The First Step to Helping the Victims of Sexual Abuse

The first thing that we as advocates always help people is to start by believing. When i worked in law enforcement and i investigated sexual assalt cases for a while, like, how do i tell people that i have to close their case because there's not evidence? That was a learning journey in and of itself. And so i think it's also appropriate, many times, to not tell your own experience. Just let them continue with their experience. But if they ask, you know, have you experienced anything similar? Then that would be an appropriate time.