Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Nancy Harris <>]

Greetings!
We would like some feedback from other schools about their experiences 
with sexual assault recovery groups. We have had one for many years 
through our Mental Health Service. But we have always had trouble 
recruiting members. Their sense of shame and self-blame is so high. 
Also, with the few we can recruit, they seem exceptionally quiet, 
passive, reticent to talk, though all say the group is helpful to them. 
Any words of wisdom about either recruiting members, or about the groups 
themselves would be helpful. For example, do structured groups work 
better? Are we simply seeing a phase of the recovery process? You can 
write to the list, or if it's more comfortable, write to me directly.

Thanks a lot for your help.

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Nancy Harris, LCSW-C
Associate Director
Mental Health Service
University Health Center
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 314-8106
(301) 314-1390 FAX