The Trouble With Sexual Abuse 

     As a therapist who specializes in work with clients who have been sexually abused, I have worked with clients whose lives have been forever altered from the trauma they have been through.  Until you live through this kind of life-changing event, (or events), you cannot imagine the impact.  It is something that makes the victim into another person.

    And my message here, even with all the gloom and doom, is "you can be a survivor, from those moments you felt like a victim, you can survive and become a fully functioning person."  Believe me, there is a way to put all those pieces back together.  You may need some help; maybe a good therapist, but you can do it.  So don't give up, you can put the pieces back together.

     I wonder if the perpetrator ever sees the damage they do, see how impaired their victims' lives can become by one act of power and control?  I wonder if they would they make different choices?  Family members, acquaintances, and people they see every day and sometimes traumatized in the name of love or some sort of affection often victimize people.  Do these aggressors care?  Would it make a difference?

     The victim needs to put their life back together, put their head, and heart together and figure out how to exist in a world that is completely changed.  They become a new person and they feel they will never see joy, see colors, trust, love, close their eyes in peace, or be able to take a deep breath again.  They need to re-evaluate the world.  But, I promise, with some work, you can do it. Don't give up.

Carolyn has been providing therapy for clients for 30+ years and although she has worked with all kinds of clients in all kinds of environments, her passion continues to be providing services for clients who have dealt with sexual abuse issues and trauma. She currently provides all types of therapeutic support for victims of sexual abuse assault rape and incest.   Serving Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Miami area   
Carolyn Wilson,  M.S.W., L.C.S.W.                       
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