Sexual assault is a traumatic experience that can have lasting psychological, emotional, physical, and social effects on survivors. Many of these survivors experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Van der Kolk (2014) explains how some individuals who have experienced trauma have a difficult time moving past their experience, making it difficult to bridge the […]
What is trauma? “Trauma is an unexpected and sudden event, a shocking event, there is a feeling of bodily harm or that somebody can hurt me, physically and emotionally. It usually includes an intense terror and a feeling of helplessness” (MIMH, 2008). Trauma is individual, and not everyone has the same experience with it. Even […]
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment that was initially created to diminish the anguish associated with traumatic memories. It is an unconventional treatment that has sparked great debate and controversy over its effectiveness (Rousseau 2019). According to van der Kolk (2015) EMDR challenges the long time belief that severe emotional pain […]