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6 Steps to Supporting a Survivor

April 24, 2015 | BY By Monica Martinez, MFTI, Senior Clinical Manager | FILED UNDER JHF BLOG >
In listening to an individual’s story, your response can have an enormous impact on that person’s healing journey.
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1in6 Thursday: "I just need to tell someone…"

April 23, 2015 | BY 1in6org | FILED UNDER JHF BLOG >
At the beginning, it seems like an impossibly long journey. But as so many men have learned, the goal is reachable and the journey is well worth making.
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It's Not Just What Happened that Night

It was always having a heart-to-heart with one or maybe two other people at a time, sitting on a bathroom sink or on a stoop. This was how I had shared my story up until 2013.
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1in6 Thursday: Helping Children Heal

Vulnerability is not really weakness as we perceive, but is in fact strength. When we expose ourselves as flawed and are willing to show our vulnerability, it opens the door for others to do the same.
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1in6 Thursday: Just the Facts, Man. Busting Myths about Men and Sexual Abuse

I learned long ago that repeating myths in an attempt to dispel them actually has the opposite effect. So here they are—just the facts about male sexual abuse.
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From 1in6: Collaborating for Awareness for Latino Male Survivors

Please join us Tuesday, April 7 for SAAMs National Day of Action as the NLN hosts a Spanish Blog Talk Radio in collaboration with 1 in 6 on “Support for Latino Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse.”
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Reform Is Happening

With its $35 million investment, the New York District Attorney’s Office will help communities achieve the results that rape kit testing has shown to bring time and time again: safety, justice and healing.
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From 1in6 Boundaries

A healthy boundary is one that has some movement in it and allows for continued involvement with others.
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1in6 Thursday: The Importance of Positive Triggers

I needed to find new sensory triggers that empowered me, that calmed me and helped me heal.
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1in6 Thursday: Carrying the Weight

“Hope you're well. I'm having some anxiety this morning so I thought I'd reach out to a friend. No specific questions, just looking for some support I guess.”

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