Sexual Assault Resources

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Healing the Wounded Heart

This book is designed from the very beginning to get the reader thinking about their own life. Throughout the book it asks questions to help you through a guided reflection of your past, present, and even what you want in your future. It is a great reflection book. We invite you to have a journal with you while you read, so you can journal the answers to the questions, thoughts, feelings, whatever you want!

The First Time She Drowned

“The First Time She Drowned sheds light on the long-lasting effects of childhood abuse and captures the beautifully sad inner struggle of a girl whose fragile relationship with her mother has negatively defined her entire childhood and caused her extreme pain. This is a raw and fresh take on the most formative and basic of relationships, one not often explored to such depths in young adult fiction.”

The Sexual Healing Journey

This book walks survivors through a healthy way to process what has happened to them, how to cope with it, heal from it, and be able to have full and intimate lives moving past the trauma. 

“This compassionate resource helps survivors to: Identify the sexual effects of sexual abuse Eliminate negative sexual behavior and resolve specific problems Gain control over upsetting automatic reactions to touch and sex Develop a healthy sexual self-concept.”

Written On The Body

Written by and for trans and non-binary survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Written on the Body offers support, guidance and hope for those who struggle to find safety at home, in the body, and other unwelcoming places. This collection of letters written to body parts weaves together narratives of gender, identity, and abuse. It is the coming together of those who have been fragmented and often met with disbelief. The book holds the concerns and truths that many trans people share while offering space for dialogue and reclamation.

The Body Keeps the Score

This book, written by a Doctor, opens the door to a more personal look at trauma and it’s effects on people. It walks the reader how the brain reacts to an assault, how your brain is going to rationalize it, and how your brain will shut down certain parts of thinking due to the trauma of the incident. The second half of the book focuses on mental health and how medicine has revolutionized mental health disorders.

Permission Granted

“From the first chapter to the last, “Permission Granted” takes us on the journey of healing after experiencing physical and emotional trauma that are the result of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse. This book is meant to be a simple, quiet read to help us understand what it means to live in the aftermath of a personal traumatic event and to understand what it means to live with the sorrow of personal trauma.”

Exit, Pursued By A Bear

“Exit, Pursued By A Bear is for teenaged readers about a girl whose life is turned upside down when she is drugged and raped at a cheer camp. The novel follows Hermione as she struggles to reclaim her life and her identity after the assault.”

Blood Water Paint

This book takes us back in time to the early 17th century in Rome, where women are powerless & men rule everything. It’s a story of a girl who has been manipulated, raped, and feels as though she must be silent. This story takes us through her finding her voice about the injustice that was forces upon her.

Whatever Gets You Through

“Personal stories of how women survive after the trauma of sexual assault. In the era of #MeToo, we've become better at talking about sexual assault. But sexual assault isn't limited to a single, terrible moment of violence: it stays with survivors, following them wherever they go. Through the voices of twelve diverse female writers, this book will take you through their life after assault.”

I Never Called It Rape

“The classic, groundbreaking report on date and acquaintance rape”. This helps push us to understand these occurrences better, through statistics, stories, and facts.

Rid of My Disgrace

This book brings a Christian understanding of Sexual Assault and helps the reader understand that the grace of God is bigger than anything that has been done to them. It offers healing in a new & different way.

Sexual Assault

This book gives a guide for teens on what to look for in your relationships, at parties, and on a date, that could potentially lead to sexual violence. It discusses myths, various ways sexual violence can be perpetrated, and offers an outline to help provide healing from trauma.