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Peer Support
For All
5WAVES hosts a support community on the Discord platform. There are channels for survivors, parents, and friends of survivors (partners, other family members, grandparents, friends--anyone who wants to learn more and help).
This is a private group. To protect everyone's safety, we screen all who join. If you are interested in joining, please email info@5waves.org, with DISCORD in the subject line, and answer these two questions:
1. What is your connection to sibling sexual trauma (SST) / sibling sexual abuse (SSA) (e.g., survivor, parent, supporter/friend, etc.)?
2. In a sentence or two, why do you want to join this peer support community?
For Survivors
The Facebook group, Survivors of Childhood Sibling Sexual Abuse: Healing and Support is exclusively for victims, survivors, and thrivers of sibling sexual abuse and trauma. One 5WAVES survivor cofounders is a moderator, and the other is a participant. With over 1000 members, the group is active. You are not alone!
For Parents
The complexities of being a parent of both a child victim and the child who harmed are unmatched. Hope Sittler, 5WAVES co-founder, created a private Facebook group, Parents Coping With Sibling Sexual Trauma and Abuse, for parents in this exact situation. This group is still active, with over 1300 members, and is hosted and moderated by 5WAVES along with parent volunteers. Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/siblingtrauma to request to join.