Why a Trauma Therapist Recommends “Aly Raisman: Darkness to Light”

A survivor’s journey to empowering survivors

Peter Pruyn
Published in
9 min readMar 12, 2022

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Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman (Photo: Lifetime).

The first hint I had that Aly Raisman’s documentary Darkness to Light would be unusual was when I found that it came with a 15-page viewer guide. Developed in partnership with Darkness to Light, a non-profit that empowers adults to prevent child sexual abuse, the guide…

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Peter Pruyn
Invisible Illness

I am an EMDR trauma therapist who writes about women's health, gender equality, and film.