Upcoming Survivorship Webinar: Sat, Sept 8 Janet Thomas “The Spirit of Healing”

Another great webinar coming up!

Survivorship webinars are open to everybody, not just Survivorship members, and are easy to join. If you can make a telephone call and click a button you are technically savvy enough to attend a Webinar. They are informal and survivor-friendly. You can take breaks if you need or ask for on-line or e-mail support if you get overwhelmed. They are informative and a great way to feel less isolated and they are totally private. There is no camera and you can choose any user name you wish. CEUs are available upon request.

Upcoming Webinar:

Saturday, September 8
12:00 noon Pacific Time
Presenter: Janet Thomas
“The Spirit of Healing”

Janet Thomas will discuss her book, “Day Breaks Over Dharamsala ­ A Memoir of Life Lost and Found,” a journey through spiritual healing from mind control/ritual/sexual abuse. The deep dilemma for survivors of extreme abuse is the fundamental estrangement from the sacred self. How do we reclaim it? Integrate it? Restore the sense of a spirited and nurturing self? How do we connect to the place inside us ­ beyond and beneath our brilliant minds ­that nurtures and sustains us in our daily lives and in our relationships? These questions, and their answers, will be shared and explored.

Janet Thomas has been in active and conscious healing from ritual abuse/mind control experimentation for 25 years. Her parallel lives include many years as a poet, playwright, activist, magazine editor and author of non-fiction books, including “The Battle in Seattle ­ The Story Behind and Beyond the WTO Demonstrations.” She lives and teaches in India and on an island in the Pacific Northwest.

REGISTRATION
Registration closes Thursday evening September 6, 2012

To reserve a space in the webinar, e-mail Shamai at shamai@survivorship.org   and give her this information:

1. Your name
2. The webinar you wish to attend: “The Spirit of Healing”
3. Amount and method of payment  (check, PayPal, money order)
4. Your preferred e-mail address (so we can send you instructions)
5. The name you will be using for the webinar. (This does not have to be your real name or your message board screen name.)

You will receive a confirmation email immediately and an invitation link and instructions after the registration closes

COST
Webinars are on a sliding scale from $50.00 to full scholarship (while we offer full scholarships for webinars please consider paying whatever you are able to. Even $5 will help to cover the cost of the webinar provider). Please remember to factor in the cost of the telephone call if you don’t have a computer headset. The PayPal button is near the bottom of the page at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you wish to pay by check please send it to: Survivorship, Family Justice Center, 470 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612.

PAST WEBINARS
Survivorship members may listen to past webinars in the members’ section.
We strive to present all webinars in our archives, and sometimes, for technical reasons, we are unable to.

For information on joining Survivorship, go to http://www.survivorship.org/about/membership.html

Complete details on all our webinars are at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Shamai@survivorship.org

news items – Sandusky and others, Boy Scouts, severe abuse radio shows, CDs, webinars, conferences

This week there were several new articles on Jerry Sandusky and his possible connections to other abusers, repeated child abuse in the Boy Scouts and several new opportunities to learn about severe child abuse issues.

Jerry Sandusky, Penn State Booster Sexually Abused Boys On Private Plane: Witness http://goo.gl/loyNP

http://goo.gl/UxqFY

tabloid reported that it found 200 Twitter users who openly expressed interest in sexual images of children http://goo.gl/W6Sia

Feds probe possible Sandusky child porn ring http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57491185/feds-probe-possible-sandusky-child-porn-ring/

Boy Scout files reveal repeat child abuse by sexual predators http://goo.gl/WsrG5              http://goo.gl/ai0qu

Stop Child Abuse Now – Radio Show by Bill Murray Tue, Aug 7, 2012  Ritual Abuse Interview http://goo.gl/lBb95

CDs available for the August ritual abuse and child abuse conference    http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

Survivorship Webinar – The Spirit of Healing – Janet Thomas –
September 8   http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

news items – HIV and abuse, Sandusky, attack on SNAP, sex trafficking, church and castration

A new study shows how some adults with HIV were sexually abused as children. Attacks on clergy abuse prevention organizations are being exposed in the media. More people are speaking up about stopping pedophilia networks and sex trafficking in the US media.

Recent information has been publicized about the Dutch Catholic Church reportedly castrating minors in the 1950’s. More information about old allegations against Sandusky have come out.  Professional development opportunities in the trauma field are listed below.

Study of the Day: 1 in 4 Adults With HIV Were Sexually Abused as Kids  http://goo.gl/pyCw8

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Apr 1;59(4):409-416.
Childhood Trauma and Health Outcomes in HIV-Infected Patients: An Exploration of Causal Pathways. http://goo.gl/6rygo

Church’s Lawyers Have SNAP in Their Sights – Victims’ advocacy group’s national director speaks to RD about a flurry of subpoenas, and fears of ongoing harassment http://goo.gl/5AZyI

Italy police break up global online pedophile network http://goo.gl/2Abxi

Responding to Village Voice on Sex Trafficking  http://goo.gl/q0eG9

Catholic church abuse: government inspectors knew minors were castrated  http://goo.gl/VE031

Dutch Church Is Accused of Castrating Young Men http://goo.gl/BlZca

Sexual predators rarely committed under Justice program http://goo.gl/da0ah

USA Today: Sexual predators rarely committed under DOJ program  http://goo.gl/qLdD1

‘Standing Silent’ follows uncovering of sexual abuse in Baltimore’s Orthodox Jewish community http://goo.gl/lriOX

Sandusky Investigation Drew Psychologist’s Alert in 1998, Report Says  http://goo.gl/vCNv6

Jerry Sandusky Called A ‘Likely Pedophile’ By Psychologist In 1998 http://goo.gl/DGvFU

Sandusky labeled ‘likely pedophile’ in 1998 report
Psychologist warned university police, but they weren’t able to prove abuse of boy http://goo.gl/hAvJc

The Sandusky Files: Read the 1998 police report http://goo.gl/KeuLD

Report of expert who concluded no abuse occurred http://goo.gl/eje1n

describes violence
Spanish police arrest 22 gang members that tattooed bar codes onto prostitutes’ wrists http://goo.gl/bwCBQ

Survivorship Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse 2012 Conference – May 19 – 20, 2012 http://www.survivorship.org/2012conference.html

upcoming webinar:
March 31, 2012
Sexual Ethics
Staci Sprout, LICSW, CSAT http://survivorship.org/webinars.html

upcoming webinar:
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Dr. Wanda Karriker
“The aftereffects of extreme child abuse and the resiliency of the human spirit.” http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

Ritual Abuse And Extreme Abuse Clinician’s Conference August 2012 in Connecticut  http://goo.gl/xMllN

The 15th Annual Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse Conference
August 10 – 12, 2012 http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

news items – domestic violence, stalking, forced prostitution, MPD and crime, Catholic church

There have been several media articles and TV shows exposing crimes against women and children.  These include the DOJ Director discussing domestic violence, stalking and rape, a CNBC show on human trafficking, forced prostitution and slave labor,  information about MPD (DID) and crime and serial pedophiles in Major League Baseball and the Catholic Church.

DOJ Director on Violence Against Women in the United States

….I interviewed Susan B. Carbon, Director of the United States Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

One in every four women and one in every seven men have experienced severe physical violence by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend.[1] Stalkers victimize approximately 5.2 million women and 1.4 million men each year in the U.S, with domestic violence-related stalking the most common type of stalking and often the most dangerous.[2] One in ten 9th-12th grade students were physically hurt on purpose by a boyfriend or girlfriend in 2009 alone.[3] One in five women and one in 71 men have been raped in their lifetimes, and nearly 1.3 million women in the U.S. are raped every year.[4]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rahimkanani/2012/03/08/doj-director-on-violence-against-women-in-the-united-states

Crime Inc. – Human Trafficking – Forced Prostitution. Slave Labor. CNBC.

From prostitution to slave labor, human trafficking is a booming business. This $32 billion dollar underground industry knows no moral bounds, stretching around the globe.

Sex Trade
The Commercial sex trade is a thriving business and you don’t have to go far to find its victims. In Tijuana, just across the California/Mexico border, many girls are forced into prostitution. http://www.cnbc.com/id/42490340

The High-Dollar Trade in American Girls http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000023572

Milwaukee woman charged with cutting fetus from mother has multiple personality disorder, report says – By Bruce Vielmetti  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 03/08/2012

MILWAUKEE – The woman charged with cutting the late-term fetus from a young mother, with hopes of passing the baby off as her own, suffers from a multiple personality disorder, according to the report of a new mental exam.
http://www.twincities.com/wisconsin/ci_20134741/milwaukee-woman-charged-cutting-fetus-from-mother-has

2 Children Found Living In Bus In Splendora, Tex
03/8/2012

SPLENDORA, Texas (Associated Press) — Two children who were found living in a stench-filled abandoned school bus near Houston, its windows blocked and the lot around it covered in trash, are in the custody of Texas child welfare workers, officials said Thursday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/2-children-live-in-bus_n_1333251.html

2 former Orioles batboys say they were abused by former Red Sox clubhouse manager By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun March 5, 2012….

The Boston Globe reported that a total of 21 individuals have come forward to make claims spanning decades, and the newspaper called it the “worst sexual abuse scandal in Major League Baseball history.”….

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-ci-batboy-sex-abuse-20120305,0,2438664.story

The Archbishop of Dublin challenges the Church – 60 Minutes – CBS News
March 4, 2012
The Dublin archdiocese refused to turn over records on priests who abused children, that is until Diarmuid Martin became archbishop. Bob Simon reports.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7400874n

transcript:

The Archbishop of Dublin challenges the Church – CBS News
March 4, 2012
(CBS News)

….The documents revealed that one priest admitted abusing over a hundred children. Another said he abused children twice a month for 25 years. Archbishop Martin believes thousands of children suffered similar fates.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57390125/

The Archbishop of Dublin challenges the Church – 60 Minutes – CBS News
March 4, 2012
The Dublin archdiocese refused to turn over records on priests who abused children, that is until Diarmuid Martin became archbishop. Bob Simon reports.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7400874n

Survivorship Professional Webinar
Sexual Ethics
Saturday, March 31, 2012
CEUs available
http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

Survivorship Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse May 2012 Conference – Our Healing Journey: Past, Present, Future
http://survivorship.org/2012conference.html

A conference to help survivors of severe child abuse (ritual abuse) and torture will be held on August 10  – 12, 2012
http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

Survivorship Professional Webinar – Sexual Ethics – March 31, 2012

PROFESSIONAL WEBINAR

Now offering ethics requirements as well as CEUs

Not only can we offer you CEUs. (through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences which covers Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT); Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW); Licensed Educational Psychologists (LEP); Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors (LPCC); MFT Interns (IMF); Associate Clinical Social Workers (ASW); and Professional Clinical Counselor Interns (PCCI) in the State of California) you will also be able to use this as an ethics requirement under your licensure.

Upcoming Professional Webinar:

Sexual Ethics

Saturday, March 31, 2012
noon Pacific Time (3 hours)

PRESENTER

 Staci Sprout, LICSW, CSAT, has 16 years of post-graduate experience as a psychotherapist and social worker in clinical practice, community mental health, hospitals, nursing homes, and public health.  For the last five years her practice has focused almost exclusively as an individual, group and couples therapist working with adults in recovery from sexual and related addictions, at revolution psychotherapy.  She completed the HARE Psychopathy training in 2008 and has conducted forensic evaluations for adults accused of sexual crimes.  As a therapy client and addict herself with over 20 years of successful personal recovery, Staci brings a compassionate and direct approach to the complex topic of sexual ethics.  She can be reached via http://www.stacisprout.com.

WEBINAR SUMMARY

 This webinar is designed to raise awareness about key ethical sexual issues facing helping professionals today.  Offered are practical tools to enhance treatment of sexual issues, an ethical decision-making model that examines real challenges, guidance on when to refer, consideration of ethnic and cultural issues, information about less obvious yet important sexual boundary issues in the helping relationship, and a case study presentation of sexual challenges in a clinical setting transforming and resolving over time.

• ETHICAL STATEMENT:  Receive a sample personal ethics statement, as a starting point for your practice or organization, that addresses sexual issues

• ETHICAL CHOICES:  Learn a working model of ethical decision-making called “The Five Stars of Ethical Excellence” to assist in deliberation of even the most challenging ethical/liability dilemmas, applied to several real challenges facing clinicians today
• EMPOWERMENT:  Learn a practical, dynamic tool that includes a vision of sexual health to assists clients in discerning their sexual behavior and values, and then explore them more deeply over time.  This tool is called “The Four Pillars of Sexual Integrity”
• SCOPE OF PRACTICE ISSUES:  Receive clear guidance on when to refer to sexual specialists, including Certified Sex Therapists (CST), LGBTQ Specialists, and Certified Sexual Addictions Therapists (CSAT), and/or Sex Offender Treatment Providers (SOTP).

 

REGISTRATION

Registration closes the Thursday evening before the webinar

 

To reserve a space in the webinar, e-mail Shamai at shamai@survivorship.org  and give her this information:

1. Your name

2. The webinar you wish to attend (Sexual Ethics)

3. Amount and method of payment  (check, PayPal, money order)

4. Your preferred e-mail address (so we can send you instructions)

5. Whether you require CEU’s and for which discipline/licence number

You will receive a confirmation email immediately and an invitation link and instructions after the registration closes

COST

Professional Webinars are $50 and include CEUs upon request.

The PayPal button is near the bottom of the page at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you wish to pay by check please send it to: Survivorship, Family Justice Center, 470 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612.

Complete details on all our webinars are at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Shamai@survivorship.org

News Items – Powell family tragedy, Miramonte Elementary, physical abuse and somatic symptoms

This week there were many new articles about child abuse and trauma crimes. These include the Powell family tragedy and the Miramonte Elementary School cases.  A new research study is showing the association between physical abuse and psychosomatic symptoms. There are additional opportunities for clinicians and non-clinicians to learn about trauma and its prevention through books, webinars and conferences.

Physically Abused Children Report Higher Levels of Psychosomatic Symptoms – ScienceDaily
“Our study demonstrates a clear association between high levels of psychosomatic symptoms and an increased risk of physical abuse” says Professor Janson. “The association was even stronger in abused children who also witnessed intimate partner violence at home.
http://goo.gl/BiFnz

Multiple psychosomatic symptoms can indicate child physical abuse – results from a study of Swedish schoolchildren
Carolina Jernbro, Birgitta Svensson, Ylva Tindberg, Staffan Janson
Acta Paediatrica Volume 101, Issue 3, pages 324–329, March 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02518.
http://goo.gl/CfhN8
full article
http://goo.gl/5cXmp

Abusers Target Impoverished Schools Feb 10, 2012
LOS ANGELES – The horrors alleged at Miramonte Elementary School echo previous cases of sexual abuse: vulnerable children, plied with attention and gifts and groomed to trust adult predators….Ellen Greenwald, a University of Texas-Dallas psychologist, says kids who are victims of sex abuse often fear that going to adults will get them in more trouble and that no one will believe them, or that adults will blame them.  http://goo.gl/UTIZ3

Miramonte teacher was paid $40,000 to drop dismissal challenge
LAUSD says it paid Mark Berndt to settle his challenge because it was blocked from investigating and defending its firing of the Miramonte Elementary teacher accused of sexually abusing students.
By Howard Blume, Angel Jennings and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
February 10, 2012
http://goo.gl/J5iBs

Serial killer John Wayne Gacy had accomplices, lawyers say
By James Eng, msnbc.com  2/10/12
http://goo.gl/GCKLM 

West Memphis 3 judge speaks after 18 years
Feb 10, 2012 By Janice Broach
MEMPHIS, TN –      (WMC-TV)  “Frankly, everything I did was affirmed by the Arkansas Supreme Court,” Burnett said. http://goo.gl/45VS7

Josh Powell Told Sons He Had ‘Surprise’ For Them, Social Worker By CHRIS CUOMO, HARRY PHILLIPS and COLLEEN CURRY
TACOMA, Wash. Feb. 9, 2012
http://goo.gl/mStqi

Josh Powell Threatened His Mother With Knife, ’90s-Era Court Documents Allege
http://goo.gl/cWp7k

Powell Family Tragedy: A Timeline of Events
http://goo.gl/llep6

Josh Powell Update: Documents report Powell killed pets, threatened mother with knife as a teen      By Crimesider Staff February 13, 2012  (CBS) PUYALLUP, Wash. http://goo.gl/n4U8Y

Powell’s story: cruelty, abuse from an early age February 10, 2012

Long before Josh Powell killed himself and his sons, the pages of his parents’ divorce file portrayed him as a seriously troubled teen who attempted suicide, killed pet gerbils, once threatened his mother with a butcher knife and early on adopted his father’s allegedly disparaging view of women.

As an adult, Powell appears to have repeated in his own marriage to Susan Cox Powell some of the same emotionally abusive behavior he witnessed growing up
http://goo.gl/TL0GM

Father-in-law dragged deeper into Powell saga
Feb 10, 2012 By GENE JOHNSON and MIKE BAKER
Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)
He is now in jail on voyeurism and child pornography charges – and on suicide watch.  http://goo.gl/MC5nS

Charlie and Braden Powell: Family, Teachers Remember Powell Boys At Tacoma Funeral By RACHEL LA CORTE   02/12/12 TACOMA, Wash. http://goo.gl/equZp

Confession, Not Prosecution, For Bishop Who Let Alleged Abusive Priest Off the Hook http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/11/16/confession-not-prosecution-for-bishop-who-let-alleged-abusive-priest-off-the-hook/

Big sexual abuse racket suspected at orphanage
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI, February 13, 2012  http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2887862.ece

Wellspring of Compassion- Self-Care for Sensitive People Healing from Trauma by Sonia Connolly
Sundown Healing Arts ISBN: 9780983903802 2012

Sonia Connolly, LMT helps sensitive trauma survivors regain self-trust and peace through intuitive, compassionate bodywork in Portland, Oregon. Her writing about trauma is inspired by twelve years of client sessions and twenty years of self-observation while healing from abuse. http://goo.gl/vUuJg

upcoming webinar and conference on abuse issues
Survivorship  – Saturday, February 25  – 12 pm Pacific Time
“Resourcefulness as a survival tool. Drawing on both internal and external resources” http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

Survivorship Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse 2012 Conference – On May 19 – 20, 2012
Executive Inn & Suite  1755 Embaracadero  Oakland, CA 94606 http://www.survivorship.org/2012conference.html

Ritual Abuse And Extreme Abuse Clinician’s Conference 2012 http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/ritual-abuse-and-extreme-abuse-clinicians-conference-2012/

A conference to help survivors of severe child abuse (ritual abuse) and torture will be held on August 10  – 12, 2012 http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

Survivorship Ritual Abuse Webinars for Clinicians and Survivors

Survivorship is pleased to announce a new webinar series for professionals beginning this October. We intend to provide webinars on a regular basis and are currently in the process of applying for CEs. Our speakers are trained professionals in the field with many years of experience both in the practical aspect of working with survivors of Ritual Abuse and Mind Control as well as having been speakers at professional conferences in the past.

Upcoming Professional Webinar:
Saturday, October 8, 2011
noon Pacific Time
Moving through Ritual Abuse and Mind Control
Presenter: Ginny Fouts, LPC, LMFT

Ginny Fouts, LPC, LMFT, is founder of Innovative Therapies LLC. Mrs. Fouts has worked in the mental health field for 30 years in a variety of settings.  She  has experience helping individuals, couples, adolescents and groups, along with a wide-range of training working with those who have experienced severe trauma.  Over the years she has seen counseling bring healing to many lives and relationships.

The webinar focus will be on how to recognize the signs for these types of traumas and different ways of healing.  We will talk about the different types of programs and how not to get bogged down in the labyrinth of details.  Ginny will discuss some of the different levels of programming so you will recognize in the early stages what levels, as a therapist, to look for and how to know you are making progress.   

Upcoming Professional Webinars
In November Staci Sprout will begin the first in a series of Sexual Ethics Workshops. These Webinars will have CE’s attached. Please do let us know if you would like to be added to the email list for upcoming professional webinars.

Upcoming Webinar (for survivors and professionals):
Saturday, September 17
noon Pacific Time
Memory & Survivors
Presenter: Alikina
Most survivors have questions about their memory processes at some time: ‘is it true, did it happen?’ or ‘why can’t I remember?’, or even ‘why do I keep having intrusive memories?’  As we heal, we also become aware of times when our memories seem different than how we’ve been lead to believe ‘normal’ memory works.  We feel like we forget too much, or we have nearly perfect memories.  Often questions about memories of abuse are addressed in therapy, groups, books, etc; but questions about the everyday workings of memory, and how abuse may be affecting our brain function, stay unanswered.  This webinar will primarily focus on what current psychological science knows about basic memory processes, as well as issues unique to the survivor community, learning styles and how they affect memory, tricks to assist remembering, and plenty of Q & A time.

Alikina is a survivor of severe abuse and a current grad-school student halfway through her Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling.  She has presented articles and webinars for Survivorship in the past.  She has worked with abuse survivors through community support organizations and been in therapy as both the client and the therapist, and plans to work with abuse and trauma survivors as her career path.

REGISTRATION
Registration closes the Thursday evening before the webinar

To reserve a space in the webinar, e-mail Shamai at shamai@survivorship.org   and give her this information:

1. Your name
2. The webinar you wish to attend
3. Amount and method of payment  (check, PayPal, money order)
4. Your preferred e-mail address (so we can send you instructions)
5. The name you will be using for the webinar. (This does not have to be your real name or your message board screen name.)

You will receive a confirmation email immediately and a guide and instructions after the registration closes

COST
Professional Webinars are $50, which will include CEs when they are available.
All other webinars are on a sliding scale from $50.00 to full scholarship.
The PayPal button is near the bottom of the page at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you wish to pay by check please send it to: Survivorship, Family Justice Center, 470 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612.

FUTURE WEBINARS (survivors and professionals)
Saturday, October 15
10 am Pacific Time (please note change of time)
Neil Brick
“Educating Others about Ritual Abuse”
Neil Brick is a survivor of ritual abuse. He founded S.M.A.R.T.
( http://ritualabuse.us ) a ritual abuse educational research resource with a ritual abuse newsletter and annual conferences. He is a member of the Survivorship Board of Directors. He is an advocate for getting the truth about ritual abuse out to the general public.

The webinar focus will be on how survivors can safely empower themselves by getting the truth out about the reality of ritual abuse to other child abuse survivors and the general public. Different ways of reaching the public and the media will be discussed.

PAST WEBINARS
Survivorship members may listen to past webinars in the members’ section.
For information on joining Survivorship, go to http://www.survivorship.org/about/membership.html

Complete details on all our webinars are at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Shamai@survivorship.org

Survivorship Ritual Abuse webinars – Journaling: Going Beyond the Book

Survivorship Ritual Abuse webinars – Journaling: Going Beyond the Book

Upcoming Webinar:

Saturday, August 27, 2011
noon Pacific Time

Flower
“Journaling: Going Beyond the Book”

Do you have a narrow view of journaling? Are you under the impression that there is only “one right way” to do it? Does the thought of journaling bore you to tears? Is it something you feel you need to do, but you have no idea where or how to start? Come to this Webinar and get some ideas for journaling that go beyond the traditional “book” idea.
Abigail, aka Flower, has done different types of journaling over the years and she would love to share with you some of the different things she has tried. Who knows? Perhaps you will find something that appeals to you!

Flower grew up in a generational SRA cult family, but was unaware of that until much later in life. She is a long time member of Survivorship and has done one other Webinar: How a Non-Artist Uses Art for Healing. She has a strong faith in her Creator and has known Yeshua/Jesus since she was a small child, which is reflected in her healing journey and many of her writings. One of her hobbies is taking photos and combining them with encouraging words.

Her love of writing is reflected in poetry, private journaling, and several blogs. One blog focuses specifically on her thoughts as a survivor and in another, she shares a lot of the artwork she has done as part of her healing journey (including the pieces she shared in her Webinar). In a third one, she is starting to put up her poetry. She also juggles being a wife and home educating mom.

REGISTRATION
Registration closes Thursday evening August 25, 2011

To reserve a space in the webinar, e-mail Shamai at shamai@survivorship.org  and give her this information:

1.Your name
2. The webinar you wish to attend: “Journaling: Going Beyond the Book”
3. Amount and method of payment  (check, PayPal, money order)
4. Your preferred e-mail address (so we can send you instructions)
5. The name you will be using for the webinar. (This does not have to be your real name or your message board screen name.)

You will receive a confirmation email immediately and a guide and instructions after the registration closes

COST
Webinars are on a sliding scale from $50.00 to full scholarship (Please remember to factor in the cost of the telephone call.)

The PayPal button is near the bottom of the page at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you wish to pay by check please send it to: Survivorship, Family Justice Center, 470 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612.

FUTURE WEBINARS
Saturday, September 17
noon Pacific Time
Memory & Survivors
Presenter: Alikina

Most survivors have questions about their memory processes at some time: ‘is it true, did it happen?’ or ‘why can’t I remember?’, or even ‘why do I keep having intrusive memories?’.  As we heal, we also become aware of times when our memories seem different than how we’ve been lead to believe ‘normal’ memory works.  We feel like we forget too much, or we have nearly perfect memories.  Often questions about memories of abuse are addressed in therapy, groups, books, etc; but questions about the everyday workings of memory, and how abuse may be affecting our brain function, stay unanswered.

This webinar will primarily focus on what current psychological science knows about basic memory processes, as well as issues unique to the survivor community, learning styles and how they affect memory, tricks to assist remembering, and plenty of Q & A time.

Alikina is a survivor of severe abuse and a current grad-school student halfway through her Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling.  She has presented articles and webinars for Survivorship in the past.  She has worked with abuse survivors through community support organizations and been in therapy as both the client and the therapist, and plans to work with abuse and trauma survivors as her career path.

Saturday, October 16
10 am Pacific Time (please note change of time)

Neil Brick
“Educating Others about Ritual Abuse”

Neil Brick is a survivor of ritual abuse. He founded S.M.A.R.T.  ( http://ritualabuse.us ) a ritual abuse educational research resource with a ritual abuse newsletter and annual conferences. He is a member of the Survivorship Board of Directors. He is an advocate for getting the truth about ritual abuse out to the general public.

The webinar focus will be on how survivors can safely empower themselves by getting the truth out about the reality of ritual abuse to other child abuse survivors and the general public. Different ways of reaching the public and the media will be discussed.

PAST WEBINARS
Survivorship members may listen to past webinars in the members’ section.
For information on joining Survivorship, go to http://www.survivorship.org/about/membership.html

Complete details on all our webinars are at http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Shamai@survivorship.org

news items – Parental Alienation Syndrome, DSM-5, extreme abuse, DID/MPD, child abuse

This week  there have been several new articles on Parental Alienation Syndrome and those fighing its inclusion in the DSM-5, new papers and resources on extreme abuse as well as  older articles on the neurobiological effects of DID/MPD and child abuse.

“Parental Alienation Syndrome:” Another Alarming DSM-5 Proposal
Using a medicalizing label to mask child sexual abuse
by Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D. in Science Isn’t Golden http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-isnt-golden/201106/parental-alienation-syndrome-another-alarming-dsm-5-proposal   http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/pas/1.html Parental Alienation Syndrome

Survivorship Ritual Abuse Webinars – Inner Structures and Self Care     Saturday, June 25      http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html

Organised Abuse and Testimonial Legitimacy
full paper at http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/7372/1/Salter_ANZCCC2010.pdf

IMPORTANT DSM-V input needed by June 15
The APA is allowing comments on the criterion of Dissociative Identity Disorder and the newly proposed diagnoses of Parental Alienation Disorder and Developmental Trauma Disorder until June 15.

Home page: http://www.dsm5.org/Pages/Default.aspx   http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevision/Pages/DissociativeDisorders.aspx

Dissociative Identity Disorder http://www.dsm5.org/ProposedRevision/Pages/proposedrevision.aspx?rid=57

research information on DID: http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=Dissociative_Identity_Disorder
http://www.dsm5.org/proposedrevision/Pages/Conditions-Proposed-by-Outside-Sources.aspx
Parental Alienation Disorder
Developmental Trauma Disorder

Developmental Trauma Disorder http://www.traumacenter.org/products/pdf_files/preprint_dev_trauma_disorder.pdf

Parental Alienation Disorder: Why Label Children with a Mental Diagnosis?” http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/15379418.2010.521041
full article web page until 12/31/11 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section?content=a930160339&fulltext=713240928

Documentation of Child Abuse and Dissociation in DID/MPD
Alter Personality Physiological Differences in MPD child abuse wiki – DID

Objective Documentation of Child Abuse and Dissociation in 12 Murderers With Dissociative Identity Disorder http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/154/12/1703

Visual function in multiple personality disorder ttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8888853

Optical differences in cases of multiple personality disorder. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2760599

Optical differences in multiple personality disorder. A second look. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1997659

Differential autonomic nervous system activity in multiple personality disorder. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2333357

The psychophysiological investigation of multiple personality disorder: review and update. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1442640

Brain mapping in a case of multiple personality. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2225470

Multiple personality disorder. A clinical investigation of 50 cases. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3418321

An examination of the diagnostic validity of dissociative identity disorder. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11413868
full text http://leadershipcouncil.org/docs/gleaves2001.pdf

Hippocampal and Amygdalar Volumes in Dissociative Identity Disorder http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/163/4/630
full text http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/163/4/630

The neurobiological consequences of early stress and childhood maltreatment http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763403000071

Dr. Martin H. Teicher – Recent findings regarding brain development and childhood abuse/adversity https://drteicher.wordpress.com/ https://drteicher.wordpress.com/2010/11/
Keynote: Pierre Janet memorial lecture ISSTD
Does Child Abuse Permanently Alter the Brain?
Martin H. Teicher, M.D., Ph.D. (PowerPoint)

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
New York Academy of Sciences June 1997
Volume 821 Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, The Pages xi–xv, 1–548 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.1997.821.issue-1/issuetoc
includes:
Psychobiological Effects of Sexual Abuse : A Longitudinal Study (pages 150–159)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48276.x

Preliminary Evidence for Abnormal Cortical Development in Physically and Sexually Abused Children Using EEG Coherence and MRI (pages 160–175)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48277.x

Implicit and Explicit Memory for Trauma-Related Information in PTSD (pages 219–224) RICHARD J. MCNALLY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48281.x

Trauma, Dissociation, and Memory (pages 225–237)
DAVID SPIEGEL DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48282.x

