On Healing
What is the best resource for healing from child sexual abuse or other damaging experiences? Probably the people who have been there and the professionals who have worked with them. That is where we find many of the tips on this page and that is where we will be going to find more. Click on the link above to see what we have so far.
Your Health
Are you more likely to suffer from physical disease if you are depressed or anxious? How does your emotional health affect your physical being and vice versa? We will explore these questions and others on the page linked above as well as share some easy tips for good health that may be new to you.
Healing Centers
What if you have the opportunity or desire to get away to some place that will focus completely on your healing and personal renewal? We have some ideas on the page linked above and will be adding more as we find them.
Healing Gardens
What is a labyrinth and what does it have to do with healing? What are some plants that have been used for healing purposes for centuries? Where are some public or private gardens that one can visit with the purpose of healing and renewal? Find those answers and more on the link above with more information coming soon.
Art Expressions
How have some child sexual abuse survivors helped themselves toward healing? Many have written poems. Others, music. Some have painted or used other types of art to express their feelings whether anger, hope, despair, or loneliness. See some examples by clicking on the link above.
Addiction Recovery
Many survivors of child rape or molestation have had to navigate well into adulthood without knowing exactly why the felt the way they felt. Most had to deal with intense feelings of shame, guilt, and humiliation. The pain and betrayal caused by their abuse was too much to deal with on the surface. So, most of the time unknowingly, many fell into the trap of addiction or self destruction. On this page we explore some proven methods of addiction recovery that have helped many survivors beat their own addictions and turn their life around for the better.
When Hope Seems Lost
We do not know the number of individuals whose lives ended as a result the unbearable painful memories of the rapes and sexual assaults committed upon them as children. We do know that it is many and that one is too many. We also want to help in any way we can to keep a single one from being added to that list. This page offers some information on major depression as well as resources and information on suicide prevention. Every life has value but we know from hearing these stories that every person has not been treated by those entrusted to them as if they had value. We remember with great honor and sorrow those who have gone before us. We want each visitor to know they have dignity and purpose and it is our intention to treat each individual as such, even if the rest of society makes the mistake of not recognizing that.
If there is something you would like to see on these pages, please mail or email to us at:
Companions in Hope
P. O. Box 638
Geneva, Illinois 60134
mail@companionsinhope.com
Thank you for your interest and participation.