Shattering the Silence

"When I was a boy . . ." That's where my story begins; that's where our stories begin. If we can say those same five word...

From my own experience and learning about other survivors, we usually start the healing journey by telling someone. That someone may be a pe...

Counselor Dr. Gordon Grose refers to a study of 17,000 people in which experts analyzed the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). T...

I used to wonder why victims of molestation feel responsible for the damage done to them by sexual abuse. I was one of those who felt respon...

They too live in pain. I've said that sentence hundreds of times when I refer to perpetrators. I've chosen to say it that way instea...

I'm not a perpetrator, but I might have been. As I've examined my life and heard the testimonies of many abused men, I understand th...

I hate that I was sexually assaulted and physically beaten as a child. So many times I've wished it hadn't happened. But it did. Des...