Retreat Scholarships for CSA Survivors

Help survivors of child sexual trauma to access a healing retreat created specifically for them.

This fundraiser is created for survivors who wish to attend the Healing Retreat, but need financial support to do so. Being a survivor of CSA (childhood sexual abuse) is costly on so many levels, including financially. According to a study by the CDC, the estimated lifetime cost for survivors of child sexual abuse is $282,000,* not to mention the emotional and physical toll it can take to heal, which may lead to inability to pursue an sustain educational and working opportunities.

Every year, the team has committed to making the retreat financially accessible by offering full and partial scholarships, as well as a wide sliding scale payment option. This fundraiser will help those in need access this unique and precious resource.

More about the Healing Retreat:

The Healing Retreat for Survivors of childhood sexual abuse offers a ceremonial container for participants to honor, grieve and celebrate the trials and triumphs in the journey of healing from childhood sexual abuse. Created for survivors by survivors, the facilitation team uses a holistic approach to unravel the pervasiveness of isolation, silence and shame, and to weave together the collective stories of survivors while being witness to one another’s individual experience.

This retreat uses a variety of modalities to explore how childhood experiences are held in the different aspects of self and offers opportunities for release, clearing and healing through talking circles, somatic practice, movement, visualization, singing, a grief ritual, and quiet integration time.

The Healing Retreat is for adult survivors of childhood sexual trauma, defined as any sexual violation experienced by someone under the age of 18. The Healing Retreat is open to participants over 18 years old of all genders, racialized identities, and sexual orientations. This retreat is intended for those who have already begun their healing journey and are seeking more support by working with others within a sacred circle.

This year's retreat is June 12-16 at the Whidbey Institute, Washington State, located on the territory of the Lower Skagit, Swinomish, Suquamish, and Snohomish tribes—the island Tscha-kole-chy, named Whidbey Island by colonial settlers.

For more info, click here or visit https://www.moonlitpath.org/healingretreat

*Learn more about the costs of CSA survivorship HERE.