Wrapping up 2023, a multi part series, looking at the universality of states deliberate failure in the face of child sexual abuse. This first part covers Switzerland. Over the coming days until the year end come Belgium, United Kingdom, France, and European institutions.   The public prosecutor When wanting to … Continue reading → The post Tackling child abuse in 2023 part 1: Switzerland appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

Wrapping up 2023, a multi part series, looking at the universality of states deliberate failure in the face of child sexual abuse. This second part covers Belgium. To come: United Kingdom, France, and European institutions. The public prosecutor Three times during the course of a year the Belgian courts followed … Continue reading → The post Tackling child abuse in 2023 part 2: Belgium appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

Identifying and Understanding Revictimization Patterns Revictimization is defined as an experience that will be endured repeatedly. For more than four decades, researchers, social workers and therapists have discussed the probability that once a child has been sexually assaulted, s/he is at higher risk for suffering subsequent assaults. David Finkelhor and … Continue reading → The post Identifying and Understanding Revictimization Patterns appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

Healing Childhood Trauma Part 2 – Meaning What Does Trauma Say About Me? I sat on the back porch of our custom built little house in the woods of Virginia. I had everything I’d ever dreamed of except for one thing. A life. I thought I’d be free. Instead, I … Continue reading → The post Healing Childhood Trauma Part 2 – Meaning appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

“Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.“ Vera Brittain (1964) The Rebel Passion: A Short History of Some Pioneer Peace-Makers Meet the EU’s alleged fight against Child Sexual Abuse; its proposed regulation against Online Child Sexual Abuse Material, or short CSAM. journalists, whistleblowers and freedom of speech subject … Continue reading → The post How public opinion is manipulated away from the root of Child Sexual Abuse appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

HAUNTED BY PEDOPHILE PARANOIA On the last day of August, I walked my 3- and 5-year-old grandsons to the Optimist’s funded park in their neighbourhood. In addition to swings, slides, climbers, sturdy drums and xylophones, there was a 15 X 15-foot sandbox, boulders to climb, a partial log cabin, and … Continue reading → The post HAUNTED BY PEDOPHILE PARANOIA appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

EIGHT WAYS TO PROVIDE SAFE SPACE FOR A LOVED ONE DEALING WITH SEXUAL TRAUMA “Being a close supporter of a woman actively healing from child sexual abuse can be a challenge,” Ellen Bass and Laura Davis wrote in The Courage to Heal. “While being part of a deep healing process … Continue reading → The post EIGHT WAYS TO PROVIDE SAFE SPACE FOR A LOVED ONE DEALING WITH SEXUAL TRAUMA appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

CONFRONTING THE PERPETRATOR OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT Thirty-three years ago, I took a drive with my older brother to discuss his exploitation of me between the ages of seven and ten. I handed him a 9-page handwritten letter that was the culminating project of the incest survivor’s group I’d struggled … Continue reading → The post CONFRONTING THE PERPETRATOR OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

The scapegoat culture in child sexual abuse: meet Calimero The recent avalanche of child sexual abuse revelations in the press, and the documentary Godvergeten, about how the church and the state still don’t deal with child sexual abuse, remain vivid topics of disgust. It appears the recent revelations of child … Continue reading → The post The scapegoat culture in child sexual abuse: meet Calimero appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more

Shrinking the Inner Critic in Complex PTSD In my work with clients repetitively traumatized in childhood, I am continuously struck by how frequently the various thought processes of the inner critic trigger them into overwhelming emotional flashbacks. This is because the PTSD-derived inner critic weds shame and self-hate about imperfection … Continue reading → The post Shrinking the Inner Critic appeared first on Help for Adult Victims Of Child Abuse - HAVOCA ..read more