Therapy for Sexual Assault Victims

RECLAIM YOUR

Sexual assault in adulthood is confusing —

Especially when it involves someone you knew, trusted, or had prior intimacy with.

These responses are COMMON, NORMAL trauma reactions.

They are not evidence of consent, weakness, or poor judgment.

We will work TOGETHER to restore clarity, rebuild trust in yourself, and reduce the intrusive symptoms that keep the experience feeling present.

Many adults expect they would react forcefully in a threatening situation.

In reality, the nervous system often responds automatically

These survival responses can happen even if you want the assault to stop.

Sexual assault in adulthood frequently involves a partner, date, acquaintance, friend, coworker, or someone previously trusted.

Can create confusion and make it harder to immediately recognize or label the experience as assault.

Even when life appears to move forward, trauma can remain active in the body and mind.

You may experience:

Healing often begins with understanding that your reactions make sense in the context of trauma.

Therapy can help:

Sexual assault can make you feel disconnected from who you were before.

Therapy is not about forcing yourself to “move on.”

It is about helping your body and mind understand that the danger

is no longer happening now, so you can begin to feel

Safer

Clearer

&

More like yourself again.