@article{ref1,
title=""I had to allow myself to heal": how survivors of sex trafficking have experienced healing from trauma bonding",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2024",
author="Casassa, Kaitlin and England, Gwen and Karandikar, Sharvari",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Among the many issues facing sex trafficking survivors, the trauma bonds they develop with their perpetrators are one of the most complex and least understood concerns. This community-based participatory research phenomenological study explored this phenomenon by asking: How have survivors of sex trafficking experienced healing from trauma bonding? The sample consisted of 19 female survivors who were all participants in or graduates of a human trafficking specialty docket. Three themes emerged: survivors shared that (a) building trusting and honest relationships, (b) their relationships with themselves, and (c) education all played a pivotal role in the healing they had experienced.  Keywords: Human trafficking; <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/10778012241248458",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012241248458"
}