An international self-help support-group program.
The program is designed specifically for adult survivors of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse or neglect.
Meetings
Find a group meeting, learn how to get started, take a meeting tour, and listen to an excerpt from a sample meeting.
Materials
ASCA manuals, books, handouts, and articles for survivors, group meetings, and co-facilitators.
Announcements
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ASCA Co-facilitator Training
On Saturdays, July 19, 2025, from 1-2:30 p.m. PT, and July 26, 2025, from 1-3 p.m. PT, we will be holding our free online ASCA Co-facilitator Training on Zoom. On these dates, participants must also attend the Saturday virtual ASCA meeting presented by The Morris Center (TMC) from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT—the meeting is our co-facilitator training meeting co-facilitated by our lead trainer.
To enroll in training, please email the following information to info@ascasupport.org:
- Your name.
- Your location (city, state).
- Please let us know which ASCA meeting(s) you have been attending.
- Will you be starting a new ASCA support group or co-facilitating a current ASCA support group? Please identify the location of the group.
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Soul Survivors: Paperback
November 2022: The new paperback version of Soul Survivors, 2nd edition is available at Lulu Press, Inc. for $24.95—half goes to The Morris Center.
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Soul Survivors: eBook
The eBook version of Soul Survivors, 2nd edition (2014) is available at Amazon and Smashwords, specially priced at $5.99.
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Video Recording
May 2023: Dr. J. Patrick Gannon, a clinical and performance psychologist and co-founder of ASCA, speaks with Men of Voices Beyond Assault on the effects of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse on adult survivors as well as ASCA’s ground-breaking 21-step program. Voices Beyond Assault assists survivors of sexual assault and sexual abuse across the world.
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Video Recording
May 2022: Dr. J. Patrick Gannon, who is a co-founder of ASCA, and Karen Mills—a volunteer with The Morris Center and a co-facilitator for ASCA Santa Clarita—discuss ASCA with staff from the UCSF Trauma Recovery Center, which provides healing services for survivors of interpersonal violence.
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Video Recording
April 2021: Clinical and performance psychologist Dr. J. Patrick Gannon and Bo Smith present ASCA, a self-help program, to Haruv USA, which is an international training institute in the field of child maltreatment.
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Survivor to Thriver
Download the free Survivor to Thriver manual and workbook for adult survivors of child abuse “who want to move on with life.” See the top of the Materials page.
Also available in Spanish, Korean, Portuguese and Hebrew.
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Revised Manual
The 2024 ASCA Training and Reference Manual contains an updated version of each of the following parts:
- ASCA Co-facilitator Training Manual
- ASCA Co-facilitator Toolkit
- ASCA Meeting Toolkit
- Ongoing Education Reader
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Meeting calculator and timers
This webpage provides a calculator to calculate share times and timers for feedback and shares, which may be used in ASCA meetings.
Testimonials
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Brandy
The ASCA program changes lives. The resources and support …
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Katelyn
I appreciate ASCA’s structured support groups …
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Rich
ASCA has saved my life. I have been doing the program for 22 years, and …
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Carolann
I was abused by both my parents from the time I was a baby. I have suffered ill health …
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Xaviera
During these last two years I’ve come a really long way …