Stop Child Abuse Now
1,421 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMonday to Friday's "Stop Child Abuse Now" (SCAN) feature trauma informed HOSTs and Co-hosts and respected child abuse prevention, intervention and recovery advocates. They're all volunteers members of the National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse (NAASCA), a 501(c)3.
Founded in 2009, NAASCA.org was originally a grassroots effort. It was launched based on our founder Bill Murray's personal life experienced. Bill wrote, "Very few adults escape years of severe childhood sexual abuse, pre-pubescent X-rated photography, sex trafficking, and a two week long kidnapping." He continued. "But I have, and for some 35 years I've been in recovery from its devastating effects."
After years of operating as a grassroots effort, NAASCA became a public charity in 2015 .. a 501(c)3 .. but we receive no grants or outside support, and belong to no other organization. There are no dues or fees.
Our MISSION is entirely self-sustaining through the volunteer contributions of our members.
The single purpose is to address issues related to childhood abuse and trauma including sexual assault, violent or physical abuse, emotional traumas and neglect from two specific perspectives: 1) educating the public, and 2) offering hope for healing and services to adult survivors.
There are now nearly 3000 BlogTalkRadio shows, podcasts in the ever-growing library.
Join us five-nights-a-week (Mon to Fri), at 8pm EST (so 7pm CEN, 6pm MTN, 5pm PAC) for solution-oriented discussions about the many issues of child abuse and trauma. The shows always include panel discussions and call-in participation.
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Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2731
August 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBTonight's special guest is Pam Geoffroy from Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, a child abuse survivor and an early years practitioner at Timiskaming Child Care Early Years Centre which provides a safe, positive learning environment for children and their families, respecting their cultural and linguistic differences. The agency's goal is to provide programs and services that will help promote the optimal growth and development of children. Pam was molested beginning at age 9 by a male friend of he...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2730
August 21, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBTonight's special guest is Brian Morrison from Scotland, UK, whose child abuse began at home. His mother struggled with mental problems and his father disappeared. He spent the bulk of his childhood in state-run care (similar to the US foster system) and he actually thinks of this time as a good experience. But he was dismissed from care as he was becoming 16, later finding out that kids who were still in the system at 16 became wards of the state. Brian found he was wasn't able to be comfort...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2729
August 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Dr Jaime Romo from San Diego, California, an educator, consultant, author, and Commissioned Minister, who promotes healing from abuse and the prevention of child sexual abuse, particularly abuse by religious authorities or in the context of religious settings. A wor...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2728
August 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBTonight's special guest is Stephen McEvoy from Covington, Louisiana, who was sexually abused by clergy member at 12 yrs old. He says, "Today, as I reflect more and more about so many things throughout my past, it's a wonder that I survived. Raped as a child, became an alcoholic, felt suicidal, got sober, raised a family, owned businesses, suffered a fractured back, survived a stroke, was bitten by a poisonous snake, and relived the sexual abuse in my mind, leading once more to suicidal though...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2727
August 18, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co host will be Sharyn Higdon Jones, a licensed psychotherapist for over 35 years with individuals, couples and families who have experienced the trauma of abuse. In her words: “The pain of being sexually abused is deep and profound. The abuse experience touches the core of a woman's...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2726
August 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBTonight's special guest is Holli Kenley from Rancho Mirage, California, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a California State Licensed Teacher. She holds a Master's Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage, Family, and Child. Holli currently works in the field of psychology as a speaker, and a workshop presenter. Through her gentle but powerful informative and restorative approach, Holli engages clinical and lay audiences, empowering them with strategies to embrace well and...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2725
August 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBTonight's special guest is Annie Handy Prater from Tampa, Florida, abused by her older brother starting at age 7. "My abuse was incest, rape, and there was some torture as well," she says. "The worst feeling I had was FEAR; however, I experienced shame, guilt, hopelessness, helplessness, anxiety, worthlessness, weakness, hurt, despair, and most of the time, I felt empty/numb." She knows there's a lot of work to do. "My healing journey is far from over, unfortunately. I still have a lot of sha...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2724
