{"id":541,"date":"2025-01-02T16:27:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/survivors.org\/?p=541"},"modified":"2025-07-02T21:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T04:15:02","slug":"how-to-respond-to-disclosures-of-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/survivors.org\/how-to-respond-to-disclosures-of-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Respond To Disclosures of Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The way we respond when someone shares with us that they are a survivor of sexual or domestic violence can greatly influence their healing journey<\/a>. A supportive response can promote healing and strengthen the relationship you have with one another, but an unsupportive response can retraumatize the survivor and have a negative impact on their ability to heal. This can be a lot of pressure, so it\u2019s important to be prepared for when someone in our lives discloses to us. Everyone knows a survivor, whether or not they have yet to disclose to us, so it is likely that each and every one of us will need to know how to appropriately respond to disclosure at some point in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n