The psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb answers a reader who is considering exposing their rapist
 

Here’s the latest installment of “Dear Therapist,” the column in which the psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb answers reader questions.

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Dear Therapist,

Seven years ago, when I was a college freshman, I was sexually assaulted. This experience deeply traumatized me beyond what I could cope with at the time. I did not want to press charges or involve authorities, because I’d had a bad experience telling someone in power about a prior sexual assault. I eventually processed what happened through a lot of therapy and some medication.

I moved across the country and thought I’d never see the person who assaulted me again. But recently I moved back to where we both went to college.

Now is the time to be informed.

 

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