Author: R.C. Mandeville, MA

R.C. Mandeville is a licensed Clinician, Trauma-Informed Life Coach, and Family Systems expert. She is a pioneer in identifying, defining, describing, and bringing attention to Family Scapegoat Abuse (FSA). She is also the creator of the Scapegoat Recovery Life Coaching Process™. She is currently authoring a book on Family Scapegoat Recovery, which will be released in 2020, and has an 'Expert' blog on Psych Central ('Scapegoat Recovery').
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / Family Scapegoat / Living As Your True Self / Narcissistic Abuse / Narcissistic Family Dynamics / Scapegoat Abuse Syndrome / scapegoat child / Scapegoat Quiz / Scapegoat Recovery / Scapegoat Signs / Toxic Shame

Family Scapegoat Abuse Signs & Symptoms – eBook

January 31, 2020 0 Comment

This 50-page PDF-style eBook explores the ‘invisible’ psycho-emotional wounds of the Family Scapegoat that are specific to what the author (a licensed family systems expert) terms family scapegoat abuse (FSA) – a specific type of psycho-emotional abuse warranting special considerations beyond the umbrella of ‘narcissistic abuse’.

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The Invisible Wounds of the Family Scapegoat

October 16, 2019 0 Comment

The genuine pain and trauma experienced by children and adult children stuck in the family scapegoat role is invisible, but that doesn’t make it any less real. Scapegoat abuse (which is actually a form of systemic bullying) is a particularly aggressive form of child emotional abuse in that the power-holders in the family system – most often one or both parents – view a particular child through a lens of constant negativity, projecting all of their own repressed toxic shame onto their child.