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How can an accompanying advocate help a sexual assault survivor? - Los Angeles Times
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How can an accompanying advocate help a sexual assault survivor?
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How can an accompanying advocate help a sexual assault survivor?

Ziyiah Rogers, a therapist at the YWCA Greater Los Angeles, explains the role of an accompanying therapist and the importance of therapy following a sexual assault.

By Salma Loum
California
Salma Loum

Data and graphics journalist Salma Loum was a member of the 2021-22 Los Angeles Times Fellowship class. She moved from Cairo to Los Angeles at 21 after covering the Egyptian Revolution and Muslim Brotherhood unrest between 2011 and 2013. During that time, she was a freelance war-zone camera operator working with Sky News Arabia and BBC Arabia among other local Egyptian news stations. Loum graduated from Stanford University with a master’s degree in journalism and a focus on computational investigative projects involving women’s rights.

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