Family Scapegoating Abuse

Radical Acceptance and Family Scapegoating Abuse Recovery

by Rebecca C Mandeville LMFT CCTP
October 17, 2021May 26, 2024
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Many people are familiar with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s ‘Five Stages of Grief’, which are Denial; Anger; Bargaining; Depression; Acceptance. In my model for family scapegoating abuse (FSA) recovery, I use the term ‘radical acceptance’ versus ‘acceptance’ to describe a late-stage healing concept that is critical to the FSA adult survivor’s full recovery from systemic family abuse.

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Recognizing Narcissistic Family Scapegoating Abuse

by Rebecca C Mandeville LMFT CCTP
August 21, 2021July 1, 2024
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In the narcissistic family system, the needs of the disordered parent take precedence over the needs of the dependent child, resulting in narcissistic abuse. Family members are not cherished individuals to be loved; they are instead ‘narcissistic supply’ whose only purpose is to serve the infantile, primitive psycho-emotional needs of the narcissistic parent.

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The Narcissistic Martyr Parent Ploy and the Scapegoat Child

by Rebecca C Mandeville LMFT CCTP
April 14, 2021June 18, 2024

One of the ways that a narcissistic parent marginalizes their child is to demean them and put them down – This is particularly the case with the ‘scapegoat child’. An example of such marginalization tactics is evident in what S.P. named the ‘Martyr Parent Ploy’, which we consider to be a form of covert narcissism.

To Meet Publishing Requirements, This Free Preview Chapter From My Book ‘Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed’ Is No Longer Available

by Rebecca C Mandeville LMFT CCTP
November 7, 2020May 24, 2024

This article was originally written for The C-PTSD Foundation in November 2020 as an advance preview of my book on… Read More »To Meet Publishing Requirements, This Free Preview Chapter From My Book ‘Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed’ Is No Longer Available

5 Critical Things to Know About Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA)™

by Rebecca C Mandeville LMFT CCTP
August 28, 2020May 24, 2024
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Because family scapegoating processes can be insidious and subtle, many adult survivors do not realize that they are suffering from a most egregious (and often chronic) form of systemically-driven psycho-emotional bullying and abuse, with all of the painful consequences to body, mind, and spirit…

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