Mar 20, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Sex Abuse
Gaslighting is abuse. It is an act of violence, be it domestic violence, workplace, or elsewhere. It is a manipulation of the other’s reality. I call it murder of the psyche. They were in the living room sharing the couch. He was snorting coke and smoking weed. She...
Mar 15, 2019 | Feature, news, Sex Abuse
Plenty of charismatic, respected people have been accused of sexually abusing children in the last few years. Larry Nassar, Catholic diocese across the world, the Southern Baptists, to name a few. And now that a documentary about Michael Jackson’s sexual abuse...
Mar 11, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, news, Trauma: Prevention
NEWBURGH – Mothers with painful pasts are sounding the alarm about new York state’s domestic violence laws, – claiming that far too often violent batterers are awarded child custody with potential deadly consequences. In ‘No Way Out,’ a...
Mar 11, 2019 | Custody Court Crisis, Feature, Texas, Trauma: Prevention
Dear Texas Legislators, Thank you for considering the Safe Child Act. I wish I could adequately convey to you what this legislation means. Day after painful day I hear stories about child murders and unspeakable suffering because our courts do not use current...
Mar 7, 2019 | Feature, Sex Abuse, Trauma: Prevention
New York’s enactment of the Child Victims Act is an extraordinary achievement which has unleashed long-denied demands for accountability. Since the new law allows previously lapsed claims to be filed in court, the next issue for victims and survivors is how to access...
