Silent Screams Inc.
Community connection and resource service for sexual assault survivors
Contact: 1855-744-5550, local:972-850-8036
Are you a silent screamer? Do you need a safe place to share your story?
Silent Screams Inc. is a service committed to offering quality resources to survivors of sex crimes. Victimization leaves many with anxiety disorders, addictions, low self-esteem, shattered trust, hopelessness, suicidal thoughts, etc. Silent Screams has a virtual network of professionals, services and support groups ready to encourage you to overcome the effects of trauma through gaining mental and emotional wellness. Our clients are both female and male.
Resources For Survivors
Advocates
The advocate helps the victim get acclimated in the process of recovery. They assist survivors in navigating through the
Legal Services
Attorneys help the survivor through the legal process. Felony cases are filed by the District Attorney. Civil cases can be filed by the victim. Find an attorney with experience in sex assault cases.
Children’s Services
Children’s services focus on the needs of children 17 years of age or younger. CPS, foster care, child support groups, trauma services, family shelters, etc.
Mental Health
Mental health disorder is a wide range of conditions that affects our emotional, psychological, mental and social well-being. Sexual assault survivors experience mental health challenges.
Counseling Services
Professional counselors and therapists are very important to a sex crime survivor. They help the survivor navigate the different degrees of grief and trauma.
Shelters
A shelter is a temporary place of residence for domestic violence and sex crime survivors who find themselves homeless or in danger due to a crime committed against them.
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the action of illegally transporting people from one country or state to another for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Support Groups
Support groups are safe environments for victims of sex crimes that provide encouragement, empowerment, empathy, and understanding They are very beneficial for the healing journey.
Silent Screams Speaks
Carolyn’s Corner
Trauma and the Brain – My Story
When someone has a horrific event, almost every section of the human brain is affected. Trauma is a severely disturbing, destressing, and damaging experience. It’s been six years since that horrible night that I was raped by an elder of the church I attended at that time. That violation dramatically changed my life on all levels; physical, emotional, mental, financial, social and most of all spiritual. It was catalytic in nature. It was a force that became a demarcation, a mark in time from the life I knew to a new life totally unknown to me.
Trauma is a severely disturbing, destressing, and damaging experience. The physical assault of rape was horrible enough, however that did not compare to the assault on my psyche and the revictimization I experienced. Preexisting serious health issues magnified because of the attack. My brain went into survival mode. Most days I fought for my life physically, mentally, emotionally and some days I was too weak to fight. No one knew.
What happened to me in those five years after the assault? I died and did not know….
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More Survivor Helps – Call 972-850-8036 for additional services and information
Types of Sex Crimes
Assault Do's and Dont's
How to Respond to a Suvrivor
Chart of Reporting Choices
Clery Abuse
Sex Crime Statistics
An extensive list of sex crime statistics listed in detailed categories. Listed by gender, age, and more
Volunteers & Donations
Help us continue to make a difference in the lives of survivors and the community.
We need volunteers and donations are always acceptable.
Call 972-850-8036 if you are interested in volunteering.
Silent Screams Inc. is a 501c3 charity organization. Your gift is tax-deductible.
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