“When Life Is Beautiful and Tragic” a poem by a child sex trafficking survivor.

As a trauma therapist, I am a journey-mate with the wounded. Most of the girls arrive to therapy emotionally vacant, disconnected from their bodies and living in a constant state of fight or flight.

My work as a therapist for New Day for Children focuses primarily on attachment - the need we are all born with to form close, emotionally safe bonds. Tragically, traffickers prey on this innate need.

When a child is trafficked, there is trauma that impacts both the child, and the family unit. In response to this, we're developing a program for parents and caregivers called PATH - Parental Awareness of Trauma, Trafficking and Healing.

We asked our partnered counselor to share some insight into the importance of therapy for CSEC survivors. She says, "Therapy for victims of sexual trafficking is multifaceted, largely as the issues for the victims are so multi-layered. There are…”