This online interactive workshop is for all therapists since most people have experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault by the time they are adults. Groundbreaking for a workshop about sexual healing, this workshop is led by a therapist, Reena Bernards, LCMFT , as well as a leader and author in the survivor movement, Donna Jenson, MA, each bringing their own unique perspective. The workshop will cover the stages of healing from an attachment lens, as well as techniques of...

This online interactive workshop is for all therapists since most people have experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault by the time they are adults. Groundbreaking for a workshop about sexual healing, this workshop is led by a therapist, Reena Bernards, LCMFT , as well as a leader and author in the survivor movement, Donna Jenson, MA, each bringing their own unique perspective. The workshop will cover the stages of healing from an attachment lens, as well as techniques of...

This online interactive workshop is for all therapists since most people have experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault by the time they are adults. Groundbreaking for a workshop about sexual healing, this workshop is led by a therapist, Reena Bernards, LCMFT , as well as a leader and author in the survivor movement, Donna Jenson, MA, each bringing their own unique perspective. The workshop will cover the stages of healing from an attachment lens, as well as techniques of...

Picture four virtual showcases, 35 brave survivors of childhood sexual abuse reading to 200 people --- a wonderful gathering of supportive witnesses. That’s what occurred the last weekend of January 2021at our event: Survivors’ Voices: Works of Resilience Written and Read by Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Read more about it here . I can tell you what it looked like before we went live. We had readers who kept forgetting to breathe; two so proud of themselves they could hardly stand it,...

Hello ACE's Connection Members, I’m delighted to send out this explanation of a program I’ve been working on creating for the past year. Since 2008 my project, Time To Tell , has had the same mission: Sparking stories from lives affected by incest and sexual abuse to be told and heard . Our new program is: Survivors’ Voices: Works of Resilience Written and Read by Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) created by Jackie Humphreys, LICSW with Donna Jenson from Time To Tell and Lucinda...

Announcing three Spring 2020 online (audio only) writing circles for survivors of sexual abuse and assault. Led by Donna Jenson, author of, Healing My Life from Incest to Joy . Circle 1: Saturdays 10:00am to 12:00pm March 7, 21, April 4, 18, May 9 Circle 2: Sundays 4:00 to 6:00pm March 8, 22, April 5, 19, May 10 Circle 3: Wednesdays 5:00pm to 7:00pm March 11, 25, April 8, 22, May 6 For more information go to: https://www.timetotell.org/online-writing-circles

Announcing three Fall online (audio only) writing circles for survivors of sexual abuse and assault. Led by Donna Jenson, author of, Healing My Life from Incest to Joy . Circle 1: Saturdays 10:00am to 12:00pm Sept. 14, 28, Oct. 12, 26, Nov. 9 Circle 2: Sundays 4:00 to 6:00pm Sept. 15, 29, Oct. 13, 27, Nov. 10 Circle 3: Wednesdays 5:00pm to 7:00pm Sept. 18, Oct. 2, 16, 30, Nov. 13 For more information go to: https://www.timetotell.org/online-writing-circles

“Survivor Voices: Honoring our Whole Selves in the Field of Healing and Justice” That’s the title of the workshop my colleague and sister survivor, Dr. Emily Samuelson, and I offered at the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence Conference on May 6, 2019. Our workshop is a unique and supportive environment for survivors of sexual assault and abuse who are working in the field of advocacy and service to survivors. In some cases it’s the first time they’re sitting in a circle comprised...

I was thrilled when Ms. Magazine published my article about #MeToo. Here’s an excerpt: Try this: Think of your deepest, darkest secret. The one you can’t imagine telling anyone. We all have at least one. Imagine that if you tell this secret, something terrible is going to happen. People you love deeply, upon hearing your secret, will leave you. That is why we survivors [of childhood sexual abuse] fear telling our stories.There’s a long list of other reasons. They’re all steeped in fear, too.

