Toward one’s preferred future

Sexual trauma can result in deep losses. Let’s name a few…loss of safety. Loss of voice. Loss of identity. Loss of relationships. While it is true that, sexual trauma can deeply affect every aspect of one’s life, each woman experiences and survives uniquely. Traumagenics is the art of understanding, processing, & mitigating [sexual] trauma.

Age at onset, relationship to the perpetrator(s), as well as presence or absence of a safe and emotionally intimate community, can have an effect on one’s ability to process the trauma(s). Learning to tell one’s story can be a powerful processing and mitigation tool for survivors. Storytelling can be done through verbalization and artistic expression.

Telling one’s story about the sexual violence one experienced, or is experiencing, can be both empowering and healing. To that end, Traumagenics uses the following modes of expression:

Conversations

Art

Blogcast

Academic papers

Workshops

Toward understanding and mitigating [sexual] trauma