Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible

versions of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

To get more information, visit the website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

And while I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant

to be a substitute for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 63 of the Therapy for Black Girls

Podcast.

Today we're going to be chatting about a topic that unfortunately impacts quite a few

of us, childhood sexual abuse.

Some studies suggest that as many as 60% of Black girls experience a sexual assault by the

age of 18, so we definitely need to discuss this.

Today, I'm joined by Jessica Lang.

Jessica is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California currently living in Israel

and practicing online.

She is passionate about empowering survivors to find peace, happiness, and success in life.

Jessica specializes in treating trauma using the mind-body connection and helping expats

who are having a hard time adjusting to life in their new countries.

Jessica and I chatted about some of the common concerns that come up for survivors of

childhood sexual abuse.

How to treatment might look like?

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