Look what this world has come to: approximately 150 survivors of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during ABC's broadcast of the 26th annual ESPY sports awards this Wednesday (7/18/18) live from 8-11 p.m. ET. A video piece about their ordeal will be shown before all of them take the stage. Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman will be one of several survivors who speak when accepting the award. And, here’s another wonderful fact: the ESPY production personnel...

US Olympics Gymnastics Team: Laurie Hernandez, Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, and Madison Kocain Right: Judge Rosemarie Aquiline __________________________ I pledge my allegiance to over 150 women who stood up in Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s courtroom, found their voices, stepped into the national floodlights of attention and gave themselves an experience in courage; a sparkling courage that is rippling out to us all. What grit! What moxie! What lightning bolts of inspiration is...

Happy New Year and forget about old-time resolutions! I’d like to pose something different than loosing weight or getting organized: giving ourselves a gift, the gift of attention. I have a very particular activity to recommend – one that served me very well as I describe in Chapter 5: Coming Our as a Survivor in my book Healing My Life from Incest to Joy: “It came to me one morning as I sat in front of my mirror doing my hair and makeup. I looked into my own eyes and said, “I’m proud of...

This is a call to all who serve, advocate for, help, support, treat and generally have the backs of survivors of sexual abuse. First, thanks. Thanks even more than I can say. You warm my ole’ survivors heart with all the work you do, all the time you spend trying to address and end this epidemic. I’m pleased as punch that so many of you even exist in the world. How many of you are there? Has anyone counted THAT number? We’ve got the CDC numbers of survivors – last time I checked there were...

I just had to cradle a bundle of books when my publisher showed me the first 1000 copies that arrived from the printer. A thousand copies of Healing My Life from Incest to Joy ! At this very moment the most important thing is they exist. Not if or when they’ll be purchased. Not who will get a copy or what they’ll think of it as they read it. What’s happening is I am telling. A thousand times over, I am telling. A lot of people already know that after every rape my father said, “You tell...

What we’re seeing is an avalanche of truth telling from eyewitnesses to the crimes of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual assault. There’s an iceberg moving through our world – it’s eyes glaring out at all of us – wondering if it will be NOW that we, as a people, as a planet full of people – will begin to notice her. Not just notice her but finally do something about her. Some say this is a tipping point. I say, it’s happened before; O’Reilly, Ailes, Cosby, Clinton, Trump, Sandusky...

We are swimming against the tide of taboo. All we brave and battling souls deciding it is time to stop abuse from happening to the children. I’m watching so, so many hearty hearts step up to microphones, web sites, and audiences filled with curious faces, open faces, even welcoming faces. I remember a day in 1998 – I had been invited by someone in Boston to lead a workshop for survivors. I had a most simple agenda – form a circle, say our names, tell each other why we’re here, look at a...

I want to share a video of three women who survived childhood sexual abuse. Rythea Lee brought me and Aishah Shahidah Simmons into her 19 th Episode of Advice from a Loving Bitch. What a privilege and delight to be included in Rythea's groundbreaking work. We all spoke to the same questions about healing and activism. The experience was a great one for me – to join with two sister survivors in breaking the silence. The months long process of making the video was a lesson in collaborative...

I read the Laura Parrott Perry thoughtful posting on forgiveness and felt a pull to add to the conversation. I see forgiveness as a process. When I am harmed and tell the one who harmed me of how I feel, if the transgressor offers up a sincere, heartfelt apology, forgiveness automatically wells up, practically unbidden. And since my father never asked for forgiveness I haven’t forgiven him – nor can I, since he’s dead. I often turn to the wisdom of Dr. Judith Lewis Herman and her book Trauma...

This post from Michael Skinner made want to share a recent post on my blog: I stood at the podium and said, “My stake in being here is rooted in being a woman who survived the childhood sexual abuse of incest. We in MERGE for Equality believe boys are born naturally loving, life affirming and sustained by connection. Had my father been raised to be his natural authentic self I’m certain I would have had a completely different father, a loving protective father and therefore a completely...