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Online Abuse and Harassment
A Guardian ‘Opinion’ article on April 2023[1] highlighted the impact of receiving unsolicited sexual images by phone. The writer’s first paragraphs read: “I was travelling home on the London Underground when more than 100 unsolicited images of an erect ...
If you have recently been raped.
If you have just been raped you want to get some information about where you can get medical treatment, support, and how you can report to the police if you decide to do so. Your physical safety and ...
When you come to Beira’s Place
Welcome to Beira’s Place - Edinburgh Women’s Sexual Assault Support Centre. We’re glad that you have come to us for support. We will do all we can to offer you the support you need, and we welcome your feedback ...
Explaining the assessment process
We carry out this assessment with every woman who comes to the centre and there are several reasons why the process is important. You don’t have to answer the questions if you prefer not to, and we guarantee ...
Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
In 2008, Health in Mind and the Scottish Government produced a booklet for professionals working with childhood sexual abuse survivors. It was written by Dr Sarah Nelson and Sue Hampson and was entitled ‘Yes You Can’. In ...
How we work with trauma
Beira’s Place – Edinburgh Women’s Sexual Assault Support Centre – is a single sex, women only service for survivors of all forms of sexual violence, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation. Services are for women aged 16 and ...
Intimate Partner Sexual Violence
Domestic abuse is usually described as “physical, emotional, financial or sexual abuse” but the focus for service provision, training workers, news articles and even information for women who are living with, or have lived with an abuser, ...
Understanding the impact of RSA
Rape and sexual assault – Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 Under Scots Law, rape is a crime considered so serious that it could, possibly, result in a life sentence for the perpetrator. It’s defined in the Sexual ...
Understanding Flashbacks
What is a ‘flashback’? We often use the word ‘flashback’ to describe a memory that pops into our heads, perhaps when we’re talking about everyday experiences. We may say. ‘I had a flashback to that holiday in ...
