Together We Heal is for any who suffer from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. We provide a safe forum for survivors of abuse to share, learn and heal. We work to expose sexual predators and their methods of getting into our lives.
Interview with Lucinda Bassett on Childhood Sexual Abuse
My interview with Lucinda Bassett was aired today on LA Talk Live.
You can hear it at this link – http://latalklive.com/new/truth-be-told
You can also view it on YouTube at – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d18mfEp07vk
It’s the interview posted – 12/6/2012 Truth Be Told – Guests: Dr. Arlene Drake / David Pittman
It covers the topic of Childhood Sexual Abuse and while my segment is the last 15 minutes, I believe many will benefit by listening to the show in its entirety.
There is only one way to have a chance to better protect our children and better aid those in need of healing…we MUST work together to raise awareness and bring to light those guilty of abuse.
In 2006 David took the first step in a long and painful journey back from the abyss of addiction and self-destruction. He promised his dying father that he would get clean. And he did. But as he cleaned his body and soul, he began to confront the sexual abuse that his addiction had for so long obscured — abuse perpetrated by a church youth minister when David was 12 to 15 years old.
Those three years of abuse destroyed the foundation of love and faith that had been built by his family. For 25 years, David kept the abuse secret and lost himself in a fog of drugs and alcohol. He was by turns destitute, at times incarcerated.
The promise to his dying father was the catalyst. And the bedrock of his mother’s love and devotion was the foundation on which David rebuilt his life. Therapy, 12-step meetings, and soul-deep determination were the bricks and mortar.
David founded Together We Heal to provide fellow survivors and their families, guidance through the trauma of childhood sexual abuse. In 2015 he was asked to become a part of the Child Safeguarding Initiative team with GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment) to empower the Christian community through education and training to recognize, prevent, and respond to child abuse.
David represents Together We Heal & GRACE across the country as a public speaker and instructor; teaching churches, schools, and families how to talk with their kids about sexual abuse, how to better identify predatory behavior, and how to properly respond to those harmed.
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” - Dr. Seuss