When rape victims are seen in hospital ER's and physicians offices they are given a number for the local raper crisis services. Hospitals automatically call the rape crisis services so that the victims dont have to go through the exam process alone and or so they have a counselor to talk to right away. So sometimes I automatically had someone to help me get through the aftereffects by way of a crisis center. Other times I had a mental health therapist so I talked with them, I also found the Courage to heal text and workbook a great help. No matter what I was feeling and experiencing from being raped was in those books to tell me how to take care of mself and get through it.