Why a Trauma Therapist Recommends Chessy Prout’s Story

A High School survivor teaches how to heal

Survivor, author, and advocate Chessy Prout with her book, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor’s Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope. Photo: The Japan Times | Kyodo

As a psychotherapist who works with trauma survivors, I was deeply moved by Chessy Prout’s 2018 memoir, I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor’s Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope. Written with investigative reporter Jenn Abelson, I Have the Right To chronicles Chessy’s journey from being…