Rise: Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is an experience that often leaves the survivor debilitated in their adult years. However, we are resilient and we can rise. Your host, Jessica Heil, Registered Psychologist and a survivor of CSA herself will offer information about CSA in order to provide you with more knowledge on the topic, as well as strategies and tips that you can access now in order to begin moving from surviving to thriving.
Episodes
16 episodes
We are more than our trauma
This episode explores some of the emotional and cognitive changes that may occur once the perpetrator passes away.
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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14:42
Trauma Drive
Today's episode is all about trauma drives - the experience of feeling ultra-driven to be productive in order to avoid triggers related to past trauma.
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Episode 15
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15:55
Shame spirals
Today's episode is all about the experience of shame - why feeling shame is common with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, why feeling shame is NOT justified, and what you can do if you can't seem to shake feeling shame.
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Episode 14
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22:13
Fawning - the lesser-known trauma response
Today I describe the fawn response. Fawning is a stress response that is learned as a child that helps us stay safe. Fawning is when we try to please and appease an abusive authority figure in order to try to prevent harm from coming to us.&nbs...
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Episode 13
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14:21
Why is my body always in so much pain?!
Today's episode explores the link between childhood sexual abuse and chronic pain in adulthood. References:
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Episode 12
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13:46
Dissociation
In this episode I discuss dissociation. Dissociation is a symptom that occurs frequently with survivors of childhood sexual abuse, which involves feeling numb, feeling like you're in a dream, and losing chunks of time without realizing it until...
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Episode 11
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11:57
Flashbacks
I describe what flashbacks are, and offer some techniques you can try when experiencing flashbacks.
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Episode 10
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18:18
Other trauma treatments
In this episode I provide information on Cognitive Processing Therapy and Internal Family Sytems Therapy. I also reference a few other trauma treatments (Somatic Experiencing, Brainspotting, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Sensorimotor Therapy,...
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Episode 9
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20:08
EMDR
In this episode I describe what is EMDR (an evidence-based treatment for PTSD), how it works, and what to expect as you go through the therapy. References:Shapiro, F. (2017). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMD...
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Episode 8
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19:28
Exposure Therapy 101
This episode is all about exposure therapy! Exposure is one of the most effective techniques that help a person learn to overcome the symptoms they experience from childhood sexual abuse. I describe how exposure works, as well as provide detail...
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Episode 7
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26:16
Treatment for symptoms related to childhood abuse
In this episode I give an overview of how adverse experiences impact survivors emotionally, cognitively and behaviourally, and provide information on how psychotherapy treats these symptoms.
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Episode 6
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16:45
The History of Childhood Sexual Abuse
This episode describes the history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), including the historical prevalence of CSA, the response of the public to disclosures of CSA, and the historical reaction of professionals to evidence indicating that CSA occur...
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Episode 5
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38:48
The Aftereffects of Childhood Sexual Abuse
This episode goes into detail about the aftereffects of childhood sexual abuse, including psychological symptoms and the behaviours that can arise when struggling with various forms of mental illness.*Trigger warning* - suicide and self-...
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Episode 4
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27:04
The Impact of the Abuse
In this episode I describe the impact that the abuse had on my mental health, as well as some of the steps I took to begin overcoming the impact of the abuse.
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Episode 3
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33:30
My Story
This episode shares details about the abuse I experienced, the impact it had on my mental health, and well as my story of how I overcome the abuse.
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Episode 2
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19:55
Defining Childhood Sexual Abuse and Statistics
In this episode I will define what childhood sexual abuse is, as well as discuss the statistics on childhood sexual abuse.Resources and references:Statistics Canada - https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=351001670...
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Episode 1
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16:44