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AdvocateWeb is broadly endorsed internationally by a diverse group of
representatives from many different professions, backgrounds, and areas of
expertise, on our Advisory Council.
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Website Review - AdvocateWeb HOPE
Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, A
Publication of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and
Therapists, Volume 24, Number 4, 1999. Al Cooper, Editor; Reviewed by
Peter J. Fagan, PhD, an Associate Professor of Medical Psychology, and David
A. Gotlib, MD, a Fellow in the Div. of Child Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Science at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
"From the homepage with a menu of the Website's features to the
guest book in which some of the 170,000+ visitors since January 1998 have
left moving testimonials to AdvocateWeb's assistance to them, the Website
is a must utilize (not just visit) to anyone who would benefit from further
information about sexual exploitation of clients by professionals."
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Other Endorsements by Professionals
- Carolyn Bates, Ph.D.
Author of: "Sex in the Therapy Hour: A Case of Professional
Incest"
When therapists sexually exploit their patients or clients, secrecy and
deception are part and parcel of the context in which the betrayal
occurs. AdvocateWeb is the first and most thorough website of its kind
for victims of therapist sexual exploitation. It offers victims the
opportunity to talk with others and in so doing, shed the burden of
secrecy and recognize the depth of the deception they have encountered.
It offers them the opportunity to learn about this phenomenon and to
recognize they are not alone in struggling to understand its effects on
their lives.
- Yvonne Maes, Master of Education and Master of
Pastoral Studies
Author: "The Cannibal's Wife: A Memoir", 1999 classification
of book: 1. Ex-nun's Biography 2. Sexual abuse victims Biography 3.
Sexual misconduct by clergy
Consultant: boundaries and abuse issues
AdvocateWeb has become a life
line. It has ended my years and years of isolation and brought me into
contact with dynamic individuals all working to the same end - ending
abuse.
- Dr. Sue Penfold, Psychiatrist
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia,
Survivor of sexual abuse by a psychiatrist, and Author of "Sexual
abuse by health professionals: a personal search for healing and
meaning."
Today, as survivors of sexual abuse or as their therapists, advocates or
friends, we face a backlash against allegations of sexual abuse. All too
often, victims are ignored, trivialised, disbelieved, demonised and
revictimised. AdvocateWeb, providing information, support and networking
on an international scale, provides hope to victims and gives us all the
needed energy and impetus to work together for constructive change.
- Gary R. Schoener, Licensed Psychologist (M.Eq.)
Executive Director of the Walk-In Counseling Center and Coauthor of
"PSYCHOTHERAPISTS SEXUAL INVOLVEMENT WITH CLIENTS: INTERVENTION
& PREVENTION and ASSISTING IMPAIRED PSYCHOLOGISTS"
Advocateweb is a unique resource. I wish it had been around during the
past two decades. It is the antidote to the isolation that victims and
their families feel, and also that advocates feel. More of our writings
are to be found on its page than on our own. An incomparable resource.
- Angelica Redleaf, D.C. Chiropractor
Author of: "BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: Gender, Sexuality & Touch in the
Doctor/Patient Relationship", and speaker, trainer, consultant.
Advocateweb is an incredible resource for professionals and
clients/patients to get much-needed information and to find out how they
can keep themselves safe in the health care relationship.
- Jan Wohlberg, ABD in Human Development
Founder, TELL (Therapy Exploitation Link Line), Senior author of the
book series "O.B. in Action" (Houghton Mifflin) and author of
"Sexual Abuse in the Therapeutic Setting: What Do Victims Really
Want?" (Psychoanalytic Inquiry), etc.
AdvocateWeb has effectively--and better than any other individual,
organization, or effort-- broken the silence surrounding the sexual and
emotional abuse of patients/clients by health care professionals and
clergy. AdvocateWeb is a gathering place, albeit in cyberspace, for
victims and dedicated professionals from around the world to explore the
personal and social costs of this kind of abuse and to brainstorm ways
of educating consumers, subsequent treaters, professionals, politicians,
and the public. AdvocateWeb has at last brought hope to those of us who
have felt frustrated and alone in our efforts.
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Endorsements by Survivors and Victim Advocates
- Anonymous
"I want to say how grateful to you I am for putting
together AdvocateWeb, for all your help, for all your prayers and for all
your support. AdvocateWeb is a life saver and a God send and I am very
very grateful to you!"
- Anonymous
"God has used AdvocateWeb greatly in my life, giving me hope when I wasn't
able to see any."
- Maureen A. Redler
Full time mother Victim/Survivor/Activist
Advocate web has been a lifeline to me as a survivor. There have been
very dark periods in my recovery process and AdvocateWeb opened the
gates of silence that shrouds sexual exploitation by professionals.
Shame and isolation are washed away by the information, links, and
contact with those who truly understand. It is a comprehensive tool for
victims, their loved ones and professionals. It is nothing short of a
miracle.
- Anonymous, Houston, TX
Profession of Perpetrator: a leading
Professor/Researcher/Practitioner--Psychiatrist
How AdvocateWeb helped Me: A year-long search in a city of nearly 4
million people surprisingly resulted in ONLY one support group for
victims of Psychiatric exploitation; however, that group was closed; I
could no longer afford several hundred dollars a month for therapy and
was quickly backsliding toward suicidal; I then found AdvocateWeb, rich
with resources but most helpful via an on-line support group when I felt
desperately alone with no one able to understand the horrors I
experienced and continue to, as a result of the abusive psychiatrist.
Most valuable---the group brainstorming on ideas for overcoming the
myriad obstacles faced in the healing process.
- SDA Survivor
Survivor of Clergy and Educator Sexual Abuse, Editor of C.E.A.S.E.
AdvocateWeb has provided me, as a survivor with an enormous resource and
it has been a tremendous relief to find such a great collection of
information in one place. The materials on this site have helped me take
control of my healing process and put me in touch with others who have
become an integral part of my journey toward wholeness.
- JH
Profession of Perpetrator: Psychologist
I suffered for almost a decade with depression after sexual abuse at the
hands of an individual at the top of his profession. In the years
following the abuse I became increasingly filled with guilt, anger and
shame, yet I did not realize that the perpetrator was the cause of those
feelings. When I found AdvocateWeb and started reading the articles
about the fiduciary relationship, boundary violations ... I realized the
extent of his malpractice and began to forgive myself and to heal. AdvocateWeb
has been nothing short of a miracle for me. If only this resource had
been available years ago, I could have prevented immeasurable pain.
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