Even before October 7, Miriam Schler knew how to handle survivors.

As the executive director of the Tel Aviv Sexual Assault Crisis Center, she works with assault survivors daily. For her, one of the most important things the crisis center can do for survivors is validate their experience and offer support in any number of ways: one-on-one counseling (alone or with someone to comfort them), ongoing calls (to talk or simply to cry), and even guidance through the criminal process (pressing charges, filing complaints, physical accompaniment to the police).