Surviving and Thriving - Celebrating the Gains Fighting Extreme Abuse
TARZANA, Calif., May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Survivorship is proud to announce its online conference this weekend on May 16 – 18, 2025. Survivorship is celebrating its 36th year helping survivors and co-survivors of child abuse. For many years, Survivorship has provided resource information, education and conferences for survivors of extreme abuse.
Our Survivorship Trafficking and Extreme Abuse Online Conference 2025 will have presentations for survivors and clinicians. https://survivorship.org/the-survivorship-trafficking-and-extreme-abuse-online-conference-2025
Presentations will include 'Progress made against Ritual Abuse in Scotland since 1980" by Laurie Matthew. Dr. Laurie Matthew OBE is the founder and Manager of Eighteen And Under an award-winning charity providing confidential support services to young people who have been abused. She is a founding member of MAIRSINN (formerly the Ritual Abuse Network Forum - RANS). https://www.mairsinn.org.uk/https://www.18u.org.uk
'Researching, Writing and Publishing about Masonic Ritual Abuse – What are the issues?' by Lynn Brunet. Lynn Brunet (PhD) is an Australian art historian whose research examines the coupling of trauma and ritual in modern and contemporary western art and literature. It traces the connection between Masonic and other fraternal initiation rites and complex trauma in the work of so-called 'tortured' artists and writers. https://independent.academia.edu/LynnBrunet1
'People Who Identify as Plural' by Randy Noblitt PhD. This presentation discusses the variety of circumstances where people may have the experience of multiple identities or selves. Randy Noblitt is a professor of Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University, Los Angeles and a licensed psychologist in Texas. He has evaluated and treated extreme abuse survivors clinically since 1979. https://ritualabuse.us/smart/randy-noblitt/
'Successful Investigations of Extreme Abuse Cases – The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Family Courts' by Dr. Rainer Hermann Kurz. Rainer Kurz is a Chartered Psychologist based in London. Since 1990 Rainer has worked in Research & Development roles for leading test publishers. His PhD dissertation was on enhancing the validity and utility of ability testing. https://independent.academia.edu/Rainer_Kurz
'Ritualistic Abuse Survivors Difficulties Obtaining Services' by Neil Brick. Ritualistic abuse survivors have struggled to obtain adequate mental health and social support services for over twenty years. Neil Brick is a survivor of ritualistic abuse. His child abuse and ritualistic abuse newsletter S.M.A.R.T. http://ritualabuse.us has been published for 30 years. http://neilbrick.com
Ritual Abuse Evidence https://survivorship.org/ritual-abuse-evidence/
Child Abuse Wiki - Ritual Abuse http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=Ritual_Abuse
Survivorship Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse Conference Online Presentations https://survivorship.org/survivorship-ritual-abuse-and-child-abuse-conference-online-presentations/
Survivorship Online Notes and Journal Publications https://survivorship.org/notes-and-journal/
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