
In this episode, Kelly Halonen discusses the focus of her therapy practice: working with survivors of sexual assault. As a survivor herself, she knows firsthand the experience of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and going through the secondary trauma of trying to report her experience while facing scrutiny, self-doubt, and a worsening of her symptoms along the way. Kelly explains common reasons why survivors of sexual assault struggle to speak out, and even when they do, how rarely seeing true justice for crimes committed against them can impact their mental health. Kelly Halonen is a Social Worker and Psychotherapist at Kelly Mental Health who specializes in treating trauma. For more info, visit her page at kellymentalhealth.com, or see many of her articles on the subject at www.kellymagazine.ca.