Author Description

#MeToo … Now What? The Safety Factor: How We Heal from Trauma: A Clinician’s Guide The #MeToo movement created a platform upon which survivors of sexual victimization courageously stand together and experience the power of strength in numbers. It has created a smidgen of safety within an unsafe environment. Now what? As some survivors and witnesses become emboldened to speak out, the situation for most does not improve. Women, children, and other vulnerable members of our global community continue to experience psychological trauma because of the myriad abuse and neglect inflicted upon them by others. Now what? Who takes care of these victims/survivors? How does someone heal from psychological trauma? Can PTSD be prevented? What impact does this caregiving have on the caregivers? Where is safety and how do we get there? From the Southern U.S. boarders to the bedroom around the corner, trauma survivors and their caretakers struggle to find safety. #MeToo … Now What? The Safety Factor: How We Heal from Trauma: A Clinician’s Guide, is a user-friendly guide for professional helpers, trauma survivors, and all those interested in healing from the effects of psychological trauma. Through the lens of clinician and survivor, with humility, determination, honest reflection, and humor, Peri L. Rainbow offers a guide to healing. #MeToo… Now What? The Safety Factor: How We Heal from Trauma: A Clinician’s Guide, speaks as easily to professionals and students of the human services, medical, and educational fields, as to those in the general population seeking to heal and/or assist others in their recovery from traumatic stress, with special attention to Community/Public Services. This new writing is accessible because of its brevity and easy format, specifically written for survivors and those professional helpers who seek new ways to care for themselves and others. This book is about post-traumatic growth!