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Legal and Ethical Dilemmas for Psychotherapists in Making Reports to Child Protection and Law Enforcement of Suspected Child Abuse within Ritual Abuse and the Production of Child Rape and Torture Materials

By Dr. Lacter
In Fighting for Survivors
April 12, 2018
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In most states in the USA and in many other countries worldwide, psychotherapists, other health practitioners, educators, childcare providers, and others who interface with children, are mandated to make suspected child abuse reports (SCARs) to child protective services (CPS) and law enforcement (LE) when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child, that is, a person under 18 years of age...

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Guidelines to Differential Diagnosis between Schizophrenia and Ritual Abuse/Mind Control Traumatic Stress

By Dr. Lacter
In Indicators of Ritual Abuse
March 19, 2018
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I am happy to now be able to make available on my website (via .pdf file at the below link) an expert validation study that I conducted with psychiatrist, Karl Lehman, MD, and the guidelines that we developed based on our research. DOWNLOAD pdf: Guidelines to Differential Diagnosis between Schizophrenia and Ritual Abuse/Mind Control Traumatic Stress It was first published in 2008 as a chapter in...

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For Those Who Condemn Themselves for Acts Coerced Under Torture

By Dr. Lacter
In Fighting for Survivors
October 15, 2017
39 Min read
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Introduction One of the most disturbing horrors described by survivors of extreme child abuse is having been subjected to torture to coerce them, while being tortured, to harm or kill other victims. Many survivors describe clear memories of first being subjected to this form of abuse as young children. The subsequent moral injury is devastating. For the purposes of this article, the term...

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Legal and Ethical Dilemmas for Psychotherapists in Making Reports to Child Protection and Law Enforcement of Suspected Ritual Abuse of Children or Dependent Adults

By Dr. Lacter
In Fighting for Survivors
April 30, 2017
59 Min read
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This page was updated by Dr. Lacter on April 12, 2018. The update can be found here: Legal and Ethical Dilemmas for Psychotherapists in Making Reports to Child Protection and Law Enforcement of Suspected Child Abuse within Ritual Abuse and the Production of Child Rape and Torture Materials Psychotherapists face many legal and ethical dilemmas when making reports of suspected ritual abuse, or...

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Hypnotism by G.H. Estabrooks

By Dr. Lacter
In What is Ritual Abuse?
April 25, 2017
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From Hypnotism, by G.H. Estabrooks, 1943, 1957 Paperback published in New York by E.P. Dutton Reproduced here by permission of Dutton. Chapter IX: Hypnotism in Warfare (pages 193 to 213) This chapter is not taken from a mystery novel. The facts and the ideas presented are, so to speak, too true to be good, but no psychologist of standing would deny the validity of the basic ideas involved. He...

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Empirical and Forensic Evidence of Ritual Abuse

By James Randall Noblitt, Pamela Perskin Noblitt
In Evidence of Ritual Abuse
April 24, 2017
69 Min read
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Personal Introduction by Ellen Lacter, Ph.D. (Not included in the Noblitt’s work) I am very excited to be able to be able to post this chapter by Randall Noblitt and Pamela Noblitt to my website, courtesy of Praeger, the publisher, and the Noblitts. This is chapter 6 in full, with footnotes and references, from: Cult and Ritual Abuse: Narratives, Evidence, and Healing Approaches, 3rd Editionby...

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Findings from the 2007 Extreme Abuse Survey (EAS) Series

By Dr. Lacter
In Evidence of Ritual Abuse
June 25, 2016
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[Updated 2/25/2019] The findings of the 2007 EXTREME ABUSE SURVEY (EAS) SERIES, by Wanda Karriker, Ph.D., Thorsten Becker, Carol Rutz, and Bettina Overcamp, Ph.D., will be shared and discussed in a forthcoming book in 2019. The pdf of the findings that was previously posted on this page has now been removed. Readers may learn more about the EAS here: Extreme Abuse Survey Reports An International...

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Forgiveness as an Act of Defiance, by Reverend Lynn James, LMHC

By Reverend Lynn James, LMHC
In Healing & Psychotherapy
September 27, 2014
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I have spent the past 20 years as a counselor working with survivors of all kinds of violence.  I have listened to brutal details of atrocities that happen daily in all kinds of war zones. Too often, these war zones are right in people’s own homes and lives. What strikes me over and over again are some troubling polarities that are often imposed on victims about forgiveness, such as: Forgiveness...

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Spirituality, Evil, and Suffering

By Rev. Lynn James, LMHC
In Healing & Psychotherapy
September 20, 2014
23 Min read
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The Messages Communicated to Child Abuse Victims As a trauma therapist, I hear daily how people’s spiritual beliefs can be a deep source of comfort and wisdom.  However, sadly, in some instances, spiritual beliefs and messages can actually reinforce the messages of child abusers and increase the self-blame and the pain of victims and survivors. Abused and neglected children, and sometimes even...

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In Recognition of Neil Brick

By Dr. Lacter
In Fighting for Survivors
June 24, 2013
2 Min read
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Going on 20 years, Neil Brick has been a dedicated and tireless advocate in the fight to expose ritual abuse and mind control. Survivors, their loved ones, advocates, activists, therapists, clergy, and researchers have come to see Neil Brick as a valuable source of information and training, and as a facilitator of the survivor community. In 1995, Neil Brick ( ) founded S.M.A.R.T: Stop Mind...

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