Survivorship Conference: A Celebration of Strength and Resilience

 

Survivorship Conference: A Celebration of Strength and Resilience

 

Survivorship, an organization dedicated to helping survivors and co-survivors of child abuse, is celebrating the success of its online conference held this weekend, May 16-18, 2025. This conference is part of Survivorship's ongoing efforts to provide resources, education, and support for survivors of extreme abuse.

The conference featured presentations for both survivors and clinicians, covering topics like trauma and dissociation, complex trauma, and the effects of social movements on survivor support systems. Survivorship has been providing support for survivors for 36 years, offering resources, education, and conferences. The organization also offers discussion groups for survivors.

https://survivorship.org/the-survivorship-trafficking-and-extreme-abuse-online-conference-2025

"Progress made against Ritual Abuse in Scotland since 1980" by Laurie Matthew. Dr. Laurie Matthew OBE is the founder and Manager of Eighteen And Under an award-winning charity providing confidential support services to young people who have been abused. She is a founding member of MAIRSINN. https://www.mairsinn.org.uk/  https://www.18u.org.uk 

"Researching, Writing and Publishing about Masonic Ritual Abuse – What are the issues?" by Lynn Brunet. Lynn Brunet (PhD) is an Australian art historian whose research examines the coupling of trauma and ritual in modern and contemporary western art and literature. It traces the connection between Masonic and other fraternal initiation rites and complex trauma in the work of artists and writers. https://independent.academia.edu/LynnBrunet1 

"People Who Identify as Plural" by Randy Noblitt PhD. This presentation discusses the variety of circumstances where people may have the experience of multiple identities or selves. Randy Noblitt is a professor of Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University, Los Angeles and a licensed psychologist in Texas. He has evaluated and treated extreme abuse survivors clinically since 1979. https://ritualabuse.us/smart/randy-noblitt/ 

"Successful Investigations of Extreme Abuse Cases – The Role of Mental Health Professionals in Family Courts" by Dr. Rainer Hermann Kurz. Rainer Kurz is a Chartered Psychologist based in London. Since 1990 Rainer has worked in Research & Development roles for leading test publishers. His PhD dissertation was on enhancing the validity and utility of ability testing. https://independent.academia.edu/Rainer_Kurz 

"Ritualistic Abuse Survivors Difficulties Obtaining Services" by Neil Brick. Ritualistic abuse survivors have struggled to obtain adequate mental health and social support services. Neil Brick is a survivor of ritualistic abuse. His child and ritualistic abuse newsletter S.M.A.R.T. http://ritualabuse.us is published for 30 years. http://neilbrick.com 

Ritual Abuse Evidence https://survivorship.org/ritual-abuse-evidence/ 

Child Abuse Wiki - Ritual Abuse http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=Ritual_Abuse 

Survivorship Ritual and Child Abuse Conference Online Presentations https://survivorship.org/survivorship-ritual-abuse-and-child-abuse-conference-online-presentations/ 

 

Survivorship Announces its 2021 Ritual Abuse and Mind Control Online Conference Speakers

 

Survivorship Announces its 2021 Ritual Abuse and Mind Control Online Conference Speakers

This year’s speakers include Neil Brick, Wendy Hoffman and Ellen Lacter.

The conference will focus on being a survivor or clinician in a changing world.

Regular Conference - Saturday and Sunday May 22 - 23, 2021

Clinician's Conference - Friday May 21, 2021

Conference information: https://survivorship.org/the-survivorship-ritual-abuse-and-mind-control-2021-conference/

Neil Brick will speak about Mind Control and How to Stop it. This presentation will explain how mind control and different suggestive techniques work in a variety of individual and public settings. These will include interpersonal relationships, abusive relationships, ritual abuse settings, social media, political manipulation and hypnosis.

Neil Brick is a survivor of ritual abuse and mind control. His child abuse and ritual abuse newsletter S.M.A.R.T. https://ritualabuse.us has been published for over 25 years. http://neilbrick.com  Research Page on Neil Brick https://ritualabuse.us/smart/neil-brick/

Wendy Hoffman will speak about Self-Esteem. Programming turns you away from your true self. Programmers and even satanic families do everything they can to make their victims feel bad about themselves, debasing them in every way possible. The hardest job is surviving satanic mind control while receiving little or no compassion, empathy or love.  

