Resources and Support for Healing
Hi Everyone, Happy New Year! The beginning of the year can be a time for change and renewal. As it happens, some changes are coming to the Surviving Therapist Abuse website and I want to fill you in. I’m finding that as I progress in my healing process and move forward in my life, my focus is shifting away …
I read a great article on the Huffington Post by Amanda de Cadenet, about why women stay in domestic abuse situations. While it may not be relevant to all of you, for those who are finding it hard to leave abusive therapists, the article might ring a few bells. Domestic Abuse: Why Women Stay Amanda …
Yes! Check it out on NBC New York: After I-Team Investigation, Lawmakers Pass Bill to Close Therapist Sex Abuse Loophole Law would make reporting of statutory rape mandatory for therapists and mental health counselors By Chris Glorioso and Tom Burke Thursday, Jun 21, 2012 The New York State Legislature has passed a bill that would …
A while back, I received an email from a survivor of therapist sexual abuse. She and I had been in touch, and she was struggling with her feelings about her former therapist and about taking legal action against him. She wrote: The conflicting feelings that I have come and go on a regular basis. One day I am …
For those of you living in New York, you may want to check out this article and add your voice to this process: A state assemblyman is drafting legislation that would close a legal loophole, first reported by the I-Team, that keeps statutory rape complaints about psychotherapists from being forwarded to law enforcement by the …
Today on Change.org I discovered a petition to introduce a bill in Maryland called “Lynette’s Law.” The woman who drafted the petition, Heather Sinclair, alleges that she was a victim of therapist abuse by a man who was a convicted felon. Sinclair hopes to pass a law in Maryland that would require all therapists to …