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About Your Facilitator
Maya Brown
MA Counseling Psychology: Drama Therapy
Actor, singer, director, playwright, dancer
Swedish / American, lives in Portland, OR
Queer, survivor, feminist, artist, activist
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Brought to you by…
● Campus workshops
● Monthly film competition
● Short film production grants
● Global community
● Mental Health Services Act (2004)
● 1% tax on people earning >$1m/year
● 20% to prevention and early intervention
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Heads Up
• Mental health is personal – YOU are the expert on
your own experience
• Public space – no confidentiality
• It’s okay to feel, and it’s okay to be uncomfortable
• Conversations and activities might be triggering
• Please take care of yourself however you need,
including asking for help
• If you don’t want your photo shared, please let us know
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Group Agreements - What do you
need to feel safe here?
• Respect
• Heart to Heart Listening
• No Judgement
• Trigger Warnings
• Do not Make Assumptions
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Sexual Violence Survivor
• Personal definition
• Has been through a potentially traumatic sexual/intimate
experience, or set of experiences
• Experience was against their wishes
and/or crossed a boundary that they had set
and/or left them feeling violated, used, scared, unsafe or hurt
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Sexual Violence Survivor
• Personal definition
• Has been through a potentially traumatic sexual/intimate
experience, or set of experiences
• Experience was against their wishes
and/or crossed a boundary that they had set
and/or left them feeling violated, used, scared, unsafe or hurt
• Mental health and mental wellness - impacts of traumatic
event and ability to be full self
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What are ways that sexual violence might
impact survivors?
Damage Self-Esteem
Impact Future Relationships
Impact World View
Ability to get up and go to work/life
Delayed Response
Questioning
Hard to Trust
Anxiety
Traumatized – worried
Carrying Shame
Hard to Focus/Be Present
Conflicting Feelings/Confusion
Covering Up
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How does Anna
seem to feel?
• Feels Shame
• Confused if it was her fault
• Unsafe
• Afraid to expose herself to risk
• Shift in feelings/Shut down
What thoughts
might Anna have?
• Self-Reflective
• Re-living trauma
• Drawing connections
• If she was stronger it might not
have happened
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Joy
Thoughts
• .Wants to be there for her sister
• Exploring own identity
Feelings
• .Re-experiencing her own trauma
• Anger
Thoughts
• Didn’t know women could do that
• Portrayal in media
• Exploring own identity
Feelings
• .Disappointed in himself
Luke
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In small groups...
• Create a 2-person statue that represents
the current relationship dynamics
• Half of the room: relationship between
Anna and Joy
• Half of the room: relationship between
Anna and Luke
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How is Joy able to support Anna?
What does that support look like?
• Walking with Anna to therapy
• Check in/Show up
• Talking to her sister only as much as she needs
• Put her own needs aside- giving warmth
• Showing compassion and empathy
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What is keeping Luke from being able to
support Anna in the way that she needs?
• He doesn’t know how
• He feels like it’s too late
• He is feeling confused
• Her experience did not meet his expectations
• Ego
• He feels like he messed up
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What tools or approaches could Luke use to
better support Anna in this scene?
• Be honest/Tell the truth
• Apologize
• I statements
• Ask if it is okay to talk about it
• Validating her
• Setting time and place to have a comfortable conversation
• Thank her for sharing
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What can we do?
• Be open-minded
• Practice self-care and self-compassion
• Be familiar with resources
• Self-reflection
• Open communication
• Check in – Never too late
• Learn to respect boundaries
• Challenge yourself and others
• Let people share what they want and when they want - respect
