This paper presents a literature review which explores the theoretical aspects of healing and recovery from childhood sexual abuse, and supports a group curriculum design which incorporates expressive arts modalities through a person centered approach. Individual differences in recovery from childhood sexual abuse are the result of a multitude of factors that define relationships, world views and ultimately one's sense of self. The complexity of long...

"When Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts wrote an essay on Black joy for the Washington Post, she had no idea just how deeply it would resonate, but the outpouring of responses affirmed her own lived experience: that Black joy is not just a weapon of resistance, it is a tool for resilience. With this book, Tracey aims to gift her community with a collection of lyrical essays about the way joy has evolved, even in the midst of trauma, in her own life. Detailing...