Assault Survivors
This is a difficult move and it takes much courage.
The Center for Disease (CDC) control reports 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have been raped at some point in their life. Additionally, the CDC reports 1 in 20 women and men (5.6% and 5.3%, respectively) experienced sexual violence other than rape.http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/sexualviolence/datasources.html Some common responses to sexual assault, rape, or molestation include withdrawal, shame, anger, disgust, feeling on edge all the time, difficulty sleeping, avoiding people or places, feeling numb, feeling alone. You are not alone. Here are some resources about rape, sexual assault, and incest:The Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN) has some resources that might be helpful for you right now. Dr. Ramquist has worked with sexual assault, abuse, and trauma survivors for close to 15 years now. It is one of her distinct clinical specialties. Whether the assault, abuse, molestation occurred as a child or more recently in adulthood, there is hope for great healing and thriving now. She is ready to do this work of healing with you when you are ready. Please do call for a free 15-minute consultation to see if this is a good therapeutic fit for you. "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." -Victor Frankl |
What do psychological services for assault look like?
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Dr. Elizabeth Ramquist’s approach to providing psychological services to those healing from sexual assault, rape, and molestation is to provide a safe, confidential place. Dr. Ramquist uses Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), or longer-term insight-oriented therapy to work with people who have experienced sexual assault, rape, or molestation.
Dr. Ramquist first meets with the client to understand the background of the situation, how the reverberations of the assault are it is being experienced in the present day, and will discuss the client’s goals for talk therapy. The average length of time for psychotherapy for assault starts with 12-16 sessions, but might be lengthier depending on the factors mentioned above. Psychotherapy sessions are typically 45-50 minutes long and occur once per week; however, some clients may see Dr. Ramquist more frequently, depending on the situation. |
More about Dr. Ramquist...
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Dr. Elizabeth Ramquist’s specialty as a Clinical Psychologist is in working with issues surrounding death, grief, and trauma, as well as personal growth and thriving. She began working with traumatized children in group homes in CA, then went on to receive her doctoral training in adult Clinical Psychology at Rosemead School of Psychology in Los Angeles. Additional training and experience occurred through working at the VA and working as a psychologist at the University of Notre Dame.
After much specialty training and experience, Dr. Ramquist now practices in the Santa Clarita Valley, specializing in PTSD and offering psychological services to first responders, those impacted by grief and traumatic death, and assault survivors. She also provides psychotherapy to other psychotherapists, and gives seminars and workshops on issues surrounding trauma, grief, and loss. |