August 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Dr. Lena G. Clark from Alpharetta, Georgia, a Domestic Violence survivor, coach and author. She's an expert in the area of mental health. "My abuse was domestic abuse by my husband," she explains, "who committed suicide after being diagnosed with depression and schizoph...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2723
August 12, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBTonight's special guest is Jessica Brown from Huntington, West Virginia. As a very young child she endured severe child sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, domestic violence and complex trauma at the hands of her biological father and older brother. "I was isolated and was not permitted to have friends, which was strictly enforced by whatever means necessary," she says. "My only friends were cats." Jessica goes on, "A radio played in the basement constantly so the neighbors couldn't hear t...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2721
August 10, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.9 MBTonight's special guest is Cathleen Pizzutello from Robertsdale, Alabama, born in a New Jersey ghetto to a 15 year old prostitute and heroin addict. Given over to her mentally ill grandmother, her home life was torture with her hateful two sisters and her tortuous mother. "At 17 I moved out with my first room rental," Cathleen explains, "and the married couple's husband raped me. Many photographers approached me to photograph me, often drugging me." That was just the beginning, but now she's ...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2720
August 07, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBTonight's special guest is Nic Grover from Hutto, Texas, who was abused physically, verbally and emotionally by her parents, primarily by her mother. Nic says, "The abuse started when I was 4, until the day I left for college (with my mom). And when it came to my dad, it continued until my early 20s." Diagnosed with PTSD, she recently started therapy. "I don't look at myself as a victim or survivor," Nic explains. "I guess, I don't identify as either. For me, it came down to restoring my fait...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2719
August 06, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Michelle Bless from Cincinnati, a survivor of severe child abuse who's now a Minister and Chaplain. She'll appear on the 1st Thursday of each month and is the author of the book "Out of Darkness: the Michelle Bless Story," her story of redemption. In 1997, Michelle ...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2718
August 05, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBTonight's special guest is Shannon McGraw Carr from Kingwood, Texas. Her grandfather raped several generations of the family. She was so young when the abuse happened that her early memories are in bits and pieces. But she does recall that, "I was raped in high school and raped again in college, and I do believe that in some way that is related to the fact I was abused by my grandfather. As I stated, my boundaries were all messed up." Shannon explains, "I began the first part of my healing jo...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2717
August 04, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co host will be Dr. Tina Medina from Kansas City, Kansas, sexually molested as a child by her uncle. In recovery, Tina is now a professional writer specializing in public relations, community/media relations, technical and grant writing. "My book series explains how God is capable of...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2716
August 03, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBTonight's special guest is Dr. Asa Don Brown, a returning NAASCA family member from Quebec and upstate New York. An author, speaker, and clinical psychologist, it was during his formative years that he endured a number of hardships and personal challenges. Yet, he would not allow these hardships or challenges to prevent him from reaching his ultimate ambitions in life. He's been a featured columnist and an occasional editor for more than 450 publications. Dr. Brown's work has been featured in...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2715
July 31, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBTonight's special guest is Richard Windmann from Fort Worth, Texas, who was sexually abused in Boy Scouts by four leaders who passed him around, by a sex crimes detective who worked on his case who was later jailed himself, and later by the janitor and a priest at a Jesuit high school. Richard's childhood was filled with sexual abuse. "I was a typical mid-city kid." Unbeknownst to his mother the boy scout troop he joined was started by pedophiles and all four of his Boy Scout leaders raped hi...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2714
July 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Angela Maskevich from Childproof America, where the mission is to educate, equip and empower America's parents in the protection and defense of their children, and improve the quality of aid to impacted families. As advocates, they provide legislative pathways for conc...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2713
July 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBTonight's special guest is Dianna Bellerose from Los Angeles, California, originally from Bulgaria, who was physically and emotionally abused by her father. "I remember one time when I lied that I would be at a friend's house and went to see a movie," she says. "I saw him coming towards us, and I started shaking. He approached us and grabbed me by the hand and started to kick me in front of everyone. I fell on my face and when we got home, he spanked me to the point where I could not sit for ...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2712
