Anyone who has experienced a single or repeated experience of sexual, physical, or mental abuse or who has developed post-traumatic symptoms, depression, or anxiety as a result of the loss of a loved one or exposure to violence in the home or community can benefit from TF-CBT. If a child or adolescent also exhibits serious behavioral, substance-abuse, or suicidal-ideation problems, other forms of treatment, such as dialectical behavior therapy, may be more appropriate as an initial intervention and can be followed up with a trauma-sensitive approach. 

WARNING:

Look for a licensed mental health professional with specialized training and experience in cognitive behavioral therapy as well as further training and supervised experience in trauma-focused therapy. In addition to these credentials, it is important to find a therapist with whom you feel comfortable working.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Child Welfare Information Gateway. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children affected by sexual abuse or trauma. August 2012.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy National Therapist Certification Program website

Pedophilia can sometimes be a taboo topic but had become a topic of increased interest, awareness, and concern for both the medical community and the public at large. Increased media exposure, new sexual offender disclosure laws, websites that list the names and addresses of convicted sexual offenders, politicians taking a “get tough” stance on sexual offenders, and increased investigations of sexual acts with children have increased public awareness about pedophilia. 

Katarina Macleod, a survivor of sexual exploitation for 15 years and Execute Director of Rising Angels, a nonprofit that helps women who are leaving the sex trade by providing them with supportive services and safe environments!! She counsels and helps provide financial assistance to sexually exploited women through her own organization, Rising Angels.

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Laura Schonberg and Andrea Timerman originally from Argentina and São Paulo, Brazil are two young and innovative Florida based  immigration attorneys. They join us to talk about the Application Process to Obtain a T Nonimmigrant Visa and the available options for immgrants to stay in the US territory legally. 

Windie is one of the most prominent activists in the fight against sex trafficking in the country and sex child trafficking survivor. Her story begins with a troubled childhood in California. By her own account, she was sexually abused as a child and at age 13, she ran away, getting involved with people who trafficked her. What followed was a life of sexual exploitation that she narrates to us to help us understand that this can happen to anyone no matter your social or financial status or where you come from.

Ms Lazenko has worked with federal prosecutors, the FBI and police, testified before state lawmakers and addressed church and school groups. She also has formed an advocacy-resource group, 4her North Dakota, reaching out to victimized women.

4her North Dakota is a ministry based in western North Dakota. Founder, Windie Lazenko is part of the National Survivor Network working to educate, advocate and eradicate modern slavery in the form of sex trafficking here in America.

4her North Dakota: (208) 813-8590

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Windie is one of the most prominent activists in the fight against sex trafficking in the country and sex child trafficking survivor. Her story begins with a troubled childhood in California. By her own account, she was sexually abused as a child and at age 13, she ran away, getting involved with people who trafficked her. What followed was a life of sexual exploitation that she narrates to us to help us understand that this can happen to anyone no matter your social or financial status or where you come from.

Ms Lazenko has worked with federal prosecutors, the FBI and police, testified before state lawmakers and addressed church and school groups. She also has formed an advocacy-resource group, 4her North Dakota, reaching out to victimized women.

4her North Dakota is a ministry based in western North Dakota. Founder, Windie Lazenko is part of the National Survivor Network working to educate, advocate and eradicate modern slavery in the form of sex trafficking here in America. 

4her North Dakota: (208) 813-8590

FB @4HerNorthDakota

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Studies finds that pornography is not simply a harmless endeavor that doesn’t affect anyone else. It actually changes the brain makeup of the individual looking at it. Pornography has a numbing effect on the individual, causing him or her to see others in a less empathetic manner. In fact, the individual comes to see others as merely objects, something to please him or her. Engaging in viewing pornography, either willingly or unwillingly, eventually leads one to inferior relationships with others, which is damaging to the well-being of that person and to others who know him.

Jerome Elam is President and CEO of Trafficking in America Task Force. Raised in a broken home by an alcoholic parent, he is a survivor of child abuse/domestic violence, child sex trafficking, and child pornography. Today, Mr. Elam serves as Special Advisor to the Utah Attorney General and is a fierce Advocate for all children deprived of their voice. He is a public speaker, a staff writer, and known columnist for Communities Digital News.

Jerome Elam is one of the most known activists and survivor leaders in the fight against sex trafficking and he will be stopping by to share his story and bring us the insides of the worst industry in the entire World, modern slavery.  

Trafficking in America Task Force is a Nonprofit Organization Advocating for all victims of human trafficking with a focus on male victims of sex trafficking.

Trafficking in America Task Force

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