Sexual Abuse: One Woman's Story

Hope Blooms After the Storm

Numerous studies reveal that sexual abuse is rampant, and that the scars of betrayal are deep. In this transparent interview, Sharon Betters interviews Dr. Terry Eccles, who shares her own story of repeated abuse by her father and how she is finding freedom from the past. Sexual abuse is a difficult life crisis to tackle because each person’s story is unique to them, yet there are also common denominators that abused people immediately recognize as scars similar to their own.  This is one woman’s story. We hope her journey will encourage you to realize there is help and hope, even in the darkness of sexual abuse.

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Dr. Terry M. Eccles is a pediatrician in Willington, Connecticut, and is affiliated with Manchester Memorial Hospital-Connecticut. She received her medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.

Her book - Hope Blooms After The Storm contains encouragement and gentle instruction for anyone who is or ever has been sexually abused, and for anyone else who might be in a position to help someone who has been. Whether you are struggling with the decision to speak up for the first time, or you are supporting someone who has made that courageous step, you will find understanding here. Even if you do not know of anyone who has suffered in this way, there are carefully constructed discussions that you can have with your child or grandchild to help prevent the long-term consequences of child sexual abuse on the next generation.