Whatever stage you are at after rape or sexual assault, whether you are already receiving support from Survivors’ Network or not, you may find the following resources helpful.
This self help guide is for survivors of rape or sexual abuse who want to understand and process their own personal reactions to their experience. When you have suffered rape or sexual abuse it can affect how you think, how you feel, how you behave and how you see the world. This guide may help you to make sense of those feelings and behaviours. You can download this guide in Urdu, and from the original authors in Polish, Chinese, Arabic and Somali. They also have an easy-read version.
This self help guide is for men and boys who have survived sexual violence or abuse.
If you are a professional, or the parent, friend or partner of a survivor of sexual violence you may need information and support too. Please do download our Supporters Guide.
Additional resources
These sheets can either be read online, or downloaded and printed.
If you have just been assaulted
Third Party (Anonymous) Reporting
Supporting Survivors of Sexual Assault or Abuse (See also our Supporters Guide)
Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D)
Research into the barriers faced by Trans* survivors of sexual violence
A guide for lesbian and bisexual women who have been affected by sexual violence (with thanks to The Lesbian and Gay Foundation)