In 2023, the KCSARC assisted 4,805 survivors and their family members, with almost a third of their clients in Seattle and 46% in South King County. They served around 22% of clients from the east and north.
More than 80% of their clients identified as female, 17% were male and 1% identified as transgender, non-binary or other.
Sampson said the therapist that the KCSARC recommended was a man. Though he was uncomfortable around men since he was assaulted by a man, having a man for a therapist became part of his recovery through exposure therapy.
Another exercise he practiced with his therapist was to confront his trauma head-on: He would
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