siblings and scapegoating – Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Education

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April 8, 2022June 27, 2022Rebecca C. Mandeville, LMFT, CCTPFamily Narratives, FSA Recovery, Narratives and Family Scapegoating, Siblings and the Family Scapegoat9 Replies

Visit my blog to learn more about family scapegoating. Rebecca C. Mandeville, LMFT, CCTPRebecca C.Mandeville, LMFT, CCTP, is an internationally recognized expert in family systems. She is a psychotherapist, certified complex trauma professional, researcher, author, and media contributor on child psycho-emotional abuse and its effects on adult survivors. She specializes in helping victims of ‘invisible’…

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Dayna M on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) and the Family Projective Identification ProcessOctober 5, 2022
I'd keel over and die if you wrote an in law book, I'd have to buy all of them hahahah…
Rebecca C. Mandeville, LMFT, CCTP on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) and the Family Projective Identification ProcessOctober 5, 2022
Hi Dayna, you definitely are not alone. I also understand first-hand the m-i-l issue. Oh, the stories I could tell...…
Dayna M on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) and the Family Projective Identification ProcessOctober 5, 2022
I almost collapsed when I read the first few pages of your book. I honestly thought, "No way she had…
Moira on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) and the Family Projective Identification ProcessOctober 3, 2022
Thank you Rebecca. I definitely experienced profound emotional neglect. But I’m coming to see I also experienced FSA. But it…
Rebecca C. Mandeville, LMFT, CCTP on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) and the Family Projective Identification ProcessOctober 2, 2022
It sounds like you were scapegoated but also experienced profound emotional neglect. And yes, scapegoating can happen in any dysfunctional…