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Alison Miller
Information about Alison Miller and Her Work
Dr. Alison Miller has a Ph.D. from the University
of British Columbia and is a retired psychologist who worked in private
practice in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She worked with
survivors of ritual abuse and mind control from 1991 to 2017. She was
named a fellow of the ISST-D (International Society for the Study of
Trauma & Dissociation) in 2013, and was given the ISST-D President’s
Award in 2021. She was the 2009 and 2017 Chair and the 2021 Secretary
of the Organized and Extreme Abuse Special Interest Group of the ISST-D,
and has been a member of the Board of Directors of Survivorship. Her
books include: Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse (for survivors), and Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control (for therapists). She has contributed chapters on ritual abuse and mind control to Noblitt & Noblitt’s Ritual Abuse in the 21st Century (2008), Breitenbach’s Inside Views from the Dissociated Worlds of Extreme Violence: Human Beings as Merchandise (2015), Sinason & van der Merwe’s Shattered: Multiple Selves, Multiple Voices – speaking on behalf of silenced survivors (2016), and (with Heather Gingrich) Gingrich & Gingrich’s Treating Trauma in Christian Counselling (2017).
Focus on ISSTD History
An Interview with Alison Miller
This interview with Alison Miller forms part of ISSTD News’ Focus on
History Series. In this series we interview people who have played an
important and influential role in the formation and development of
ISSTD, or the wider complex trauma and dissociative disorders field. We
are delighted in this latest installment of Focus on History to
interview Alison Miller, who has been working as a counsellor and
psychologist since the 1960’s and is one of ISSTD’s retired members. She
has been involved in the development of the Ritual Abuse and Mind
Control Special Interest Group, which has grown and evolved over the
years to become our Organized and Extreme Abuse SIG. She is also a past
Chair and current Secretary of the SIG. She is well known to many for
her conference presentations, workshops, journal articles and her books.
“These first DID clients were all members of the local Satanic cult.
KATE: I guess some mental health professionals, hearing
stories of extreme abuse, may be tempted to think it is all made up or
delusional, but you didn’t get a chance to disbelieve, as your situation
was a little unique.
ALISON: Yes. I had these four clients, all abused
by the same cult. They unknowingly corroborated each other – they had
information about events and abuse… and it was still going on, these
were current events … I was followed by these abusers…. I had all kinds
of corroboration and evidence. I tried to work with the police, but it
didn’t work out the way it should have.”
“KATE: And those who think that children must have been
making it up, that these atrocities could not happen, because humans
could not do that to each other, must now face the fact that police
officers are literally looking at online material and studying it as
evidence. The police know these things did happen to children as they
see photos and videos of it.
ALISON: I think the production of materials is an
important issue. Pretty much all my clients have been involved with
that. There was a studio in Toronto (3000 miles away) which three of my
clients had been involved with, one of them as a photographer … and this
was a long time before all these things came out in the media, in the
public. It is a horrible thing, but it is good that it is being
discovered and the world is becoming aware that it does exist.” https://news.isst-d.org/an-interview-with-alison-miller/
Dr. Miller’s Online Videos
Alison Miller – Survivorship Conference 2017 –
Survivors may want to use caution while watching these
presentations. These videos are not meant as therapy or to take the
place of therapy.
Survivors of abuse by ritualistic organized perpetrator groups
report numerous experiences designed to destroy their spiritual
integrity and leave them believing that they are so evil that no one
but the perpetrators will accept them. These experiences include
simulation of religious figures such as God, Jesus, and Satan, and the
afterlife including heaven and hell; designation of certain internal
parts of the victim to be demons or have “demonic attachments,” and most
chillingly, forced childhood participation in rape and murder followed
by systematic shaming of the victim as “evil.” Many parts of each
survivor believe the perpetrators’ lies about how evil he or she must
be. These experiences raise existential questions for survivors, such as
why such things happen, why there is no divine intervention, and why
such groups continue to exist without being stopped. We shall look at
various ways of making meaning of such experiences, and whether these
ways deal effectively with the horror of spiritual abuse.
Working Through Your Traumatic Memories and Destroying the Mind Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5CS_3GqeVU
In the second stage of therapy, survivors of organized abuse involving
mind control have to confront the traumatic memories which caused their
dissociation. Because such survivors usually have a structured
personality system, work with the traumatic memories can be pursued in a
systematic way. This workshop covers such issues as: deciding whether
and when to pursue memories, dealing with flashbacks, choosing memories
to work with, planning memory work, finding alters who hide parts of
memories, involving all alters who have parts of a memory, dealing with
emotions and bodily sensations during memory work, getting the story
clear, and cognitive processing of what has been discovered when a
memory has been reconstituted.
