include working with our allies to pass
legislation to insure stronger laws against pedophiles and all forms of child
abuse, as well as supporting and providing support to April’s Law and other
individual groups who work to protect children from pedophiles and all other
forms of abuse. Additionally, our group tries to identify and reveal the
activities of known pedophiles to create awareness of their activities and the
dangers they present as well as providing a watchful eye to protect the
children who are actively online and at risk.
For Survivors of
Domestic Violence
United Angels Against Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Survivors Network
Hidden Hurt
Hidden Hurt is a UK based abuse information and support site. The
following pages are designed to help understand the dynamics of abusive
relationships, the different forms (or faces) abuse can take, it's effect on
both direct victims (ie person being abused) and indirect victims (ie children
living in a house where abuse occurs), specific issues facing the Christian
abuse victim, and helpful links and telephone numbers inside the UK.
Sexual
Exploitation, & Trafficking
The U.S. State Department estimates that at least 700,000 persons are trafficked within or across international borders every year, and that each year at least 50,000 women and girls are trafficked into the United States.
Help Stop Child Slavery
Help Stop Child Slavery is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
that is registered in the state of Ohio. YOU can help without donating a single
penny or having to do anything extraordinary. We are trying to change the world
and make it a better place for the more than 8 million children who are slaves.
Imagine what your childhood was like and now imagine what it would have
been like if you had been forced into slavery.
The Silver Braid Survivors of Sexual
Exploitation Network
The Silver Braid is a non-profit corporation under the umbrella Voices for Justice. Their goal is to help bring healing to those that have been victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Their outreach networks throughout the United States help locate victims of sexual exploitation and provide them with the services that help prevent re-victimization. Their network also assist survivors in getting out of the sex industry, finding new job skills and receiving a variety of other services that they need to redesign their lives to be able to live a healthy life. They also provide a National Toll-free Helpline: 888 702 7273
For Surviors of
Ritual Abuse
Survivorship is one of the oldest and most respected
organizations supporting survivors of extreme child abuse, including sadistic
sexual abuse, ritualistic abuse, mind control, and torture.
Persons Against Ritual Abuse
A group who's goal is to
transform the worldview about the reality of non-state actor torture that
happens in the home; including ritual abuse-torture.
ACHES-MC (Advocacy Committee for Human
Experimentation Survivors and Mind Control)
For survivors of mind control, medical, prisoner, and military experimentation. Documentation for the US and Canada, bibliographies.
A multitude of articles, up-to-date list of cases freskting in convictions, and an extensive links page.
S.M.A.R.T. (the newsletter Stop Mind Control and
Ritual Abuse Today)
Many articles and transcripts of speeches, infrmation onthe 2009 conference, plus all back issues of the newsletter.
From the Inside
Out: Ritual Abuse Statistics and Research
A concise introduction to ritual abuse and mind control.
For Surviors of
Spiritual / Clergy Abuse
SNAP - The Survivor's Network of those Abused by
Priests
The Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests, is a
national, self-help organization of victims of sexual abuse by
clergy. They are the nation's largest, oldest and most active support
group for women and men wounded by religious authority figures (priests,
ministers, bishops, deacons, nuns, brothers, monks, and others). SNAP are an
independent, confidential and non-profit, certified 501 (c) (3) organization.
Sharon's Rose
The voice of one clergy sexual abuse survivor to another...Sharon's prayer is that you will gain the strength and courage to use your voice so that your "rose" will blossom once again in the desert place.
Resources &
Support for Women
Lavender Power is about the synergy between phenomenal women working together to end the abuse of violence and sex, and to heal & help others heal.
Abuse Survivors
Help and Information
Topics regarding abuse from Bella Online - the voice of women.
Girls Fight Back
This organization's mission is to empower women and girls across the
globe through personal safety and self-defense education. They accomplish this
via live seminars, books, DVDs and other safety products that help women lead
safe & fearless lives. The organization's award-winning seminars are
attended by over 100,000 women annually in schools, colleges, corporations and
women's groups across the country.
The Women for Hope website
provides information about women-related issues. It has a shopping area where
products made by women owned companies are featured and 10% of the proceeds are
giving to charity. The awareness jewelry, such as the sexual assault awareness
bracelets, on the site is all handmade.
EVAW Inc. (End
Violence Against Women International)
EVAW, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable
training for all disciplines with an emphasis on the law enforcement
investigation and proper criminal justice responses to sexual assault and
domestic violence. EVAW (End Violence Against Women) also supports and conducts
research on the sexual assault of women and adolescents.
