Rise: Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse

Jessica Heil
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Welcome to Rise: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse Podcast. I am your host, Jessica Heil, Registered Psychologist and DBT Certified Clinician. I am also a childhood sexual abuse survivor. 

  1. 11/12/2023

    We are more than our trauma

    This episode explores some of the emotional and cognitive changes that may occur once the perpetrator passes away.

    15 min

  2. 09/27/2023

    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.

    16 min

  3. 08/28/2023

    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.

    22 min

  4. 08/16/2023

    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.  Reference: Walker, Pete (2013). Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. Lafayette: Azure Coyote.

    14 min

  5. 07/31/2023

    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: -     Afara N, Ahumada SM, Wright LJ, et al. Psychological trauma and functional somatic syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychosom Med. 2014;76(1):2-11. Felitti, V. J., Anda, R. F., Nordenberg, D., Williamson, D. F., Spitz, A. M., Edwards, V., Koss, M. P., & Marks, J. S. (1998). Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 14(4), 245–258.  Mate, Gabor. (2011). When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-disease Connection. Hoboken, N.J., J. Wiley. Van Der Kolk, Bessel. (2014). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. Viking.

    14 min

  6. 07/17/2023

    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 afterwards.

    12 min

  7. 07/10/2023

    Flashbacks

    I describe what flashbacks are, and offer some techniques you can try when experiencing flashbacks.

    18 min

  8. 06/26/2023

    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, Natural Processing).  References:  Resick, P. A., Monson, C.M., & Chard, K.M. (2017). Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD: A Comprehensive Manual. The Guildford Press.  Schwartz, R., & Sweezy, M. (2021). Internal Family Systems Therapy (2nd Ed). New York, NY: Guildford Press.

    20 min
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Welcome to Rise: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse Podcast. I am your host, Jessica Heil, Registered Psychologist and DBT Certified Clinician. I am also a childhood sexual abuse survivor. 

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