You Are Not Alone: Exploring and Defining Sexual Violence
The Dangers of Rape Culture
Here are some videos you can watch that highlight some of the topics we covered tonight. Some of the content may trigger uncomfortable emotions.
- The Mask We Live In video
- Miss Representation video
- Popular Songs You Never Realized Are Actually About Dating Violence
Counteracting Shame and Blame
Self-Compassion
- Myths of Self Compassion handout
- Identifying What We Really Want
- Self-Compassion Exercise video by the School of Life
- Self-Compassion videos by Dr. Kristin Neff
- Self-Compassion, part 1
- Self-Kindness, part 2
- Common Humanity, part 3
- Mindfulness, part 4
- Self-Compassion vs. Self-Esteem, part 5
- The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion-Kristin Neff at TEDx
Flashbacks, Nightmares, and Triggers
- A Brief Guide to Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for Nightmares handout
- Journaling prompts for Triggers, Flashbacks and Nightmares handout
Exploring Support Systems
Boundaries & Healthy Relationships
Resilience
- Road to Resilience Podcast
- From Victim to Survivor – Ted Talk
- Building Your Resilience
- 10 Ways to Build Resilience
- Video – Resilience Animation
- Books
- Resilience by: Linda Graham, MFT
- Books
Why Can’t You Just Get Over It, Neurobiology of Trauma
- Trauma and the Brain
- Sexual Assault: A Trauma Informed Approach to Law Enforcement First Response, Part I
- Sexual Assault: A Trauma Informed Approach to Law Enforcement First Response, Part II
- 10 Minute Morning Yoga for Beginners
Substance Use and Trauma
- Sexual Trauma and Addiction: Understanding Child Sexual Abuse and Drug Use
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Upper South Carolina Area Meeting Schedule
- Phoenix Center – Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation
Men and Trauma
African American Women and Sexual Assault
- With Black Women in Mind
- Black Women and Sexual Assault
- Black Women, The Forgotten Survivors of Sexual Assault
- Fact Sheet – Black Women and Sexual Assault
- Video – Why Do We Silence Black Girls and Women Who are Survivors of Sexual Violence?
- Books:
- I Will Survive, the African-American Guide to Healing From Sexual Assault and Abuse, by Lori S. Robinson
- At the Dark End of the Street, Black Women, Rape, and Resistance- a New History of the Civil Rights Movement Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power, by Danielle L. McGuire
- Surviving the Silence, Black Women’s Stories of Rape by Charlotte- Pierce Baker
- Books:
Eating Disorders and Trauma
- America The Beautiful by Daryl Roberts (Renew Center for Eating Disorders)
- Body Image
- Trauma’s Effect on Body Image
- The Role of Trauma in Eating Disorders (The Body Image Center)
- Body Image and Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorders and Trauma
- The Official NEDA Support and Information Website
- Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue
- Every Body is Different
- Health At Every Size
- Here is Why I Would Never Compliment Someone’s Weight Loss
- Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon
- Books
- Love Your Body: Change the Way You Feel About the Body You Have: a Workbook with self-assessments, activities and step-by-step guidelines, by Tami Brannon-Quan and Lisa Licavoli.
- The Body Image Workbook: An 8 Step Program, by Thomas Cash.
- Resource Sheets
- Outside Resources
- Books
Resource: Shira Rosenbluth is a psychotherapist who specializes in working with individuals with eating disorders in NYC and runs a body positive style blog at asequinloveaffair.com. You can find her on Instagram @asequinloveaffair.
Forgiveness
- Why forgiveness is worth it – Ted Talk
- The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness – Simon Wiesenthal
- The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World – Desmond Tutu
- Forgive Assholes | Have a Little Faith – Youtube
Mind-Body Connections
Additional Resources
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