Family members and close friends often share the feelings of pain, guilt, anger, shame and powerlessness experienced by a survivor of sexual assault. Sexual Assault is any unwanted sexual contact either physical, verbal or non-verbal in nature. All forms of sexual assault are violating and traumatic. If you have experienced a sexual assault, it is natural to feel confused, afraid, powerless, embarrassed, and angry. As a survivor, you may be left with both physical and emotional injuries, which need time to heal.
Every survivor deals with an assault experience uniquely.
This website will provide medical and legal information, which may be important to you in beginning to regain a sense of control in your life and the healing of body, mind and spirit. Each year Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center provides multiple client services to approximately 500 clients and offers community education to over 3000 people. The Center provides individual, couples and group counseling for survivors of sexual assault and their family and friends. Counseling is facilitated by trained counselors who are skilled in addressing issues of sexual assault. Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center.