In this area you will find articles and posts covering topics such as:
- healing from abuse
- the after effects of abuse
- stories of recovery
- recognising abuse
- discussion papers
- research developments
- reviews
For article considerations, please email jonesy@isurvive.org for information and guidelines.
Articles
4 Steps Vital to Releasing Old Family Patterns, September 2014
Why Survivors Need Each Other, July 2014
Abuse Will Not Define Me, April 2014
A Guide to Seeking Justice and Compensation: For Victims of Child Abuse, December 2014
The Story of Chiquitta – Suffering in Silence No More, December 2014
The Beauty of isurvive – Loveliness, February 2015
5 Tips for Helping a Depressed Friend or Loved One, March 2015
Working With Your Inner Child to Heal Abuse, March 2015
Parenting While Depressed: 10 Things to Remember, May 2015
How to Choose a Counselor or Therapist, June 2015
Commitment to Recovery, June 2015
The Power of Forgiveness, June 2015
Tips for Battling the Winter Blues, April 2016
Depression – Some Supportive Resources, April 2016
An Author’s Dark Past as Inspiration, April 2016
Every Person Has a Story – Tarese’s Story, April 2016
How Childhood Trauma Can Create Lifelong Adult Addicts, October 2016
Why It’s Imperative to Seek Help After Emotional Abuse, October 2016
Talking Therapy and Abuse Survivors: Does it Help or Hinder the Healing Process?, October 2016
My Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse, April 2017
For Those Who Condemn Themselves for Acts Coerced Under Torture, October 2017
My Girlfriend Was Raped. What I Wish I Would Have Said to Her, February 2018
Why Survivors of Repeated Traumas Carry So Much Shame & Secretly Blame Themselves, June 2018
Reporting Guide (UK), January 2019
How Childhood Trauma Influences Adult Mental Health, March 2019
Book Reviews
Dear Little Ones, Dissociative Identity Disorder for Young Alters, July 2015
We Have Come Far, June 2014
Blog Posts
Why You’re Braver Than You Think, August 2014
Recovery from Abuse: the Search for Information/Validation, June 2014
Are We There Yet?, February 2015
Why Survivors of Repeated Traumas Carry So Much Shame & Secretly Blame Themselves, June 2018
Surviving Childhood Abuse, February 2019
Look Up, April 2021
After the Storm, May 2022
How I Learned to Be a “Real Man”: By Confronting My Child Sexual Abuse Head On, August 2022