July 28, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Pastor Deborah Schleich, who grew up all over the world in a military family where her mother was mentally ill, and is now a survivor-professional. Living in Pensacola, Florida, she's trained in ministry, mental health, working with substance abuse and is a trauma i...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2711
July 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBTonight's special guest is Natasha Mason from East Haven, Connecticut, who reports, "The abuse began when I was about 5 years old by my mother's boyfriend/current ex-husband." She explains, "I basically wore a mask when I was home, I went with the flow of how things went at home. Most of the time I was in my room or I would spend the weekend at my grandmother house whenever I could and occasionally go outside. As time went on the physical abuse began. I was afraid at night, especially the nig...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2710
July 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBTonight's special guest is Lang Martinez from Oxnard, California, who was violently and sexually abused as a teenager in Los Angeles. He was often seduced with cocaine and forced to perform sexual acts while underage. He also became a cocaine dealer inside a network of nightclubs and homes for Hollywood's Elite. Throughout his entire adult life, Lang has been trapped inside a life filled with risky behavior, drug addiction, imprisonment, and homelessness. He's had moments in his life where h...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2709
July 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co-host will be Nissi Hamilton from Houston, Texas, was born to an adolescent mother who had herself been sexually trafficked by extended family members from 11 to 13. "When I was born I was left in the hospital," she says. "Where I was born is still a mystery to me still to this day...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2708
July 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.8 MBTonight's special guest is Elaine Crocker from Fredericksburg, Virginia, who was sexually abused in her family starting at about 5 years old, as well as being raped later by neighborhood boys at 11. She says, "I experienced drug addiction for about 10 years, I would say that I am hyper vigilant, I don't trust easily, I'm very careful about my interactions with men. I have been in therapy in the past for short periods at a time. I am writing my autobiography and felt that therapy wouldn't hurt...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2707
July 21, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co host will be Sharyn Higdon Jones, a licensed psychotherapist for over 35 years with individuals, couples and families who have experienced the trauma of abuse. In her words: “The pain of being sexually abused is deep and profound. The abuse experience touches the core of a woman's...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2706
July 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBTonight's special guest is Talia Fletcher from Clemson, South Carolina, who was abused by both her father and mother. "I am in a better place emotionally than I have ever been in my life," she says now. "I am still conflicted, as my brain tries to keep me in the same abusive programming. It is a daily struggle of being aware of what I am thinking so that I can catch myself when I start falling into that old programming. There are layers and layers of pain that I am working through, and probab...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2705
July 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBTonight's special guest is Brenda Crompton from Toronto, Ontario, a physical and emotional abuse survivor who suffered both at home and in foster care. Her schizophrenic mother burned her as an infant and beat her when she was 3-4. Brenda was taken by children's aid on her 8th birthday. "The abuse made me feel powerlessness, confusion, not understanding why other kids did not get beaten," she says, "not understanding why this was happening to me, not understanding why everyone in my life (ex...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2704
July 16, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Dr Jaime Romo from San Diego, California, an educator, consultant, author, and Commissioned Minister, who promotes healing from abuse and the prevention of child sexual abuse, particularly abuse by religious authorities or in the context of religious settings. A wor...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2703
July 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBTonight's special guest is Allen Vandever, a returning NAASCA family member from Chicago, Illinois. Allen is a contemporary artist who's turning the tragic stories of his youth into his life's passion. "I wake up every morning and open up a coffee shop [joined by his wife Dawn] where unexpected people walk in to get a free cup of coffee,” Allen explains. "We talk to them about the epidemic of child sexual abuse. We give them flyers with information." Many sign up for their newsletter. Childho...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2702
July 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Lori Golden from San Diego, California, a survivor and a private psychotherapist working with other trauma and abuse survivors. Lori shares, “I am a survivor of incest. My father sexually abused me from the age of 5 to 16. When the sun went down, I was filled with t...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2701