Resources &
Support for Men
MaleSurvivor.org
- NOMSV (National Organization
on Male Sexual Victimization)
-- A non-profit organization dedicated to healing male survivors of sexual abuse, committed through research, education, advocacy and activism to the prevention, treatment and elimination of all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men.
XRIS.com
Information on male survivor issues and resources
Resources for male survivors: offers articles and other information for male survivors of childhood sexual abuse with additional information from other Web sites specifically geared to male survivors
For Men Only: Male Survivors of Sexual Assault
This page is from the Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin and offers another source of information for male survivors of sexual assault.
For Family and
Friends of Survivors
The Significant Other's Guide to
Dissociative identity Disorder
Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder: Facts for Families
Multiple
Friends
This is written from the viewpoint of the wife of a man who had DID. She’s
accomplished a miracle...I always hoped I'd find a site that offered insight
into what things are like for our loved ones.
So...Your
Friend is a Multiple.
This page is very beneficial for anyone who has a friend or family member who
is diagnosed with DID.
This site provides resources for families who have children suffering from Trauma and Reactive Attachment Disorder.
Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder Resources & Support
The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Sanctuary
Post traumatic stress disorder: trauma
education, treatment, books, community and support...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Gateway
PTSDinfo.org is a public service of the Dart Foundation.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma educates the media about PTSD, but
also provides a short "cyber-course" on the subject that would help
anyone learn more.
Gift from Within is a non-profit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals.
The National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD) aims to advance the clinical care and social welfare of U.S. Veterans through research, education and training on PTSD and stress-related disorders. This site is an educational resource on PTSD and traumatic stress, for veterans and also for mental health care providers, researchers and the general public.
Internet Mental
Health: Posttraumtic Stress Disorder
Information on PTSD from mentalhealth.com
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
ADAA works in an effort to raise awareness and share news about anxiety disorders, including PTSD.
Medline Plus: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Medline Plus is a service of the U.S. National National Library of Medicine & the National Institute of Health. Here they offer information on post-traumatic stress disorder.
MayoClinic.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Information on PTSD from the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Today
Post
Traumatic Stress
Disorder Today
Offers current up-to-date books and research on PTSD.
Dissociative
Identity Disorder Resources & Support
Keepers Korner: Information &
Support for People With DID/MPD & Their Families
This site has been put together by an online friend of mine, named John, and
his wife. His wife is multiple, and they've been happily married now for
thirty-six years. Keeper's Korner is dedicated to her artwork, through three
galleries of different perspectives. This is the best site I've found in quite
some time. Their "korner" has been very well designed, and it's
loaded with great information.
An Infinite Mind is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to
educating the public and professional community about trauma based dissociation
with a primary focus on Dissociative Identity Disorder in an effort to dispel
the myths and stigmas attached to it.
This website was created by Dr. Ralph Allison, in the
hopes of making the following insights available to psychotherapists,
attorneys, and dissociated patients in need of understanding a complex
disorder
The Sidran institute
The Sidran Institute works to
help people understand, manage, and treat trauma and dissociation.
Owned by SplitAngels, this site is a resource for information on Dissociative Identity Disorder
The following pages are the creators attempt to enlighten and to allow you a chance to look
into the world of one multiple and her family.
The International Society for the Study of
Dissociation
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is an international, non-profit, professional association organized to develop and promote comprehensive, clinically effective and empirically based resources and responses to trauma and dissociation and to address its relevance to other theoretical constructs.
MPD/DID A Legitimate Diagnosis ...
Exploring the causes, symptoms and treatment of a
legitimate diagnosis of MPD/DID with support tips for survivors and supporters
of survivors with MPD/DID. A spiritual healing.
Multiplicity, Abuse, and Healing
The Multiplicity, Abuse and Healing Network (MAH Network)is constructed by a survivor diagnosed with DID, who is currently in therapy and working to heal and integrate. There are over 400 pages of resources here, many on site articles, as well as links to relevant books for both survivors and the professionals who treat survivors.
Coping With
Dissociative Idenity Disorder
This individual's site is dedicated to sharing the healthy coping skills she and others have learned and adopted throughout the healing process.
Labyrinth of People: Understanding
Multiple Personality Disorder
This site has been constructed to offer support and understanding not only to people who have DID but to their family and friends. Its also been build to educate and bring an awareness about this disorder.
NeeDID Exchange
This website offers a forum for individuals that have DID, where we can talk
and support one another to.
This offers a quarterly newsletter that offers words of hope to anyone recovering from trauma and dissociation .
