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Link – Top 10 Misguided Perceptions of Therapy
This is something I’ve seen many struggle with. They give up on therapy because it isn’t what they expected, but their expectations were not matched to the reality of what therapy is designed to do. If you’ve given up, take a look at Christine’s list of misguided perceptions and see if any apply to your…
Guardian Private Prison Rape Article
The Guardian is running a blog series on American prisons. The most recent entry tackled prison rape in private facilities and discussed one ex-con’s fight for full disclosure on sexual assault statistics using his minority shareholding. That article is here and the link for the whole series to date is here.
Link – North Dakota has too few psychiatrists. Telemedicine is helping
In 2019, it would seem that we should be putting technology to use in these types of situations, doesn’t it? “In mostly rural states like North Dakota, the nationwide shortage of psychiatrists feels particularly acute.” I’m not 100% sold that online sessions with a psychiatrist would be an exact replacement for everything you would get…
Link – Why All Churches Should Address Mental Health
“The reality is that my life was infected with the burden of depression and anxiety, and the only places I could find reliable information from were not churches in my local area. Why? Because mental illness wasn’t really talked about. I felt as if all the “Christian” resources were outdated and really didn’t address the…
Review: A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard (US, 2011)
The story is very familiar and has been widely covered by television news and documentary teams across the world; Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped aged 11 in 1991 and only returns in 2009 with her children. After missing multiple chances to catch her kidnapper, the father of her children, and his wife, they are picked…
Sharing – Designed to Be Kind: Why We Are More Social Than Selfish
As abuse survivors, it might be difficult to believe that most people actually want to be kind, and want to connect to other people. It wasn’t our experience growing up, and let’s face it, better safe than sorry, right? Why trust anyone?
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Pleasant Valley grad helps put her sexually abusive father… …
RT @SurvivorNetwork: This Week’s Links (weekly): Pleasant Valley grad helps put her sexually abusive father… …
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