Louise Godbold - The Link Between Childhood Trauma and Sexual Abuse in Adulthood

Louise is a Harvey Weinstein Silence Breaker. Speaking out was fueled by her desire to share her insight on the link between childhood trauma and sexual abuse in adulthood. But her experience with the media was often re-traumatizing. Her story too often was reduced to that of being a victim and her expertise, as the director of a trauma advocacy organization, overlooked again and again. In this episode, Louise explore why childhood trauma can set the stage to more victimization in adulthood, as well as why the trauma-informed movement must be led by survivors.

Bio:

Louise Godbold is the Executive Director of Echo-- an organization whose mission it is to educate trauma survivors about trauma and resilience in order to promote survivor empowerment, resolve individual and community-level trauma, and create the safe, stable, nurturing relationships that break the cycle of generational trauma. Louise is the developer and lead trainer for Echo’s professional development curriculum on trauma- and resiliency-informed practice. She is also a trauma survivor and #MeToo silence breaker. 

Links:

Echo website: https://www.echotraining.org

Echo's 2020 Conference: https://www.echotraining.org/conf2020/

Article about code of conduct for media when interviewing survivors: https://psmag.com/ideas/a-code-of-conduct-for-how-media-should-interview-survivors-of-sexual-trauma

Bessel Van Der Volk, The Body Keeps The Score: https://besselvanderkolk.net/the-body-keeps-the-score.html

Still Face Experiment: https://www.wrestlingghosts.com/what-is-trauma