Multiple Personality - Astraea's
Resources and Controversy
Astraea's site is a thorough look into the controversy that surrounds
multiplicity.
Struggling With
Substance Abuse & Addiction
SoberRecovery Community
Forums for Recovery in Substance Abuse
SoberRecovery.com is now in it's 6th year of helping addicts, alcoholics, dual diagnosed, their friends family and loved ones find hope...and help. Before we were addicts, before we were overeaters, bi-polar, alcoholic or codependent-we are your sons, daughters, husbands, wives friends and family members. Sober Recovery-Help Starts Here.
This is a community networking site offering a safe social network on the web for recovery, where you can find support for living free from addictive behaviors and maintain that freedom over the long term.
Stopping Internet
Pedophiles
Slamming wannabe pedophiles with a little Perverted Justice.
The individuals of Child PredatorBusters.com work with Law Enforcement Officers and other Individuals, Companies and Organizations that believe in protecting our children from being victims of sexual abuse, in an efforts to STOP SEX PREDATORS.
Events,
campaigns, & Conferences
V-Day
is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a
catalyst: By raising money and consciousness, it will unify and strengthen
existing anti-violence efforts. Triggering far-reaching awareness, it will lay
the groundwork for new educational, protective, and legislative endeavors
throughout the world. In 2009, over 4200 V-Day benefit events took place
produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world, educating
millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls.
RAINN DAY
RAINN Day is RAINN's annual
campaign to stop sexual assault on college campuses. In 2008, RAINN Day reached
over 1,000,000 students in all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, and Canada with
information on how to reduce their risk of sexual violence and what to do if
they or a friend have been assaulted. Students and volunteers raised awareness
through fundraising and educational events, volunteer drives, speakers,
petitions, posters, and passing out RAINN Day cards and volunteer handouts.
Truth About
Rape
This campaign was formed to challenge myths about rape,
and bring the truth and realities of rape back onto the public agenda. Since
the launch in November 2002 we have been responsible for providing critical
comment on a number of media related issues on rape. The Campaign is
comprised of a group of women who are committed to making a difference to how
society understands rape. They come from many backgrounds and have a diversity
of different skills and energies. Most of them are juggling some combination of
domestic responsibilities, work, studies, activism - and often much more!!
Take Back The Night
Take Back the Night is an internationally held march and
rally intended as a protest and direction action against rape and other forms
of sexual violence.
Report IT Day
The
Report IT Campaign is a nationwide state-to-state rally to Report sexual
violence and abuse on the same day (annually on April 29th)! It was created to
raise awareness on the vast under-reporting of sexual assault including rape,
incest, and abuse.
Denim Day
Each year universities, colleges, junior high and high
schools, businesses, organizations and individuals participate in Denim Day
events. Denim Day was created from an effort to help eliminate persistent
harmful attitudes regarding why, where and how women are raped. Denim Day
has been internationally celebrated since 1999 in protest of an Italian High
Court ruling that overturned a rape conviction because the victim was wearing
jeans. Enraged by the verdict, women of the Italian Legislature protested the
decision by wearing jeans to work. As news of the decision spread, so did the
protest.
Million
Survivor March
Million Survivor March is a continuing national
campaign rally, serving and helping all victims and survivors of child sexual
abuse.
Safe
Girls Strong Girls is committed to breaking the silence of childhood sexual
abuse and giving girls their voices back. Through their one of a kind camp: Camp
CADI they are doing this. Safe Girls Strong Girls are transforming lives
and giving girls their childhoods back.
Survivor
galleries, projects, & art-related Events
Dedicated to encourage healing
through the arts, Survivors Art Foundation is a 501 (C)(3) non-profit
organization committed to empowering Trauma-Survivors with Effective Expressive
Outlets via Internet Art Gallery, Outreach Programs, National
Exhibitions, Publications and Development of Employment Skills.
- Annual Survivor Art Festival in Hurricane, WV, USA.
This project, named Points with Purpose, gives my dots a greater meaning by associating each dot with a real person who has been raped or sexually abused. Join to become part of a project that many thousands of people from over 150 countries have embraced.
The Voices and Faces Project is a
national documentary project created to give voice and face to survivors of
sexual violence, offering a sense of solidarity to those who have lived through
rape and abuse while raising awareness of how this human rights and public
health issue impacts victims, families and communities.
The Show of
Hands
Show of hands is an on-going art project dedicated
to educating the public to the problem of childhood sexual abuse. Collected by
Jodi Lee Larson.
