We Are Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and Neglect

After a healthy therapeutic alliance has been formed and healthy self-management skills are in place, the survivor can gingerly move toward addressing his/her past trauma. This is a GRADUAL process of looking back at what happened to the survivor “a bite at a time.” To avoid being flooded with overwhelming emotions, the therapeutic

There is a wonderful website about physical child abuse at www.lindagail.com.  The mission for the website is to create a paradigm shift in society’s consciousness regarding physical punishment as an acceptable child rearing practice.

A lot of survivors have contacted me with their stories about inappropriate care they’ve received when trying to overcome their child abuse trauma. Sadly, a large number of therapists are not properly trained and/or conduct treatment without supervision. I was blessed in that I got the best of care, so I want to

We continue to make great strides in planning for our first EDCI Center. Our 2011 Annual Report is available at http://www.edcinstitute.org/home/news under out “NEWS” tab. This information shows the work we accomplished last year and reflects our strong commitment to opening Centers for adult survivors of child

There is a huge movement to deny the existence of repressed memories even though there is over 100 years of recorded history of this happening. As I wrote in Dissociative Identity Disorder – Part 5, “Sigmund Freud found that hysterical symptoms brought on by even minor upsets or injuries could be traced back to traumas

The Catholic Church works very hard to prevent lawsuits against perpetrators—even against those who are not Catholic. For an organization where documented proof has been substantiated of them protecting and hiding child molesters for over 50 years, why do they even have a voice at the table? Are serial child molesters’

Most corporations and businesses are unsympathetic to the plight of adult survivors. Unlike a physical disability where an employee will usually get an accommodation (e.g., someone needs brighter lights over their desk), a survivor who presents that they have a mental disability (e.g., a person who has PTSD) will most likely lose their

As I said in my previous blog, everything is stacked against a survivor of child abuse who wants to seek justice. Survivors are invisible to most Americans, so much so that even when sensational media attention is focused on child abuse, adult survivors don’t even come up in the

Just as in the general population, there is a lot of misinformation and a general lack of knowledge about what is helpful for child abuse survivors who become involved in the justice system. I am providing information that I hope will be helpful for both survivors and the entire spectrum of

Abuse is rampant and a major part of the culture of the United States. You would think that the military would be one of the leaders in clamping down on this criminal behavior, but that is not the case. With all of their rigid rules and supposedly highly touted attention to “Chain of Command” reporting, this would seem to be a natural place to