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My Friend Abuses His Wife! How Can I Help? (pt 2)
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Why Children Don’t Tell About Sexual Abuse (Part 5: They’re Ashamed)
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tags: CA
Is it Sadness or Depression? 10 Questions to Ask Yourself
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Jimmy McGovern is an acclaimed British TV screenwriter. His newest series Accused was co-written with other newer writers for each of its six episodes. The show always starts on the morning that a criminal is about to be sentenced and in flashback we learn the motive for the crime (usually murder, with occasional previous crimes)….
The reality is people with addiction are still people. As are child abuse survivors, those dealing with mental health issues, people in prison, and on and on. Unfortunately, in our rush to convince ourselves that these “bad” things would never happen to us, or our family, we dehumanize the people who do have these “bad”…
“Her life isn’t perfect, and trust will probably never come easy. But the mother of three is not ashamed of what happened to her, and she doesn’t want others to ignore what happened to them or be afraid to speak up. “You discover your character,” she said. “You find out who the hell you are.””…
William Goad is Britain’s worst paedophile to be caught and convicted, having attacked 3000 children and having kept score year on year like it was sport and having boasted about attacking 282 kids in one year at his peak of offending. A petition has been raised online which is viewed by the staff of British…
I love this description of therapy because this is what it really is – If it wasn’t for a close friend of mine that encouraged the idea of therapy. I would have never developed the courage and self-awareness to enter therapy. Therapy gave me the tools and techniques to live a more confident and emotionally…