Friend/Loved one

Resources

Articles

A Guide for Friends and Family of Sexual Violence Survivors: https://www.pcar.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdfs/friends_and_family_guide_final.pdf

• This article gives tips and information to loved ones on how to assist survivors and help them heal.

Helping Others: https://www.phoenixaustralia.org/recovery/helping-others/

• This article explains how to help and support a survivor.

Tips for Talking with Survivors of Sexual Assault: https://www.rainn.org/articles/tips-talking-survivors-sexual-assault

• This article provides information for loved ones on how to communicate with survivors.

Trauma – helping family or friends: https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/trauma-helping-family-or-friends

• This article provides tips and information to loved ones about supporting a survivor who has experienced trauma.

What to do as a secondary survivor: https://www.necessarybehavior.com/blogs/news/what-to-do-as-a-secondary-survivor

• This article explains how to help survivors as a loved one and how to take care of yourself as a secondary survivor.

13 Little Ways You Can Help Someone Who Has Experienced Trauma: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ways-to-help-trauma_n_5bb4da3ee4b01470d04d8ec7

• This article gives tips on how to support survivors.

Books

Lovers and Survivors: A Partner’s Guide to Living With and Loving a Sexual Abuse Survivor by Yvette De Beixedon: https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Lovers_and_Survivors/wD0JAAAACAAJ?hl=en

• This book helps partners of survivors understand the experiences a survivor goes through.

Organizations

Pandora’s Project: https://pandys.org/

• This organization provides support to family and loved ones of trauma survivors.

Workshops and Programs

Groups And Workshops: https://thebluebench.org/get-help/for-myself/groups-and-workshop-descriptions.html

• The last workshop on this website is for loved ones of survivors.