Resources and Support for Healing
A couple of weeks ago, Tim Fischer, a clergy abuse survivor who writes about his experience on his blog, “It’s about me,” was invited to participate in the taping of an Oprah show. He was one of 200 men, all survivors of childhood sexual abuse, involved in this production, which will also feature Tyler Perry. …
Roseville Press Tribune 10/20/10 Client sues therapist for inappropriate texts, touching Defendant also embroiled in state license battle By Lien Hoang A woman is suing her former therapist for allegedly exploiting and exacerbating the emotional problems she was paid to treat. The woman, known in court documents only as D.W., saw marriage and family therapist …
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This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Surviving Therapist Abuse site! I started this blog last year because I needed to speak out and tell my story, and because I wanted to help increase awareness about this often overlooked form of exploitation and abuse and provide resources for those in need. When I launched …
The following is an article by David Clohessy, Executive Director of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), published on the CNN Belief Blog on June 14, 2010. In the article, Clohessy responds to the Pope’s most recent apology about the clergy sex abuse scandal and offers suggestions for action and reform. As Clohessy …
This past Thursday I did something for myself I’ve been meaning to do for a long time: I went to a Mindfulness Meditation group. Lately, I’ve been wanting to develop more of a meditation practice. I know about all the reputed benefits of meditation and I have no doubt that it would be good for …