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Coping strategies

Information about what coping strategies are, and survivors' reflections on common coping strategies they have employed and those they find most helpful, written by survivors for survivors and allies. This does include some reflection on past use of self-harm.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

Managing anxiety, stress and burnout

Information about managing anxiety, stress and burnout, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

Searching for justice

Reflections on justice with a lens that looks beyond the criminal justice system, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

The importance of self-care

Reflections on what self-care is and why it is important, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

The recovery journey: reconnecting after trauma

Reflections on survivors' experiences of recovery and what helps to reconnect after trauma, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

Understanding suicidal thoughts

Survivors' reflections, and information to help people understand and manage suicidal thoughts after sexual violence and abuse, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

Making sense of depression

Reflections on understanding and managing depression, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

Forgiveness following ‘shattering harm’

Reflections on forgiveness (including self-forgiveness) and what this may look like as part of healing from sexual violence and abuse, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

Understanding trauma

Information about the short and long term impacts that can follow traumatic experiences, and how these intersect with an individual's identity and past

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices

The impact of rape and sexual assault

Information about the experience and impact of rape and sexual assault, written by survivors, for survivors and allies.

Created on: 03 Jan 2025
Created/hosted by: Survivors Voices
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