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Building helpful coping strategies

The coping strategies survivors adopt as a child or young person often continue into adulthood. These strategies can help us manage strong emotions, changes in arousal, and feelings of overwhelm, which are common with trauma.

Your Wellbeing Activity Guide

Holidays can be stressful for anyone. When you’re living with complex trauma, they may bring pressures, triggers or isolation. Here are some practical ideas for staying safe and calm through this season.

Podcast – OPEN STANCE with guest Dr. Cathy Kezelman AM

Dr Cathy Kezelman joins Tracey Hiete Smith in this podcast episode of Open Stance. Cathy speaks from a place of intense personal understanding and compassion as she is a survivor who lost a decade of her childhood to sexual abuse. Cathy’s story is bravely...

Survivor-led Adult College for National Centre

The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse has formed and met for the first time. The Centre is committed to ensuring the voices of survivors and others with lived and living experience are at the heart of its mission.

Sharing ‘Emma’s Project’

Four years ago, Emma approached Australian Childhood Foundation because she wanted her story of survival to change the ways that children and young people are protected from child sexual abuse. Now 22 years old, Emma partnered with ACF in an effort to...