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I was born to a young single mom. My biological father was a married man with seven children who had presented himself as a single man. When I was five, my mother married Frank, who had a drinking issue. Frank was abusive and sadistic. The abuse started immediately. Frank was unemployed when I was about […]

Nothing was great about school. Or home. My parents did not get along. They fought all the time. The constant bullying started in kindergarten. I was a gifted, chubby kid and my classmates made fun of how smart I was. They would shoot staples from mechanical pencils and aim them at my eyes, saying. You’re […]

Did you know that 1 in 5 women is a target of sexual assault while in college? It is no understatement that sexual assault continues to be a very serious issue at every single college and university campus in Ontario, Canada. One woman in five experiences sexual assault while attending a post-secondary institution. A 2015 […]

The girls – now women – who have come forth to tell their story of survival are now living from a sense of purpose. They are changing their life stories. Taking the bad things that happened in their young lives and reinterpreting, rewriting their personal narratives in a more positive frame. In doing so, they […]

It takes a long time to start the healing process. I will never heal. There are pieces from me that can never be put back together. ~ Virginia Roberts Giuffre, victim of Jeffrey Epstein from age 16   I understand that a victim of sexual abuse would feel this way. Even after years of traditional […]

Sexual abuse of girls and boys results in long-term psychological trauma. And I can tell you that, unless treated, the emotional scars can last a lifetime. My clients include women who in their child or teen years were sexually molested or initiated into sex games by their father, an older sibling or relative, neighbor or […]

My friend “Emily” – a friend from university days – was visiting this past weekend. It was way past midnight. We had been talking for hours. And we were on our second or third glass of wine. She asked what I was up to these days. When I mentioned that I was writing this series […]