July 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.3 MBTonight's special guest is Becky Ianni from Burke, Virginia, a victim of childhood sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. "In 1965, when I was 8, a newly ordained priest, Father Reinecke, joined our parish," she says. Father Reinecke used this trust and love to sexually abuse me. I think this is one of the aspects of being abused that hurts the most. He was my friend, my own personal representative of God and he betrayed me. "Father Reinecke abused me in my own basement and in the vestry of...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2700
July 10, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBTonight's special guest is Keith Hoerner from Murphysboro, Illinois, who had 11 siblings. Two of them, including Keith, were 'Targeted Children', selected by their mother for severe physical and mental abuse. "My childhood, witnessing my sister getting abused, and in turn—myself—was the baseline for all known memory as a child," Keith explains. "This led me to alcoholism and a diagnosis of PTSD. But I proved resilient: growing relatively strong though on a withering branch. The abuse never en...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2699
July 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest is Dr. Lena G. Clark from Alpharetta, Georgia, a Domestic Violence survivor, coach and author. She's an expert in the area of mental health. "My abuse was domestic abuse by my husband," she explains, "who committed suicide after being diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2698
July 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBTonight's special guest is Amber DeAnn from Reno, Nevada, who was emotionally and physically abused by her mother from birth. It didn't let up until Amber went off to college. "The mental putdowns and the emotional belittling left me feeling worthless, and helpless which grew into constant anger and hate of my Mom and a strange financial codependency," she says. "I lost all connection to who I was, what I wanted, what I liked. It was like living in a dark cave with no opportunity to see or wa...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2697
July 07, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co host will be Dr. Tina Medina from Kansas City, Kansas, sexually molested as a child by her uncle. In recovery, Tina is now a professional writer specializing in public relations, community/media relations, technical and grant writing. "My book series explains how God is capable of...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2696
July 06, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBTonight's special guest is Michelle Bond from Mansfield, Ohio, who grew up a latchkey kid but unfortunately she and her twin were left to the mercy of their older brother. He abused them mentally, physically, and verbally. "The abuse lasted 28 years in my family," she says, "even though my social worker knew about the abuse from my brother was continuing to abuse me. I felt scared and fearful of my brother. I felt shame and helplessness. This pain caused me to act out as well." Michelle offe...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2695
July 03, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBSPECIAL SHOW -- Tonight's special co-host, Dr. Debra Warner, Psy.D., is a long time and engaged NAASCA family member who's a Los Angeles based Forensic Psychologist and a professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She'll help lead tonight's discussion. Dr. Deb will be with us to do this episode about The SCRIPT Conference (full disclosure, NAASCA is an annual partner in The SCRIPT Conference!!). SCRIPT is a FREE two-day-long annual event that will be held in mid July via ZOO...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2694
July 02, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Michelle Bless from Cincinnati, a survivor of severe child abuse who's now a Minister and Chaplain. She'll appear on the 1st Thursday of each month and is the author of the book "Out of Darkness: the Michelle Bless Story," her story of redemption. In 1997, Michelle ...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2693
July 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBTonight's special guest is Victoria Kelly from Minneapolis, Minnesota, a returning guest. She's a child abuse survivor and long-time NAASCA family member / volunteer. Victoria was abused almost from birth in nearly every way imaginable. She was sexually assaulted starting as a baby .. an experience that was repeated by numerous predators and perpetrators and went on and on. In addition her alcoholic father beat both Victoria and her mother. But Victoria thought that was simply what happened t...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2692
June 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Bill Murray from Los Angeles, our founder. Bill's recovery is 12 Step-based and spans some 3 and a half decades. Sexually abused by numerous clerics, all men, between the ages of 11 and mid-way through high school, a minor seminary, he was also the victim of pre-pubesce...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2691