Alison Miller’s reply to Evan Anderson, Grey Faction Director of The Satanic Temple (TST)’s Grey Faction
In 2019, Evan Anderson of the Satanic Temple sent a formal complaint
letter to Dr. Miller’s licensing board, saying that in her online
videos and her book Healing the Unimaginable, she described
behaviors by organized abuser groups which could not possibly be true.
Shortly after that, Dr. Miller, whose membership with the licensing
board was already in the non-practising category, ended her membership.
The Satanic Temple claimed online that it was because of their
complaint.
“The reason I discontinued my membership in the College of
Psychologists has nothing to do with the Grey Faction’s harassing
complaint about my writings and online videos. I left the College
because I am 78 years old. I retired two years ago.” – Alison Miller
“That is why I resigned, not because I was about to be found guilty
of promoting unscientific conspiracy theories. Anderson has posted his
complaint and the College’s response, distorting the story by omitting
the College’s letter to me and my response to it. As for not being
allowed to call myself a “psychologist,” that is the situation for every
retired psychologist. It is similar for other health professions, and
it does not indicate that the work I did was inferior or that I was
found guilty of unethical behavior.” – Alison Miller
https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/alison-millers-reply-to-evan-anderson-grey-faction-director-of-the-satanic-temple-tsts-grey-faction/
Here is information on the Grey Faction:
Books by Dr. Miller
Miller, Alison (2012). Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control is
a practical, task-oriented, instructional manual designed to help
therapists provide effective treatment for survivors of these most
extreme forms of child abuse and mental manipulation. Paperback: 978 1
85575 882 7 Publisher: Karnac Books https://www.karnacbooks.com/product/becoming-yourself-overcoming-mind-control-and-ritual-abuse/34803/
Miller, Alison (2014). Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse. In
contrast to the author’s previous book, Healing the Unimaginable:
Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control, which was for therapists, this
book is designed for survivors of these abuses. It takes the survivor
systematically through understanding the abuses and how his or her
symptoms may be consequences of these abuses, and gives practical advice
regarding how a survivor can achieve stability and manage the life
issues with which he or she may have difficulty. The book also teaches
the survivor how to work with his or her complex personality system and
with the traumatic memories, to heal the wounds created by the abuse.
A unique feature of this book is that it addresses the reader as if he
or she is dissociative, and directs some information and exercises
towards the internal leaders of the personality system, teaching them
how to build a cooperative and healing inner community within which
information is shared, each part’s needs are met, and traumatic memories
can be worked through successfully. https://www.karnacbooks.com/product/becoming-yourself-overcoming-mind-control-and-ritual-abuse/34803/
From the Trenches: A Victim and Therapist Talk about Mind Control and Ritual Abuse
By Wendy Hoffman and Alison Miller
Though desiring retirement, psychologist Alison Miller offered help to
the respected mind control and ritual abuse victim Wendy Hoffman.
Through Wendy’s internal investigations, they discovered how Illuminati
and Nazi programming works, its international goals, as well as finding
out new ways to uncover the hidden, and to heal. Their goal was to gain
clarity about Wendy’s cult personas, and to learn how to integrate a
complicated, tortured brain.https://www.karnacbooks.com/product/from-the-trenches-a-victim-and-therapist-talk-about-mind-control-and-ritual-abuse/40435/
Dr. Miller’s Conference Presentations
The 2019 Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference
Sophisticated organized abuser groups use torture to deliberately
split a child’s mind into different parts, train all parts to obey, and
indoctrinate and train each part to do a specific job assigned by the
abusers. Drugs, acted-out scenarios, stage magic, stories and films are
used to deceive and control the children and prevent them from
remembering or speaking out about their abuse, even in adulthood, so
that the abusers can continue perpetrating this abuse without being
caught. Abusers’ power over victims depends on their victims believing
their lies, and that power can be diminished when victims see through
the lies told to their young parts. It is important for therapists to
use critical thinking to discern the deceptions, and to help their
mind-controlled clients do the same.
If you are a survivor of abuse by a mind-controlling abuser group,
you have parts who have been trained to obey abusers because they
believe lies your abusers told you. The abusers deceived you in
childhood, using drugs, acted-out scenarios, stage magic, stories and
films to control your child parts and prevent you from speaking out
about the abuse. Their power over you depends on your young parts
believing the abusers’ lies. If you learn to recognize when your
emotions and behavior are influenced by these deceptions, and to
discover the ways in which you were deceived, you can increase your
freedom from the abuser group.
