Hope for survivors of sexual abuse

1. What is a Shelter Class?
“Shelter” classes will offer a
safe environment for you to
receive the help you need to
be able to better understand
how these issues have affected Learn how you can experience
you. You will begin God’s love, forgiveness
to identify destructive and power in all of life’s
circumstances.
patterns, that the abuse
began, and that other
influences and choices
have strengthened in your
life. As you identify
these harmful patterns,
you will be taught to Living Water Hope for Survivors of
Counseling Sexual Abuse
make Christ-honoring
and life-enhancing A Ministry of
changes. Trinity Presbyterian Church
1332 Mt. Pitt St. Medford, OR 97501
541-840-1924
lwcounseling@hotmail.com
www.livingwatercounseling.net

2. Understanding the “Storm”
Sexual abuse often causes us to feel as if we are in bondage to something
invisible and that we are unable to break free. We suffer with depression,
anxiety, fear and anger. We have difficulty making friendships and becoming
intimate even with those we love.
Register today for upcoming classes
Our distrust of the world around us causes us to isolate. We feel so alone
even in the midst of others. We wonder if we will ever know what it is like to Call 541-840-1924
love and be loved, or to trust and not experience betrayal.
Or email lwcounseling@hotmail.com
Break free from the
bondage of guilt and shame
Hope!
Memory blocks
Guilt & Shame
Past Experiences
Low view of self
Secrecy Past experiences often leave us with an
Distrust of others overwhelming feeling of shame. That shame
Promiscuity
then becomes a vacuum which leaves us feeling
Sexual detachment lifeless and empty.
Anger
Sexual addiction
Depression
Shame causes us to develop a façade or
Anxiety pseudo-personality, so that others won’t know
how awful (we think) we are, and then reject us.