Many people live through a crisis and are able to reconstruct their lives without outside help. Most people find that the assistance of a victim advocate/counselor/support person is useful in dealing with this type of personal crisis.

Recovery from immediate crisis is often affected by
            1 . Severity of crisis reaction
            2. Ability to understand what happened
            3. Stability of victim/survivor’s equilibrium before event
            4. Supportive environment
            5. Validation of experience

      Recovery issues for survivors include
            1. Getting control of event in victim/survivor’s mind
            2. Working out an understanding of the event and, as needed, a redefinition of values
            3. Re-establishing a new equilibrium/life
            4. Re-establishing trust
            5. Re-establishing meaning