Wiola Rebecka
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, and psychotraumatologist
Dr. Wioletta Rebecka is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, and psychotraumatologist. An alumna of the University of Warsaw and Touro University in Los Angeles, where she earned her Doctorate in Psychology, Dr. Rebecka specializes in trauma related to war, sexual violence, and intergenerational harm. She is the author of Rape: A History of Shame – Diary of the Survivors (2021), with a Polish edition released in 2024. She developed the SERS method for trauma stabilization and recovery, and conceptualized the War Rape Survivors Syndrome (WRSS) framework, a pioneering model addressing the long-term impacts of sexual violence in armed conflict. She is based in NYC.
Articles Authored
“I Am Because We Are”: Practical Justice and Survivor Participation in the Rehabilitation of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Survivors in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Authors: Dr. Wioletta Rebecka, Alain Bayongwa, Aline, Anita Bizimana Espérance, Aziza Aimerance, Bulonza, Bahati Balingene, Charline Kihuo, Diane Kahindo Feza, Esther Faida Feza Josephine, Furaha Joyeuse, MunYerekana Kahiro Collette, Nabintu Angela Nabintu Mulume Josline, Naomi Sharon, Noella Sekola Esther, Nshobole Muderhwa Pascaline, Plamedi Mapendo Marie, Sanganire Anne Marie, Sarah Chance / Bénédicte, Sintia Chance Solange,…
After Recognition- What Happens to Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence Thirty Years After the Wars?
More than three decades have passed since the wars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo. During this period, important legal and political changes occurred. Survivors of conflict-related sexual violence who were largely ignored in the immediate post-war years gradually achieved legal recognition through sustained advocacy by survivor groups, women’s organizations and human rights institutions….
