What we do
Into The Light is a London based organization founded in 1993 and established to provide a place of understanding and support to those who had experienced child sexual abuse.

Into The Light has its roots in Christianity but exists for everyone regardless of faith, sexuality, class, nationality and culture.

Into The Light main aims are to:
• Provide support, advice, information and resources to women and men who have been sexually abused as children.

• Offer support and advice and training to those who are involved with and support people who have experienced sexual abuse e.g. partners, counsellors, carers.

• Advance public awareness of child sexual abuse through seminars, training and writing for magazines and publications.

Into The Light’s guiding philosophy is that change and healing come through:
• Giving Information
• Breaking Isolation
• Sharing Experience

The aims of all the Into The Light programmes are to:
• Remove blocks in life
• Reclaim damaged parts of personality
• Put the past in perspective
• Develop better relationships
• Be closer to other people and God (as you understand Him)

Who we are
Rebecca Mitchell is one of the original co-founders of Into The Light. She started the organisation because having been a victim of sexual abuse herself she wanted to provide a place in her community of hope and strength. Rebecca graduated from City University and Westminster Pastoral Foundation with qualifications in Counselling and Group Work Facilitation. She is a member of Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC), Trauma & Abuse Group, (TAG) and an Associate Member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).

Rebecca has run Into the Light programmes since 1993 and has facilitated them in various counselling services in London, in addition to training other facilitators to run the groups. She has also worked effectively with victims of domestic violence and has sat on the Management Committee of Survivors UK – a service that supports men who have experienced sexual abuse. Rebecca has had articles published in several publications on Sexual Abuse and related topics including the BACP magazine “Therapy Today.”

Working alongside Rebecca is Janet McNish PG Dip. Janet is the Supervisor of Into The Light Programmes and also graduated from City University. Janet has qualifications in Counselling, Groupwork and Supervision. She is a Member of the Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC), T.A.G. (Trauma & Abuse Group) and The British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (MBACP). Janet has worked in Mental Health Management for over 12 years and has mangaged two mental health rehabilitation projects and was Clinical Service Director of a counselling service with a team of 20 counsellors in London. She is an experienced trainer and regular studio guest on live radio specialising in Sexual Abuse and bereavement and loss issues.

Into The Light holds to all BACP and ACC ethics.