Wendy Hoffman endured various forms of high level secret mind control, and consequently had amnesia for most of her life. She wants to help and support other survivors in their quests for freedom.. Research Page on Wendy Hoffman https://ritualabuse.us/smart/wendy-hoffman

Dr. Ellen Lacter will speak about One Hundred Children: A Parable for Healing from Dissociation-savvy Mind Control. Based on intensive therapy with survivors of ritual abuse and mind control and extensive interviews with colleagues who are survivor-activists and survivor-therapists, she has written a parable with 15 fictionalized examples of programming of dissociated child identities that describe common kinds of tactics used in programming.

Dr. Lacter will also speak about Production of Sadistic Child abuse Materials: Psychology of the Victims and Perpetrators. Children are being subjected to increasingly sadistic abuse within the production of child abuse materials on the dark web. Victims are often very young and likely to develop a multitude of dissociated self-states.

Ellen Lacter is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice. She has been publishing and presenting on ritual abuse for 20 years. In more recent years, she has also developed expertise in treating victims of the production of sadistic child abuse materials. End Ritual Abuse https://endritualabuse.org/  Research Page on Dr. Ellen Lacter https://ritualabuse.us/smart/ellen-lacter/

 

For more information on ritual abuse and mind control:

Ritual Abuse Evidence https://survivorship.org/ritual-abuse-evidence/

Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ritual Abuse? What is Mind Control? What is Dissociation?
https://survivorship.org/frequently-ask-questions/

Child Abuse Wiki - Ritual Abuse
http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=Ritual_Abuse

Dissociative identity disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD) http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=Dissociative_Identity_Disorder

What is Survivorship?
Survivorship is one of the oldest and most respected organizations supporting survivors of extreme child abuse, including sadistic sexual abuse, ritualistic abuse, mind control and torture. https://survivorship.org

SMART Newsletter Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Publishing - Neil Brick Editor

SMART Newsletter Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Publishing - Neil Brick Editor
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/smart-newsletter-celebrates-twenty-five-years-of-publishing--neil-brick-editor-301009002.html

SMART Newsletter Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Publishing - Neil Brick Editor

Feb 21, 2020 

EASTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In 1995, the SMART (Stop Mind control And Ritual abuse Today) newsletter started publishing a small newsletter in Northampton, Massachusetts (now in Easthampton, Mass). In 1996, SMART began publishing on the Internet for the first time. SMART developed a website for survivors of ritual abuse and their helpers. SMART was one of the early educational resources for survivors of severe trauma, rape and abuse. In 1998, SMART began having weekend conferences for survivors and their helpers in Connecticut.

SMART has become one of the largest information and scientific resources on ritual abuse, cults, mind control, repressed memory, dissociation and dissociative identity disorder (formerly multiple personality disorder) on the Internet.https://ritualabuse.us/

SMART's newsletter has provided informational resources about many child abuse cases over the years. Their newsletter has covered major events about ritual abuse and mind control. Articles have included information on Claudia Mullen, Valerie Wolf, the Extreme Abuse Surveys, MK-ULTRA, Satanic Ritual Abuse, clergy abuse including the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis, day care cases, propaganda, sex trafficking, high profile serial child abuse and rape cases, including those of Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and Jimmy Savile.

Speakers at SMART's conferences have included Lynne Moss-Sharman, Hal Pepinsky, Neil Brick, Adah Sachs, Alison Miller, Randy Noblitt, Wendy Hoffman, Carol Rutz, Wanda Karriker, Thorsten Becker, deJoly LaBrier, Laurie Matthews and many others. https://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

SMART has worked with other organizations including Survivorship to help educate the general public about ritual abuse and mind control crimes.https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/

SMART continues to have yearly conferences in Connecticut. The newsletter recently published its 150th edition online at https://ritualabuse.us/newsletter/

 Neil Brick continues to publish research and research articles on child abuse, ritual abuse, mind control and dissociation. He continues to speak at conferences about ritual abuse and mind control. http://neilbrick.com

SMART's goal is to continue publishing educational resources to help survivors of child abuse, ritual abuse, their helpers and the general public learn more about the prevalence of ritual abuse and mind control in the United States and around the world. SMART hopes that child and ritual abuse will someday be eliminated in the world and children will be safe.

Grey Faction, