Category: Family Scapegoat

  • The Healing Power of a ‘Victim Impact Statement’ for FSA Survivors

    The Healing Power of a ‘Victim Impact Statement’ for FSA Survivors

    As you consider how being the victim of family scapegoating abuse has changed your life, you may use the following suggestions and questions to guide you. Do be aware that thinking and writing about something so painful may be difficult for you. Pace yourself and don’t feel that you need…

  • When Your Family Invalidates Your Experiences of Abuse and Complex Trauma

    When Your Family Invalidates Your Experiences of Abuse and Complex Trauma

    It is difficult enough to bear the burden of traumatic childhood experiences and its long-term physical, emotional, and mental effects. For adult survivors of family scapegoating abuse (FSA), this difficulty is magnified by the fact that their reports of abuse or trauma are typically denied, dismissed, and invalidated by their…

  • 10 Self-Care Tips to Support Scapegoat Recovery

    10 Self-Care Tips to Support Scapegoat Recovery

    If you’re in the ‘family scapegoat’ role and in contact with family members who continue to subject you to mental and emotional abuse, manipulation, gaslighting, and narcissistic behaviors, this checklist will aid you in protecting your emotional and mental health.

  • Family Scapegoat Signs – Take This 10 Question Quiz (Trauma Informed)

    Family Scapegoat Signs – Take This 10 Question Quiz (Trauma Informed)

    Are you the Family Scapegoat? Take this 10-question quiz to see if you might be in the damaging ‘family scapegoat’ role.

  • To Meet Publishing Requirements, This Free Preview Chapter From My Book ‘Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed’ Is No Longer Available

    To Meet Publishing Requirements, This Free Preview Chapter From My Book ‘Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed’ Is No Longer Available

    This article was originally published on Psych Central as an advance preview of my book on family scapegoating abuse (FSA), Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed. To comply with Amazon’s publishing requirements, I am no longer able to offer portions of my book for free online. Visit my blog to see more…

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