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Healing from abuse

Blindsided

October 18, 2009

I got blindsided today. On Sunday mornings I go to a freestyle, family-oriented dance jam. I have been going for several years now, and I enjoy dancing to the wide variety of music (which is deejayed) and connecting with people of all ages. It’s a wonderful community and has been a lifesaver to me during [...]

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7 Tips for Therapist Abuse Victims Considering Legal Action

October 1, 2009

I want to offer some tips and suggestions for any victims of therapist abuse and exploitation who may be considering taking legal action. While I would encourage anyone who has been victimized by a therapist (or other professional) to consider taking legal action, I want to be clear that it is not an easy thing [...]

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The Search for Healing – Part 3

September 1, 2009

(Read The Search for Healing – Part 2) I’d like to say that getting the hell away from Dr. T solved all my problems. Unfortunately, it didn’t. As soon as I got my wake-up call, I went immediately into full-blown Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. And boy, was that fun! I felt jumpy, panicky, anxious, depressed, had [...]

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The Search for Healing – Part 2

August 29, 2009

(Read The Search for Healing – Part 1) During that holiday season I hit bottom. Everything felt crazy—my mind, my body, the stuff with Dr. T… I had no idea what to do. I was at a complete loss, and apparently, no help was coming. I had to find a way to keep going. I [...]

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The Search for Healing – Part 1

August 26, 2009

A couple of months after Dr. T started having sex with me, my pelvis began to destabilize. Coincidence? I think not. There’s a little more to the story. First, I already had low back trouble. Nothing major, but I had some chronic weirdness and discomfort due to some disc trouble. And I had some other [...]

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But I Don’t Want to Be a Victim…

August 3, 2009

Like every victim of therapist abuse, I have wondered whether I was in some way responsible for what happened. Even after almost four years of recovery work and having at least five therapists tell me that this was not my fault, I still have my occasional doubts. I do now understand that I showed up [...]

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On Telling

July 29, 2009

Telling was a scary thing. As someone freshly out of an abusive, highly manipulative situation, I needed an extraordinary amount of validation. Here’s what you have to keep in mind: I didn’t know that I was being abused and exploited until someone told me—afterward. I had basically been in an altered state (I think of [...]

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