Healthy Love After Trauma
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Healthy Love After Trauma

Join PAVE/Survivors.org Founder Angela Rose as she interviews Erin Merryn, pioneer of “Erin’s Law,” Antuan “Magic” Raimone, Broadway performer and speaker, and Shannon Bobo, comedian and actress, as they discuss how they have cultivated healthy love after experiencing sexual violence. Learn More About The Panelists Erin Merryn “After suffering years of sexual abuse for six…

Go Down on Me with Patience

Intimacy after sexual violence can be difficult for many survivors for a variety of reasons, all of which are valid. How can survivors and their intimate partners navigate intimacy after assault? Go Down on Me with Patience is a zine created by PAVE’s Fall 2024 Outreach and Admin, Angie O’Connor, discussing how intimacy can feel…

What is Dissociation?

What is Dissociation?

Dissociation is a mental process that causes a disconnect between different cognitive processes such as one’s thoughts, feelings, sense of identity, memories, and consciousness.  While statistics show that many people experience dissociation at some point in their lives, those who have experienced trauma dissociate at higher rates than those who have not. Research has found…

Financial Abuse

Financial Abuse

Abuse is the act of causing harm or distress, in an attempt to exert control, especially for one’s own advantage or pleasure. Financial and economic abuse is when someone controls another person’s ability to make, spend, and otherwise manage money. Research shows that an estimated 94% of survivors of intimate partner violence experience financial and…