“The capacity for dissociation enables the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need for attachment in spite of the fact that… — Warwick Middleton Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33 TAT: I want to move back to an area that I'm not real comfortable asking you… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“A person raised in a healthy family is equipped to live a confident and independent life; someone from an unhealthy family is… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Davenport stood in the middle of it with her arms out from her sides, her fingers spread as the creek churned around… — Yovanoff, Brenna Copy Share Image
“Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement, and the branches are control.” — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“In the 1890s, when Freud was in the dawn of his career, he was struck by how many of his female patients… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Many neglected and abused children grow up to be adults who are afraid to take risks of striking out on their own.… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“Having DID is, for many people, a very lonely thing. If this book reaches some people whose experiences resonate with mine and… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“I am done looking for love where it doesn’t exist. I am done coughing up dust in attempts to drink from dry… — Maggie Young Copy Share Image
“But for a mother who was submissive to the degree my mother was, it was OK to kill girls. For a father… — Souad Copy Share Image
“In this climate of profoundly disrupted relationships the child faces a formidable developmental task. She must find a way to form primary… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“The little girl's dependency on her father made [his] abuse more insidious.” — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
“Janna knew - Rikki knew — and I knew, too — that becoming Dr Cameron West wouldn't make me feel a damn… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“We are all born same, we are completely cute, innocent, sweet, and we need that reflection of ourselves as little human beings… — Anneke Lucas Copy Share Image
“Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33 Freyd: The term "multiple personality" itself assumes that there is "single personality" and there is evidence… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Jo tried to think about her suspicion that Lynn liked her. She figured that Lynn was nice to her because she was… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
“The abuser does not believe, however, that his level of authority over the children should be in any way connected to his… — Lundy Bancroft Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“It is important to note that research has shown that men who have abusive mothers do not tend to develop especially negative… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“More than one personality was created in the hope of being the daughter Nancy could consistently love. More than one new personality… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Abusive relationships exist because they provide enough rations of warmth, laughter, and affection to clutch onto like a security blanket in the… — Maggie Young Copy Share Image
“Nancy was as proud as she was critical of her younger daughter. She spoke glowingly about the precocious little girl who said… — Joan Frances Casey Copy Share Image
