Category «Guest Author»

New Book! Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse

I’m excited to announce that Amy Nordhues, one of our readers, has recently published a memoir about her experience with therapist abuse. Here is some information about the book, in her own words. And you can also find the book link on the Books & Media page.

From Amy:

My memoir, Prayed Upon: Breaking Free from Therapist Abuse, is now available for pre-order on my website! To get your copy click here: amynordhues.com/shop. When you do, you will also receive a gift with purchase (a small token of my appreciation)!
Here is a brief synopsis…

Prayed Upon is the story of one woman’s escape from the abuse of a respected, church-going psychiatrist…

Shattered: Deception, Betrayal, and Therapist Malpractice – a new book by Maura Muir

The following is a guest post from Maura Muir about her recently published book, Shattered: Deception, Betrayal, and Therapist Malpractice. Shattered: Deception, Betrayal, and Therapist Malpractice is the story of the havoc one unethical therapist can create. It details how I became aware of the misconduct, the personally catastrophic results that stemmed from it and the …

Reclaiming My Life – Michelle Mallon’s Story of Healing

Recovering from therapist abuse is hands-down the most painful experience I have ever gone through in my entire life. Healing was incredibly difficult for so many reasons, some of which make me very angry and some of which have brought me great insight. Because of the impact healing from therapist abuse has had on my …

When The Pieces Don’t Fit: The Corrupted Puzzle

Note from Kristi: I am happy to welcome Michelle Mallon as an ongoing contributor to the blog! Look for more of her posts in the future. If you had asked me what happened, I would not have been able to explain it to you. I couldn’t tell you who was at fault either. “Was it …

You Won’t Make Me You

This is a guest post from one of our readers, Michelle A. Mallon, MSW, LSW. The true strength of a person is measured in forgiveness. It is so easy to endure hardship at the hands of another and never be able to move on from it or worse, move on from it forever broken, vowing …

Escape from the Emotional Black Hole

This is a guest post from one of our readers, Michelle A. Mallon, MSW, LSW. August 2012: Looking back, it was as if I went through months of someone telling me there wasn’t a massive black hole sucking me in. It felt as if he was telling me “Everything is fine. Keep walking. In fact, …