“Telling Is Healing, is a powerful documentary that we included in our Ending Violence Without Violence Virtual series of web-based workshops. Having witnessed Donna’s play, and having read her book, I am thrilled that this documentary is now available. It is an accessible and beautiful tapestry of Donna’s earlier healing work. Offering poignant footage from the play, the film offers space for reflection, commentary and powerful validation of the complex challenges that accompany the healing process. Telling Is Healing is an amazing resource that offers an opening for those of us seeking to end our isolation as survivors; while inspiring helpers to pace their work at the speed of survivor’s trust.”

- Chrys Ballerano, Senior Director of Collaboration and Training at the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Survivor, Musician, Writer, Singer, Social Justice Activist

“Donna Jenson’s Telling is Healing is a groundbreaking film. While warm and inviting, it breaks a taboo so thick, dark, and murky: The taboo of talking about incest in “mixed company” between a survivor and a non-survivor. Historically, such conversations usually shut down before they even begin. The conversation is often too difficult and painful to have, whether it’s because the survivor is met with denial, minimization, and anger or because the non-survivor is too emotionally overwhelmed, frightened, or worried about saying the wrong thing. Jenson’s brave and beautiful film changes all of that. By modeling how this conversation can happen in a way that is liberating, connecting, and healing, she and her friend and colleague, Suzanne Beck, open the door for other survivors and non-survivors to walk through together into their own healing. I felt the molecules of my brain and soul realign while watching this film. It will surely have a profound effect on all who see it.”

- Anna Holtzman, Mental Health Counselor and incest survivor

“Telling is Healing should be seen by not only survivors but those who care about them. It should also be seen by those who do not understand the impact that sexual assault has on a person. I know that survivors will find validation for all that they have experienced as they watch this powerful documentary.”

- Kathy Peluso, Sexual Assault Response Team Coordinator, Family Services Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY