Author: Rebecca C. Mandeville, MA
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The Evolution of FSA Recovery: Launching Our Third Zambia-Based Clinical Study
Our most recent (2nd) quantitative study proved just the opposite. By measuring heart rates and blood pressure in relation to being scapegoated by family, we demonstrated that FSA is a physiological assault. When you are caught in what I call the “Blame-Storm”—where your family pelts you with projections and lies—your body reacts as if it is under physical…
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Scapegoat Exit™ Masterclass Waiting List
Through my Kintsugi Method for FSA Recovery™, I focus on the “Golden Repair” of the shattered identity—reconstructing the vessel so it can finally contain the light of your “Inviolate” (or “True”) Self. This is the realization of a Core Constancy within an identity structure that the family system can no longer reach or influence.
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FSA Research Is Changing the “Scapegoat Narrative”: How This Helps Survivors
Good news – My 2024 quantitative study on the insidious phenomenon I named ‘Family Scapegoating Abuse’ (FSA), co-authored with Dr. Kartheek R. Balapala and his team of research scholars, has just been accepted for publication in the Malaysian Journal of Medical Research. This follows this same study’s previous publication in the European Journal of Public…
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Critical Research Findings That Affirm the Reality of Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Survivors
The field of trauma and family systems theory has reached a critical inflection point, which has in part been driven by the quantitative evidence emerging on the insidious systemic phenomenon I named Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA). This post serves to consolidate and present the key findings from FSA research studies to date conducted by Family…
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Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Education Has Moved to Substack!
Hi everyone, It’s been a long time since I’ve written to you from this Scapegoat Recovery WordPress site. Last year, my entire Subscriber list disappeared from my WordPress site – This was related to a plugin I was using at WordPress’s recommendation. I therefore moved my Newsletter over to Substack last June, but couldn’t notify…