Internal Keys to Safety by Alison Miller – Survivorship Conference 2016
Presented at the Survivorship Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse 2016 Conference – Stop Mind Control and Programs in Oakland, CA
Internal Keys to Safety
Survivors’ safety is endangered both externally by parts who maintain
ongoing contact with perpetrators and respond to cues, and internally by
parts trained to punish the person for forbidden behavior such as
disclosures. She gave practical suggestions for survivors to achieve and
maintain safety both externally and internally. https://survivorship.org/internal-keys-to-safety-by-alison-miller-survivorship-conference-2016/
Articles and Books on Parenting and Spouse Abuse
The Parent Child Connection book for parents and professionals
Published in 2008, “The Parent-Child Connection” is the second of our
original two LIFE (Living in Families Effectively) books. It’s based on
the course of the same name. It contains everything you need to know
about the parent-child relationship, including developing a healthy bond
with your children, communicating effectively, establishing and
respecting boundaries in the family, handling your own and your
children’s emotions, and developing their and your self-esteem.
Sidestepping the Power Struggle book for parents and professionals
LIFE Seminars first book published in 2007 and entitled “Sidestepping
the Power Struggle” contains everything you need to know about your
children’s individual temperaments, their stage of development, behavior
at each age, and what events can trigger difficult child behaviors. It
teaches you how to help children take responsibility for their own lives
as they mature, and how to help them mature into ethical and competent
human beings. It discusses effective and ineffective discipline
techniques. If you read and practice everything recommended in this
book, it will not only empower you to become a more effective parent,
but also enrich the lives of those who matter most.
The Dissociative Dance of Spouse Abuse
by Alison Miller, PhD
Abstract
Cyclical spouse abusers, whether male or female, appear to suffer from a
specific type of dissociative disorder that is related to a disturbance
of attachment. This disorder is sufficiently common to be designated as
a dissociative disorder in its own right. The partner of the spouse
abuser appears to develop a parallel dissociative process, developing
chains of state-dependent memory for the different phases of the
domestic abuse cycle. This dissociative process helps both partners stay
in the relationship, while leaving might be the best course of action.
This “dissociative dance” facilitates the formation of dissociative
splits in their children, enhancing the likelihood that they will be
either victims or perpetrators of domestic violence
http://www.academia.edu/4594732/Dissociative_Dance_of_Spouse_Abuse
Publications
Miller, A. (2019). Therapeutic neutrality, ritual abuse and maladaptive daydreaming. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 1(3).
Hoffman, W. & Miller, A. (2018). From the Trenches: A Victim and Therapist Talk about Mind Control and Ritual Abuse. London: Karnac.
Miller, A. & Gingrich, H.D. (2018). The treatment of ritual abuse and mind control. In Gingrich, H.D. & Gingrich, F.C. Treating trauma in Christian counselling. Inter-Varsity Press.
Miller, A. (2017). Dissociation in families experiencing intimate partner violence. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 18 (3), The Abused and the Abuser: Victim-Perpetrator Dynamics, 427-440.
Miller, A. (2016). What’s different about ritual abuse and mind
control? Chapter 10, pp. 221-232 in Sinason, V. & Van der Merwe, A.
P. Shattered but Unbroken: Voices of Triumph and Testimony. London: Karnac.
Miller, A. (2016).Reflections on having my name used. Pp. 24-29 in Sinason, V. & Van der Merwe, A. P. Shattered but Unbroken: Voices of Triumph and Testimony. London:Karnac.
Miller, A. (2015). Foreword to Breitenbach, G. Inside Views from the Dissociated Worlds of Extreme Violence: Human Beings as Merchandise.London: Karnac (translated from German).
Miller, A. (2014). Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse. London: Karnac.
Miller, A. (2012). Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control. London: Karnac.
Miller, A. (2012). Dialogue with the higher-ups. Pp. 111-132 in Vogt, R. & Vogt, I. (Eds.) Perpetrator Introjects: Psychotherapeutic Diagnostics and Treatment Models. Kroning: Asanger Verlag.
Miller, A. (2008). Recognizing and treating survivors of abuse by
organized criminal groups. Chapter 17, pp. 479-490 in Noblitt, R.
& Noblitt, P. P. (Eds.) Ritual Abuse in the 21st Century. Bandon, Oregon: Robert D. Reed Publishers.
Miller, A. (1998). Treatment of a Young Female Pedophilic Offender with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Treating Abuse Today, 8 (2), 15-23.
Miller, A. (2006). The Role of Dissociation in Spouse Abuse. In Jackson, N.A. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. New York: Routledge.
Miller, A. (1998). The Dissociative Dance of Spouse Abuse, Treating Abuse Today, 8 (3), 9-18.
Miller, A. & Rees, A. (2008.) The Parent-Child Connection: A Manual for Effective Family Living. Victoria, B.C.: LIFE Seminars Press.
Miller, A. & Rees, A. (2007.) Sidestepping the Power Struggle: A Manual for Effective Parenting. Victoria, B.C.: LIFE Seminars Press.
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