By Rebecca C. Mandeville, PsychCentral, August 4, 2020
Over the past few months, I’ve had quite a few readers of this blog write to me privately or in comments to the effect of, “I can’t believe what I am reading – It’s like you’re writing about my own life!”
My knowledge of family scapegoating dynamics is based in part on countless hours spent working with both individuals and families in residential treatment settings and in my private practice over the past 15 years, as well as my qualitative research findings on what I eventually named ‘family scapegoating abuse’, or ‘FSA’ – A type of abuse that is similar to narcissistic abuse, but has it’s own unique features, as described in previous articles. Given I have experience being in the ‘scapegoat’ role in my own family-of-origin, my clinical work is informed by my personal understanding of family scapegoating’s negative impact as well.
I also have been the grateful recipient of countless messages, comments, and personal sharings in response to my introductory eBook on FSA (linked below in my profile), as well as my social media posts and educational articles, which I publish both here and elsewhere.
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