June 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBTonight's special guest is Dr. Lena G. Clark from Alpharetta, Georgia, a Domestic Violence survivor, coach and author. She has two sisters, and is the mother of four beautiful children. "My abuse was domestic abuse by my husband," she explains, "who committed suicide after being diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia." She goes on, "Often I was verbally and emotionally abused due to his sickness. I would often experience my husband going through tremendous mood swings. I was able to get ...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2690
June 26, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBTonight's special guest is Jessica Wesley from Houston, Texas, a survivor of child abuse who grew up in Christian Science. "My mother was neglectful and abusive because of her mental illness and alcoholism. I blamed myself for my situations and felt all of it was my fault," she says, "especially when my parents divorced when I was fifteen. I then began to mask the overwhelming pain with drugs and alcohol." After her father died, Jessica began to seek out the attention of men to fill the empti...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2689
June 25, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co-host will be Nissi Hamilton from Houston, Texas, was born to an adolescent mother who had herself been sexually trafficked by extended family members from 11 to 13. "When I was born I was left in the hospital," she says. "Where I was born is still a mystery to me still to this day...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2688
June 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBTonight's special guest is Benjamin Duveneck from Pewaukee, Wisconson, who was introduced to sexual life through one of his older brothers. "I was separated from my brothers and parents, put into foster care at the age of 2 because of abuse and neglect," he explains. "I would go back and forth between my biological mom and foster mom and at the age of 6-8 is when my eldest brother started exposing me to himself and masturbation. Not to mention my mom would have various partners she would freq...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2687
June 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Pastor Deborah Schleich, who grew up all over the world in a military family where her mother was mentally ill, and is now a survivor-professional. Living in Pensacola, Florida, she's trained in ministry, mental health, working with substance abuse and is a trauma i...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2686
June 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBTonight's special guest is Simon David from Chicago, Illinois. His mother was his early perpetrator, starting the sexual abuse when Simon was 5. "It ended at age 12," he says. "Therefore, I was and am, a survivor of incest." He further explains, "My life was quite awful, as I used to feel very shamed about my body throughout the incest. I felt awkward with myself and didn't know why. In addition, I was ashamed of Mother being so ill-appearing (alcoholism), that I could not bring any friends o...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2685
June 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBTonight's special guest is Michelle Goetsch from Los Angeles, California, a child abuse survivor who shares that she was 6 years old the first time saw semen. "My step-father took off my underwear," she says, "rubbed his penis against me and masturbated until ejaculation." Michelle goes on, "I was isolated as the abuse progressed to daily molestation. By the age of 10, I was severely depressed. I prayed that God would take me in my sleep. She says, "We moved to Oregon; and, for a couple years...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2684
June 18, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.7 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Dr Jaime Romo from San Diego, California, an educator, consultant, author, and Commissioned Minister, who promotes healing from abuse and the prevention of child sexual abuse, particularly abuse by religious authorities or in the context of religious settings. A wor...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2683
June 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBTonight's special guest is Stacey Blanchet from San Diego, California, sexually abused by her uncle who's now an activist and an author. In her mid 20s she became a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for Foster youth, working in the court system with at-risk kids. She later put together a documentary, 'The Journey to Myself', all about her life. Stacey has shared her written story as well. Her teaches us how important it is to believe in ourselves, no matter what, and as Stacey puts it ...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2682
June 16, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41 MBQ & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special co host will be Sharyn Higdon Jones, a licensed psychotherapist for over 35 years with individuals, couples and families who have experienced the trauma of abuse. In her words: “The pain of being sexually abused is deep and profound. The abuse experience touches the core of a woman's...
Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 2681
June 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBTonight's special guest is John Anderson from River Ridge, Louisiana, a child abuse survivor and cofounder of SCSA (Survivors of Childhood Sex Abuse). "My abuse started at the age of nine at St. Matthew in River Ridge, Louisiana," he explains. "It continued for three weeks in class in front of other students. I was threatened and scared. My friends saw Brignac abusing me with their own eyes. So did many other students. They would climb on top of garbage cans to watch him through the windows i...