We Are Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and Neglect

When children are abused, they begin to question themselves and their world because it destroys two essential beliefs:

• Their sense of trust, and
• Their sense of control over their lives.

Most victims must deal with the physical and emotional shockwaves of what happened, but also with the sense of helplessness,

Senator Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash in 2002, was a champion for the downtrodden and those suffering from mental illness. He worked hard to represent the “least of us” and for that I am very grateful. I want to provide you with information about a bill he

As promised, this is my response to my last blog Harvard – “Child Sexual Abuse Not Traumatic”. I am disgusted and full of rage.

Neither Clancy nor the reporter are trained in trauma, but this is Clancy’s way of getting notoriety at the expense of child abuse survivors.

A Harvard researcher wrote a book recently titled:  The Trauma Myth:  The Truth  About the Sexual Abuse of Children—and its Aftermath. The New York Times wrote about it on January 25, 2010 as follows:[1]

“For a graduate research project at Harvard in the mid-1990s, the psychologist Susan A. Clancy arranged

It is a well established fact (see my series on Dissociative Identity Disorder on this website starting with Dissociative Identity Disorder – Part 1) that survivors of child abuse at times repress memories of their abuse because they are too painful. If the abuse was experienced at a very young age or for

The radio show that was taped on January 9, 2010 is now available on my “Media Kit” page. The first part of the show is the radio show host thanking all her sponsors. Afterwards, I talk about the “Cycle of Trauma” and how it impacts adult survivors of child abuse and neglect. I welcome any feedback about the show.

On January 15, 2010 the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts upheld the sexual assault convictions of defrocked Roman Catholic priest Paul M. Shanley, who used the same tried-and-true baloney defense that past Catholic church perpetrators have used - that his accuser had made up his story about being abused.[1] The findings stated that “an individual may

I began this website last year for several reasons.  I stated, “The purpose of this web site is to provide a national platform to discuss the core issues that impact the lives of adult survivors of child abuse and neglect and to develop appropriate action steps to address these issues.”

Because of editing problems, we have not been able to post my latest radio show on my website. It should be available within a few days on my “Media Kit” page under the heading, “Long-Term Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect.” I hope you will keep checking back as I would love to get your feedback.

One of the most difficult issues to deal with in therapy is dependency – a state of mind where we are supposed to rely on someone for aid or support – our therapist. Our deepest wounds, though, were inflicted upon us when we were the most vulnerable:  when we were loving,