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Does online therapy work ?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/12/online-therapy-thousands-but-does-it-work Marc Bush, chief policy adviser at Young Minds, said that while online counselling services are valuable, “they shouldn’t replace face-to-face therapy with a trained professional. If a young person is struggling, we would encourage them to talk to their GP in the first instance, or to contact an established service like The Mix, Childline…
#Fiji #Break #Silence #Domestic #Abuse
http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/11/fijian-churches-unite-to-break-the-silence-on-violence-against-women.aspx Churches across Fiji will observe Break the Silence Sunday this weekend, in what is described as “their most visible effort to halt the epidemic of violence against women in Pacific Island nations.” Research conducted by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre suggests that 64 per cent of Fijian women aged between 15 and 49 have experienced physical…
#Monk #Thailand# Extradition #Sexual #Abuse
Reuters: ‘Jet-set’ monk arrives in Thailand after extradition from U.S. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwotuEwDU http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-monk-idUSKBN1A423M?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews A former Buddhist monk wanted on child sex charges arrived in Thailand’s capital Bangkok late on Wednesday after being extradited from the United States where he had fled. Wirapol Sukphol came to public attention in 2013 when a YouTube video appeared showing the…
Otago Daily Times: NZ’s sexual trauma story: ‘We have failed to protect our children’
Otago Daily Times: NZ’s sexual trauma story: ‘We have failed to protect our children’. https://www.odt.co.nz/features/challenge-the-silence/nzs-sexual-trauma-story-we-have-failed-protect-our-children Why did 10 men sit down and tell their harrowing story of sexual trauma to our cameras? Because they all thought they were the only one. But they want others to know that they are not alone. In the finale…
Our Brains Are Hard-Wired To Disbelieve Victims.
Another possible explanation is what social researchers have deemed the Just World Hypothesis. Essentially, the theory goes like this: Human beings are hard-wired with the idea that people get what they deserve and that the world is a fair place with predictable, moral outcomes. In other words, good people are rewarded, bad people are punished,…
Her 9-year-old brain could never make sense of what had happened.
http://bit.ly/2lVx1SC Mary said the abuse she had suffered at the hands of the man the entire family trusted and looked to for spiritual guidance had caused lasting damage. She was brought up to believe priests, brothers and nuns were direct channels to God. Being abused by a person in that position was both devastating and…