survivor support
Help after hardship
Survivor support refers to services, resources, or assistance provided to people who have experienced trauma, abuse, violence, or catastrophic events.
The term appears frequently in contexts involving sexual assault, domestic violence, natural disasters, or serious illness: The organization offers survivor support groups for women who experienced domestic abuse.
Support may include counseling, advocacy, legal assistance, or simply connecting survivors with others who share their experiences.
- trauma recoveryRegaining stability after damage
- financial aidFunding for education expenses
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- group therapyCommunal psychological treatment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
mental health · victim advocacy · crisis intervention · safe space · hotline · safe · legal advocacy · medical care · long-term care · self-care strategies · shelter · helping hand · survivors · educational resources · trauma · resources · listening · witness
- crisis helpcrisis hotline, crisis center, crisis line, crisis counselor, crisis intervention
- supportive carecounseling services, comfort care, grief counseling, coping strategies, coping skills
- domestic abusedomestic violence, battering, batterer, spousal abuse, wife beating
- human traffickinghuman trafficking, trafficking, traffickers, trafficking victims, victims
- anti-traffickingrescue, prosecution, investigation, victim protection, safe house
- cult awarenesscults, deprogramming, brainwashing, mind control, coercive control
survivor supportprevention
Stopping something before occurring
harm prevention · risk reduction · early intervention · abuse prevention · deterrence
survivor supportvictim blaming
Faulting those who suffered
retraumatization · cover-up · revictimization · dismissal · gaslighting