Building a Healing Ecosystem for Survivors
Dignified, trauma-informed care — where every survivor finds holistic support and a path forward.
You deserve care that honors your dignity.
Therapy, healing programs, community support, and care navigation — coordinated and survivor-centered.
- You control your pace
- Trauma-informed support
- Full confidentiality and respect
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Partners & Supporters
Why comprehensive survivor
care matters
The Trauma Gap
receive specialized trauma treatment in their first year, yet 81% develop PTSD.
Source: RAINN
Long-Term Health
more likely to experience chronic health conditions without adequate support.
Source: CDC
Economic Impact
annual cost of gender-based violence to the U.S. economy.
Source: NCADV
Evidence-Based
higher recovery with multi-modal trauma treatment vs therapy alone.
Source: JTS
The gap between trauma and healing is vast — but it doesn't have to be.
— Brianna Michelle, Founder
This is what healing looks like.
VBA Healing Retreat · Santa Barbara, CA
A healing ecosystem
built for this moment.
Voices Beyond Assault is a survivor-led nonprofit building a global healing ecosystem for survivors of sexual and domestic violence. We work at the intersection of public health, mental health, education, and community — creating pathways where healing is accessible, dignified, and sustainable.
We are not a crisis line. We are not a single program. We are a full-spectrum healing ecosystem — trauma-informed, clinically grounded, and survivor-led at every level.
Survivor voices are a guiding structure of our organization, shaping programs, partnerships, and systems change — because survivors empower one another, support those who are silent, and catalyze broader societal change.
"Healing individuals. Transforming communities. Strengthening economies."
One organization.
Multiple pathways.
We recognize that healing is not linear. Our five pillars meet survivors wherever they are — with dignity, choice, and professional safeguards at every touchpoint.
Survivors
At the Center
Partners
Integrated
Impact
Sustainable
The pillars of our
healing ecosystem
Survivors can enter through any pillar and move between supports as needed.
Clinical & Therapeutic Care
Evidence-based, trauma-informed therapy by licensed clinicians — individual and group modalities.
Individual TherapyLicensed CliniciansEmbodied Healing & Restoration
Movement, art, nature, and joy — trauma-sensitive embodied healing that restores connection between mind and body.
RetreatsArt & FitnessOcean TherapySound BathsYogaContinuity & Care Coordination
Holistic case navigation — housing, legal aid, financial resources, and medical care.
Case NavigationAmplify. Advocate. Lead.
Your story has power. Share it through our podcast, become a trained speaker, and use your lived experience to create change — on your terms.
PodcastSpeaking BureauEducation, Advocacy & Systems Change
Prevention-focused education and institutional partnerships building trauma-informed cultures.
PreventionPolicyWhen survivors heal,
the world changes.
Based on participant-reported data and program records since founding.
What survivors are saying
VBA didn't just save my life — they helped me find my power. As a transgender survivor, I went from feeling invisible to leading workshops that help other LGBTQ+ survivors. Now I'm the one creating the safe spaces I needed.
Brianna cracked me wide open in the best way possible. She helped me find my voice when the world had silenced me. Now I use that voice to advocate for policy changes so other survivors don't face what I faced.
This organization doesn't just provide services — it creates revolutionaries. VBA has become our home base for changing how our entire community responds to violence. The ripple effects are incredible.
The energy at VBA is unlike anything we've documented. These aren't victims — they're powerful change agents. As media partners, we've watched survivors become the leaders their communities desperately needed.
VBA created a space where I could just breathe and remember who I was before the trauma. But more than that — they helped me become who I was meant to be: a leader, an advocate, a force for change.
Voices Beyond Assault doesn't just help you survive — they help you lead your own revolution. Here, survivor voices aren't just heard; they're the ones making the decisions. This is what real change looks like.
VBA has become a home of peace. Brianna created an organization the world needs. I feel seen, heard and believed.
