The Mission

Statistics tell us that one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before the age of eighteen. With over 300 million people in the U.S., this puts the number of survivors of trauma in the millions.

Add to that the millions of people who grew up experiencing dysfunctional parenting, neglect, verbal or physical abuse, violence in their communities and schools, poverty… the list is endless. Is it any wonder we are a nation beleaguered by depression, anxiety, mental and emotional illness?

Our mental health care system is in crisis, inadequate and overburdened with more casualties than it can possibly address. These secret wounds go untended, dramatically affecting relationships, performance in the work place, physical health and the fulfillment of human potential.

While professional advocacy is warranted and certainly may be beneficial, it is often inaccessible. Patients who cannot get mental health care services turn to their primary care doctors for help. Physicians racing against the clock to meet the demands of a corporate medicine model push patients in and out a revolving door, handing out medications that do little more than numb victims, never addressing the underlying issues.

Rising above the pain and loss of childhood trauma requires tools and information. Within these pages, you will find information about the healing journey and therapeutic tools for recovery. It is my hope that these resources will help you to begin your own healing journey, knowing that there is hope for recovery.

Please begin your healing journey by visiting The First Step and A Note to Survivors.

Love & Blessings,

Anne

Mission Statement

I aim to bring information, tools and support to adult survivors of childhood trauma; by offering educational encounters and developing a network of survivors sharing knowledge, insights and hope.

I aim to fill the gap left by an overburdened mental health care system, by sharing resources and developing community as a grass-roots movement to meet the mutual challenges of childhood trauma survivors.

I believe in the basic premise that wounded human beings can and do heal in the presence of caring, hope and community; and that these are commodities we can provide to one another as an adjunct to professional involvement.

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