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Reply to "The Rape Recovery Handbook"

Finding, I have a couple of suggestions that I've encountered in internships:

1. The Courage to Heal Workbook
This was written specifically for survivors of CSA. Even so, it's been my experience that survivors of rape often have had trauma in childhood too, and I think many if not most or all of the exercises would be experienced as helpful for adult survivors of sexual assault.

1. The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook
This is not specific to sexual abuse or assault. There are exercises in it to teach or increase mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance, which I think can be helpful because it addresses the dysregulations that occur as a result of trauma without being retraumatizing. Some people benefit from reviewing the story of what happened to them, but some are negatively impacted and just addressing the symptoms may be more advisable at times.

Whatever route you take, dealing with the aftermath of assault of any type requires courage and it is commendable that you are doing so, Finding My Way. Your moniker says a lot. Smiler
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