Valerie Sinason, Director CDS– Valerie Sinason is a poet, writer, child psychotherapist and adult psychoanalyst.http://valeriesinason.co.uk/index.html

The Clinic for Dissociative Studies http://clinicds.com/

Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice Using an Attachment Perspective– 18-19th June and 2-3rd July  2011, Summer course in collaboration with The Bowlby Centre  http://clinicds.com/news.html  http://clinicds.com/resources/bowlby+2011+perfect++with+phil+.gif

Introduction chapter from “Attachment Trauma and Multiplicity” by Valerie Sinason– DID and Ritual Abuse http://clinicfordissociativestudies.com/short%20att%20tram%20mult%20Introduction%20for%20web.htm

Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse

Sinason, V. Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse Routledge, New York 1994 ISBN 0-415-10543-9 Attachment, Trauma and Multiplicity Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder Valerie Sinason (editor)(2002) Brunner-Routledge, Hove, East Sussex, UK ISBN: 041519556X  http://www.routledgementalhealth.com/attachment-trauma-and-multiplicity-9780415491815

Johns, M. (1998) Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse. Edited by Valerie Sinason. London: Routledge 1994. Pp. 320 International Journal of Psycho-Analysis Volume 79 p. 1255-1258  http://www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=IJP.079.1255A

Black, D. M. (Autumn 1995). “Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse edited by Valerie Sinason”. British Journal of Psychotherapy  12 (1): 119-131.http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119961579/abstract

Review of Treating Survivors of Satanist Abuse edited by Valerie Sinason  http://web.archive.org/web/20060925195442/http://www.sosa.org/treating.html

Survivorship Ritual Abuse Webinars – Inner Structures and Self Care

Survivorship Ritual Abuse Webinars – Inner Structures and Self Care

OUR NEXT WEBINAR
Saturday, June 25

12 noon Pacific Time
Trish Fotheringham
“Inner Structures – Settle In and Get Comfortable: Part 2.”

Trish was born into a female-only matriarchal healing cult and an ancient patriarchal family clan who were connected to a variety of organized crime groups, including a group of wealthy political elite and their child pornography rings and child sex slave trafficking network. She is a 50-year-old Canadian Survivor of extreme abuse and trauma that included MKUltra-style ritual abuse, torture, mind control, and experimentation.

This webinar will continue with the material Trish presented on March 26, but in greater depth. The focus will be on safely creating, adapting, and demolishing inner structures. There will be plenty of time for questions. If you did not attend the first webinar, we suggest that you listen to the transcript on the Survivorship website.

If you plan to attend this webinar, you may send
questions or suggestions to jeannie@survivorship.org
Trish will incorporate them into her webinar whenever possible.

COST
Last year, Webinars cost $20.00. Now we have changed to a sliding scale so that each person can pay what they are able to. The scale starts at $50.00 and, in $5.00 increments, goes down to $0.00 (full scholarship). There is no longer any need to request a full or partial scholarship — you make the decision yourself. (Please factor in the cost of a telephone call to the East Coast.)

We do ask you, if you have a full or partial scholarship, to help publicize our Webinar series.

REGISTRATION
To reserve a space in the Webinar, e-mail Shamai at
shamai@survivorship.org  and give her this information:

1. Your name
2. The Webinar you wish to attend: “Inner Structures – Settle In and Get Comfortable: Part 2” on June 25 and/or one Lily Field’s webinars on July 30
3. Amount and method of payment (check, PayPal, money order)
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A reminder that our webinars are open to all, not just Survivorship members.

FUTURE WEBINARS
Saturday, July 30
noon Pacific Time
Lily Fields

“From Self-Preservation to Self-Celebration – Self Care for Ritual Abuse Survivors.”
Lily Fields, a survivor of ritual abuse and government-sponsored mind control projects, is a 28-year-old psychology student and musician. She has worked with Randy Noblitt in educating students at Alliant University and maintains a commitment to speaking the truth and empowering other survivors as well as herself.

The webinar focus will be on basic self-care information — such as nutrition, hygiene, and body care — with special tips and thoughts for survivors of ritual abuse, as well as on regaining/reclaiming self-care skills we may have discarded along with the abusive situations. Questions are welcome, so if you think of any beforehand, please email jeannie@survivorship.org  to have Lily’s address them during the webinar!

PAST WEBINARS
Survivorship members may listen to past Webinars for free in the members’ section. (For information on joining Survivorship, go to
http://www.survivorship.org/about/membership.html

Complete details on all our Webinars are at
http://www.survivorship.org/webinars.html