What does it take to grow stronger than your past?
Samsn's STRONGER podcast reveals the personal stories of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their families, and explores the strength and resilience which carries them through their ongoing recovery from trauma.
Featuring insights from allies in healthcare and criminal justice, plus observations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and guidance on pathways to the National Redress Scheme, STRONGER builds compassionate understanding around childhood sexual abuse and its impacts upon males.
This podcast series is dedicated to samsn’s co-founders, to the men who are part of SAMSN’s network, and to those who are no longer with us, including Dr Stuart Kidd.
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What does it take to grow stronger than your past?
Samsn's STRONGER podcast reveals the personal stories of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their families, and explores the strength and resilience which carries them through their ongoing recovery from trauma.
Featuring insights from allies in healthcare and criminal justice, plus observations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and guidance on pathways to the National Redress Scheme, STRONGER builds compassionate understanding around childhood sexual abuse and its impacts upon males.
This podcast series is dedicated to samsn’s co-founders, to the men who are part of SAMSN’s network, and to those who are no longer with us, including Dr Stuart Kidd.
Male survivors often try to forget or bury their experiences of abuse and use a range of strategies to block out the memories and feelings. These can look like drug and alcohol use, gambling, workaholism, and sex addictions… but frequently, they don't make the link between what happened to them as children or young guys, and their current ways of managing their life.
The tactics that abusers use mean that survivors often carry heavy legacies, like being made to feel complicit and responsible for aspects of the abuse, and being forced to keep the abuse secret in order to protect others. This often results in feelings of powerlessness, anger, shame and self-blame.
Managing these burdens requires - in the words of psychologists Sophie Reid and Jace Cannon Brookes - “ingenious survival”. The survivors in this episode share some of their survival strategies.
Featuring (in order of appearance): Shane Greentree (SAMSN), Adam S, Matthew O, Ryan C, Lindsay G, Clinical Psychologists Jace Cannon-Brooks & Sophie Reid (Birchtree Centre), Phillip S, Jarad G, Janet, Les S, Martin W, Craig Hughes-Cashmore (SAMSN, MD/CEO), Rae Boxwell (SAMSN, Counsellor), Brett Pickard (SAMSN, Eight-week Support Group facilitator), Pete R.
Resources for survivors:
https://www.samsn.org.au/recovery-and-healing/resources-for-survivors/
Thanks to:
All our wonderful interviewees!Rob Carlton and Felicity Blake Jace Cannon-Brooks & Sophie Reid, Birchtree CentrePeter BolamAnd The National Redress Scheme
Music: Licensed via Audiio.com
SHANE - Sebastian Kauderer: Stay With Me (Instrumental)
ADAM, MATTHEW, RYAN - Matthew Wright: Theme
JANET - Richard Smithson: Sometimes I Don't Know Who I Am
MARTIN - The Future Reality: Iridescent
MARTIN - Marshall Usinger: Everything We Hoped For
AD / RIC HERBERT - Sebastian Kauderer: Two Big Reasons
LINDSAY, ADAM, LES, RYAN, PHIL (CLOSING) - Kevin Bean: Willow
CLOSING CREDITS - Seth Öphengon: A Safe Place (Instrumental)
samsn's STRONGER
What does it take to grow stronger than your past?
Samsn's STRONGER podcast reveals the personal stories of male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and their families, and explores the strength and resilience which carries them through their ongoing recovery from trauma.
Featuring insights from allies in healthcare and criminal justice, plus observations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and guidance on pathways to the National Redress Scheme, STRONGER builds compassionate understanding around childhood sexual abuse and its impacts upon males.
This podcast series is dedicated to samsn’s co-founders, to the men who are part of SAMSN’s network, and to those who are no longer with us, including Dr Stuart Kidd.
