About Rebecca

From Research to the
Lived Reality of Recovery

From Research to
the Architecture
of Recovery

I am the original source of Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) education. As a survivor and forensic researcher who named, defined, and described this specific trauma, I have dedicated my life to mapping the way out. With over 25,000 books sold and peer-reviewed FSA studies published in leading health and medical journals world-wide, my work now centers on developing the Kintsugi Method for FSA Recovery™. This proprietary method provides the ‘Gold-Joinery’ blueprints to rebuild a shattered identity, creating a secure inner sanctuary that allows your Inviolate Self to fully emerge. I don’t just teach recovery; I provide the architectural tools to end the scapegoat script so you may naturally inhabit your true sovereignty.

Learn more about Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA).

The Architecture of Restoration

I am also the developer of the Mandeville Theory of Systemic Identity Architecture™(1998). My work is based on a foundational realization: Family systems operate like complex relational, or legacy, databases. When a family is dysfunctional, it maintains stability by creating a “data entry error” via the pathological Family Projective Identification Process. This systemic ‘rot code’ manifests in the family role of ‘Scapegoat’.

Your family system programmed a hidden architecture within you. I use database theory to show you the blueprints of that prison so you can finally walk out the door.

To expand: The “Relational (or “Legacy”) Database” is the system of the family, and the “Systemic Identity Architecture” is the blueprint of how the individual is built into that system. By using the database metaphor, the FSA survivor understands that their “Identity” was actually a Systemic Construction—and therefore, it can be Deconstructed and Re-Architected.

As the founding researcher who first named, defined, and described the insidious systemic phenomenon Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA)™, I provide the cross-cultural “Identity Architecture” necessary to repair the system’s breach, evict the false “scapegoat narrative code” and restore the individual’s “Primary Key”: their encapsulated, Object-Oriented “Native Truth,” or core, Inviolate Self.

The Philosophical Core

In response to the devastating reality of FSA, I am now in the process of creating the trauma-informed Kintsugi Method for FSA Recovery™. My extensive FSA research, including while serving as Core Faculty at the world-renowned Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, provides the empirical “Bedrock” for my architectural healing and recovery theories, ensuring that the survivor’s path to restoration is supported by both forensic and transpersonal data, informed by clinical rigor.

Underpinning all my research is the Mandeville Theoretical Framework: Unified Field Theory of the Self™. This is my “High-Frequency” approach to true self-restoration. It posits that beneath the fragmented “shards” of the FSA survivor’s systemic trauma (“the ghost in the machine”), there exists an Inviolate Self—a core of being that remains integral and unbroken. My mission through The Inviolate Self Project™ is to move survivors beyond the limitations of “recovery” and into the “Grand Consecration” of their original, sovereign nature.

To ground this visionary work in reality, I have dedicated the last two decades to the forensic study of systemic family trauma, translating these high-frequency insights into validated clinical methodologies. This provides survivors with the forensic linguistic tools they need to articulate their trauma and begin the work of Identity Reconstruction and (True) Self Restoration™.

As an FSA survivor myself, my work bridges the gap between clinical rigor and lived experience. Whether you are here seeking to reclaim your Inviolate Self or a clinician looking to understand the mechanics of systemic abuse, you have found the primary source for FSA research and recovery frameworks.

The Discovery & Validation

For over twenty years, I have worked in the clinical trenches with survivors of a specific, devastating form of systemic trauma that—until recently—had no name. In my role as a clinical researcher and family systems expert, I identified and coined the term Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA)™. This provided a forensic linguistic tool to validate the “invisible” psycho-emotional abuse that millions of child victims and adult survivors have endured in silence.

The time has come for this silence to end.

Clinical Authority & Recovery Methodologies

My clinical work is defined by the development of original, trauma-informed recovery methodologies designed to restore the ‘Native Truth’ or ‘Inviolate Self’ of survivors harmed by family scapegoating dynamics.

I am the developer and sole author of the Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Education™ brand, the Kintsugi Identity Reconstruction & Self-Restoration Framework™, and the Database Model of Systemic Migration™. These frameworks represent over two decades of research and clinical observation and serve as the foundational cornerstone of The Inviolate Self Project™, an online community-driven educational platform I am developing for scapegoat survivors seeking to heal from FSA. My mission is to ensure these proprietary methodologies remain a protected and authentic resource for those navigating the complexities of systemic trauma and family scapegoating recovery.

Clinical Research

As the Founding Researcher of FSA, my work is supported by original qualitative and quantitative data. This research serves to legitimize the devastating reality of FSA and survivor experiences and the specific recovery challenges they face, including:

Systemic Dynamics: Scapegoating as a structural defense mechanism for dysfunctional systems.

C-PTSD Impacts: High rates of anxiety, toxic shame, and emotional dysregulation resulting from chronic relational trauma.

Intergenerational Patterns: How the “golden child” or siblings perpetuate the narrative even after a parent’s death (this can include ‘family mobbing’). Typically driven by an unconscious systemic drive to preserve the family homeostasis.

My findings on FSA have been legitimized through:

Peer-Reviewed Quantitative Research: Co-authoring the first public health and medical studies on FSA published in international journals.

Academic Contribution: Establishing the research-based FSA Questionnaire, utilized by clinicians worldwide.

Global Impact: Authoring the bestselling book Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed, the foundational map for tens of thousands of survivors.

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Professional Summary & Credentials

Founding Researcher: The first clinician to name, define, and describe FSA.

Licensed Psychotherapist: 20+ years of clinical experience treating adult survivors of family abuse, specializing in FSA and Complex Trauma (C-PTSD).

YouTube Health Partner: Host of Beyond Family Scapegoating Abuse.

Unique FSA Nomenclature: Developer of terms including scapegoat narrative, righteous rage, scapegoat trauma, and scapegoat grief.

Intellectual Property & Resource Integrity

As the founder of the Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA)™ nomenclature and the Kintsugian Identity Reconstruction and (True) Self Restoration Framework™, I am committed to ensuring these concepts remain accurate and evidence-based.

Protecting the Primary Source: Unauthorized modification or commercialization of this terminology can dilute its meaning and harm the recovery process for survivors. Please respect the following:

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