WENDY JESSEN is the author of “Hope and Healing: A Survivor’s Faith-Based Perspective on Recovering from Sexual Abuse,” runs a website for survivors of sexual abuse and those who support them, and spoke at a TEDx event on sexual abuse. She has spent a lot of time researching the impact of trauma on the brain, mind, and body, as well as attending therapy to experience healing first-hand. Wendy also regularly talks to survivors of sexual abuse and works as a victim advocate to support victims of various crimes and traumas find recovery and healing.