This self-help guide contains the following six sections:
- The Introduction section talks about how the guide came about, what it contains, and how to use it.
- Trauma and its Aftermaths addresses what occurs in our brains at the moment trauma happens, and why trauma memories and reactions are so different from the rest of our experience.
- The Transgender Survivors of Sexual Assault section reviews what FORGE and others have learned about transgender sexual assault survivors over the past decade.
- Options for Healing briefly addresses talk therapy, medications, body-based therapies, movement-based therapies, other “alternative” therapies, faith-based assistance, and peer-to-peer help.
- Self-Help Techniques includes a selection of exercises and essays that you may want to use to help promote your own well-being.
- The Appendices you will find some additional resources, including guidance on what to do if your assault just happened, and an exciting new federal law that should help improve the availability and quality of services offered to trans sexual assault survivors.