DARVO – Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Education™

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When Abusers Depower the Scapegoat Child (What My Research Revealed)

by Rebecca C Mandeville LMFT CCTP
August 19, 2023May 24, 2024
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Have you ever been called crazy or emotionally or mentally ill by members of your own family, either to your face or behind your back? If so, you’re not alone, as my latest research results on this particular aspect of family scapegoating abuse (FSA) attests…

DARVO and Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA): When the Abused Are Revictimized by Their Abuser

by Rebecca C Mandeville LMFT CCTP
January 7, 2022May 24, 2024
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One of the more baffling and incomprehensible aspects of being scapegoated by family is being the target of mentally and emotionally abusive behaviors; reacting to the abuse appropriately (e.g., expressing hurt, confusion, anger, setting boundaries, etc), and then discovering that the person who committed the harmful or abusive acts views themselves as the victim – not the one they harmed.