Support that begins with believing

What happened to you does not get to define you.

Healing Je’Ryan stands with children, young people, adult survivors, and families navigating the lifelong impact of childhood sexual abuse. Find steady support, practical tools, trusted resources, and a path forward that respects your voice.

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Portrait of Je’Ryan, Founder of Healing Je’Ryan

Je’Ryan Jackson, Founder. His courage became a mission for healing.

You are not alone

Confidential help is available right now.

Healing Je’Ryan is not a crisis line. These trained national services are available 24/7.

Sexual assault support800-656-HOPE

RAINN phone, text, and online support

Child abuse support800-422-4453

Call or text Childhelp for guidance

Start where you are

There is more than one way forward.

Support should fit the person, the moment, and the level of safety needed. Choose the path that feels closest to your situation. You control how much you read and what you do next.

I am a child or teen

What happened is not your fault. Learn how to reach a safe adult, protect yourself, and ask for help.

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I am an adult survivor

It is never too late to seek support. Begin with grounding, counseling choices, or simply being heard.

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Someone trusted me

Your first response matters. Learn words that communicate belief, safety, and steady support.

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I want to help

Stand with survivors through informed advocacy, prevention, partnership, and community education.

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A private moment of support

Choose what you need right now.

These simple practices may help you feel more present or decide on a next step. They are educational tools, not counseling, diagnosis, or treatment.

Take one minute. Nothing else is required.

Place both feet on the floor if that feels comfortable. Let your shoulders soften. Follow the circle, or simply breathe at your own natural pace.

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Press start when you are ready.

If breathing exercises make you uncomfortable or dizzy, stop and return to your natural breathing. You can try the senses tool instead.

Levels of support

The healing path can move in stages.

No one has to complete these steps in order. Survivors can move forward, pause, return, or change direction. Healing is personal.

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Safety and stabilization

Address immediate danger, create physical distance when possible, and connect with a safe person or trained hotline advocate.

Being believed

Shame belongs to the person who caused harm. Survivors deserve responses that reject blame and protect their dignity.

Professional support

A trauma-informed counselor can help with triggers, sleep, anxiety, relationships, grief, anger, and other effects of trauma.

Rebuilding daily life

Healing may include boundaries, healthy relationships, rest, education, work, creativity, faith, movement, and renewed purpose.

Voice and leadership

Some survivors later choose advocacy or service. Others choose privacy. Both choices are valid. A survivor never owes anyone their story.

Counseling navigation

Finding care that respects the survivor.

A strong fit matters. It is acceptable to ask a counselor about experience, approach, confidentiality, family involvement, and what happens when a client feels overwhelmed.

What trauma-informed care should feel like

Your boundaries and pace are respected.
The provider explains choices before moving forward.
You are not blamed or pressured to disclose details.
Safety, trust, collaboration, and empowerment guide care.
Culture, identity, faith, family, and lived experience are treated with respect.

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Questions to ask a counselor

What experience do you have supporting survivors of childhood sexual abuse?
How do you help clients manage triggers before discussing painful memories?
How do confidentiality and mandated reporting apply to me or my child?
What will we do if the approach does not feel right?
For youth, how are safe caregivers included in treatment?

For children and adolescents, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network identifies Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as one evidence-based option. A qualified clinician should determine what fits each child.

2016The mission began

The heart behind the mission

A fighter from his very first breath.

Je’Ryan entered the world extremely premature, weighing only one pound and three ounces. He spent months in the hospital fighting for his life. His strength was present before he could speak.

Years later, someone he trusted and loved sexually abused him. His family refused to stay silent. They pursued accountability through the justice system and continued walking with Je’Ryan through the deeper, longer work of recovery.

Healing Je’Ryan was established in 2016, the year he graduated, to help him reclaim his future and to ensure other survivors and families do not face that road alone. The organization looks honestly at harm while keeping its focus on healing, purpose, protection, and life beyond trauma.

Je’Ryan JacksonFounder

Selena Jackson-GuinesCo-Founder

Kevin GuinesCo-Founder

Trusted resources

Real help for different needs.

These independent national organizations offer crisis support, education, treatment information, survivor resources, and guidance for families.

24/7 sexual assault support

RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline

Free, confidential support in English and Spanish for survivors and loved ones.

Call 800-656-HOPE Text HOPE to 64673 Chat online ↗

Child abuse guidance

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline

Live crisis counselors provide support, safety planning, reporting guidance, and referrals.

Call 800-422-4453 Text GO to 800-422-4453

Emotional crisis

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Free and confidential emotional support at any hour for anyone experiencing distress or crisis.

Call 988 Text 988 Chat online ↗

Male survivor support

1in6

Information, stories, and support options designed for men who have experienced sexual abuse or assault.

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Children and families

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Education about child trauma and evidence-based treatment resources for youth, families, schools, and professionals.

Explore NCTSN ↗

Healing and prevention

Saprea

Free education, online healing resources, support groups, prevention tools, and survivor-centered programs.

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Healing Je’Ryan provides education and resource navigation. We are not a crisis service, counseling practice, medical provider, law firm, or reporting agency. Inclusion of an outside resource does not create a professional relationship or guarantee services.

A community that refuses silence

Help make healing easier to reach.

Connect with Healing Je’Ryan about survivor-centered community education, family support initiatives, partnerships, volunteering, or ways to strengthen the mission.

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Questions answered carefully

What you may want to know.

Does Healing Je’Ryan provide counseling?

No. Healing Je’Ryan offers survivor-centered education, encouragement, and trusted resource navigation. A licensed mental health professional or trained hotline counselor should provide clinical or crisis support.

What should I say when someone discloses abuse?

Stay calm. Thank them for telling you. Say that you believe them and that the abuse was not their fault. Ask what would help. Do not press for details, confront the person accused, or share the survivor’s story broadly.

Can abuse from childhood still affect an adult?

Yes. Survivors may experience effects involving sleep, anxiety, depression, relationships, physical health, trust, anger, or self-worth. Responses differ from person to person, and healing can begin at any age.

What if a child may be unsafe right now?

If there is immediate danger, call 911. Childhelp can provide guidance at 800-422-4453. Laws and reporting duties differ by state and by professional role, so seek qualified guidance promptly.

Does a survivor have to report or share their story publicly to heal?

No. Survivors deserve information and choices. Adults control whether, when, and how they share their experiences. A child’s safety and applicable reporting requirements must still be addressed by responsible adults and professionals.