Saprea Provides Healing Resources for Child Sexual Abuse Survivors in the Hispanic Community

Saprea is proud to announce the launch of its healing webinars in Spanish, providing women in the Hispanic community with a safe and supportive path to build resilience after experiencing child sexual abuse. In 2023, the CDC reported that racial minorities in the U.S. experience higher rates of childhood sexual abuse than the national average of 12.6%, with 13.3% reported within Hispanic or Latino communities. Additionally, the latest National Crime Victimization Survey reveals that one in six females aged 13 and older in minority communities are victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.

“Saprea strives to create a fluid and cohesive experience across all of our healing pathways. Although participants are joining us from home, we have designed our webinars for women survivors to be a safe experience, providing hope, healing, and refuge for each participant,” says Breeann Allison, Senior Education and Programming Strategist at Saprea.

The Saprea Healing Webinar is a free 4.5-hour interactive and educational online experience designed to help adult female survivors jumpstart their healing from the privacy of their own home. Now available in both Spanish and English, the webinar is led by a clinical mental health therapist who specializes in trauma recovery, along with a co-teacher. The program provides survivors the opportunity to participate in classes, engage in group discussions, mindfully connect with their bodies, and build a community with other survivors. Spanish-speaking survivors will now have the opportunity to receive the webinar in their native language.

“Child abuse can be an isolating and lonely experience. We know that it can be scary and intimidating to join an educational experience that focuses on past trauma and its impact,” says Jessica Bradley, Clinical Therapist & Senior Healing Webinar Strategist at Saprea.

“Child sexual abuse is still a taboo in Hispanic communities. Even individuals who have lived in the USA for years still follow the social norms and/or teachings from their home countries. Finding healing from child sexual abuse is something that a large majority of Hispanic women don’t even dream about because they do not prioritize their needs and because there are not many resources available. Having a free healing resource or service will be a welcome balm for these women,” says Violeta Ramirez, Language Manager at Saprea.