Awareness of
Rape & Incest Through Art (ARIA)
Awareness of Rape and Incest through Art (ARIA) is an
organization that believes in empowering and healing survivors of sexual abuse
by transforming internal suffering into works of art. ARIA provides a forum for
self-expression while spreading awareness of sexual abuse and creating a
community among survivors.
Jan Gaff-LaFontaine's work is focused on two projects:
her book Women in Shadow and Light, and the photographic exhibit from which it
evolved, "Out of the Shadows". Both feature forty women who found the
courage to triumph over abuse. The projects use art to empower women by
focusing on hope, strength and healing—not violence and victimization.
Exhibit:
Darkest Dreams, A Lighted Way
This exhibit featured artists that have suffered from
some type of abuse (physical, emotional, mental, sexual, emotional), neglect,
and mental anguish or their artwork someway teaches awareness, helps express
what others who have been abused can't. The first exhibit took place on July
11th, 2008 but they're currently trying to make it an annual event. Look for a
call for entries for 2009/2010! This first 2008 exhibit was not for
the faint of heart, because it was about truth, reality and awareness.
The Child Abuse
Survivor Monument
Sculptor and psychotherapist Michael C. Irving, Ph.D.,
created with child abuse survivors the first national monument to acknowledge
and validate childhood abuse victims. Throught its sculpted quilt squares
the "Reaching Out" Child Abuse Monument honors the spirit and courage
of survivors to speak out and educate on abuse.
Jaeda Dewalt Survivor Art
Jaeda DeWalt, explores survivor issues,
sexuality, sensuality and spirituality through her art.
Faces of
Survivors: Voices Reclaimed
"Faces of Survivors: Voices Reclaimed" is an educational tool shown
in schools, galleries, and community spaces. The project aims to raise public
awareness about the scope of sexual violence and the diversity of those
affected, as well as to provide positive images of healing for other
survivors. The target audience is both those who are intimately touched
by these issues and those who believe that sexual violence is not part of their
reality.
Survivor Books
Survivor Self-Help Store
A self-help store, providing survivors with a long list of music, books, etc.,
that you can purchase for yourself through Amazon.com in your journey towards healing.
Survivor Movies
Searching for Angela Shelton
In the uplifting and multiple award-winning documentary, Searching for Angela Shelton,
filmmaker Angela Shelton drives around the United States surveying other Angela
Sheltons. She discovers that 24 out of the 40 Angela Sheltons she speaks to are
survivors of rape, childhood sexual abuse and/or domestic
violence. (The number jumped to 28 out of 40 when 4 more Angelas
broke their silence after the movie was completed.)
"Incest - A Family Tragedy" is an intense and
compassionate examination of the sexual molestation of children by family members
and trusted friends. The film features ground-breaking testimony from
undisguised molesters and actual survivors of this crime. This film beams an
eye opening spotlight on this dark and secret world where thousands of children
and adult victims are suffering from this horribly damaging violation.
Survivor MUSIC
& RADIO
VOICES of Strength' is an Audio Documentary for Rape and Sexual Abuse Survivors. Haullie Free, the founder of this informative and inspiring CD, invites you to journey with her on a quest for personal enlightenment and self validation, through the power of the human voice.
The Dave Peltzer Show
Author of "A Child Called It", Dave Peltzer has experienced a truly
extraordinary life. He nearly died several times by the hands of his mentally
disturbed alcoholic mother. Years later it was determined that Dave’s case was
identified as one of the most gruesome and extreme cases of child abuse in
California’s then history. Having overcome a life threatening childhood,
Dave Pelzer has become the epitome of a self-made man. For over twenty years,
Dave has been a catalyst for dramatic social change by promoting resilience. He
now hosts the Dave Peltzer Show live every Friday Night.
Survivor Radio Cafe
An online radio show that is geared toward survivors of any trauma.
Be A Voice
Yvonne Goss is one
of my personal hero's. After she and her sisters convicted their father and won
the case for his sexually abusing them as children, she wrote this song. She
currently performs with her band "New Vision" and sings "Be a
Voice" to reach out and spread awareness for sexually abused children. She
speaks in churches courageously, including to those who really don't want to
listen. I'm certain her incredible voice and song will touch your heart as it
has mine."
~ Joanna Doane
Lux Aeterna Choir
"Conducted by
Karen Marrolli, the Lux Aeterna choir performs in a candlelight concert for
child abuse awareness month, held annually in South Carolina. Karen, an amazing
artist, organizes this event each April. If you live in the SC area please
attend this year. This event continues anually in honor of all survivors of
childhood abuse."
~ Joanna Doane