Reply to "Child Sex Abuse Survivors -- Legal Representation Survey"

Christine Cissy WhiteIt's not trauma-informed unless it's informed by trauma survivors.

Dear Valerie:

I went to the link, started to fill it out, but it doesn't seem geared towards those only made a legal inquiry when considering a case (like me). So I didn't finish.

I'm not sure if those, like me, choose to abandon the idea based on the first lawyer contact. Now, as an adult, I know that I might have a lawyer who knew little about the law (and in a time when there was barely a diagnosis of PTSD for child abuse never mind the words trauma-informed). But, as a woman in my early 20's who was considering legal action, even before therapy, one phone call was enough to make me abandon the idea because it was not a positive or even neutral experience.

Cissy

4/12/174:11 AM

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