Emily Kohman

,Emily Kohman
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"People might say ‘it is three-and-a-half-years later, get over it' - but that prevents them from coming forward," said Emily Kohman, counselor for Safe Horizon - a New York City agency that provides victim assistance, violence prevention programs, and advocacy, as well as counseling to people impacted by Sept. 11.

"Some may think it's not natural to be so delayed, but it is," said Kohman."It takes a while for these things to come to the surface."

Kohman said while the Safe Horizon caseload has dropped off over time, there are definitely people still in need.

The organization has a family assistance center in every borough of the city.Along with individual counseling, group counseling is available for Ground Zero rescue workers, those who lost family members, employees who lost coworkers, and others who are still seeing emotional fallout from the attacks.

"We're open and able to create groups for anybody," explained Kohman.
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"(People) are traumatized everyday by living in New York, as well as by news about bomb threats or other things," said Kohman.

"People might say 'it is three-and-a-half-years later, get over it' - but that prevents them from coming forward," said Emily Kohman, counselor for Safe Horizon - a New York City agency that provides victim assistance, violence prevention programs, and advocacy, as well as counseling to people impacted by Sept. 11.

"Some may think it's not natural to be so delayed, but it is," said Kohman. "It takes a while for these things to come to the surface."

Kohman said while the Safe Horizon caseload has dropped off over time, there are definitely people still in need.

The organization has a family assistance center in every borough of the city. Along with individual counseling, group counseling is available for Ground Zero rescue workers, those who lost family members, employees who lost coworkers, and others who are still seeing emotional fallout from the attacks.

"We're open and able to create groups for anybody," explained Kohman.
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"(People) are traumatized everyday by living in New York, as well as by news about bomb threats or other things," said Kohman.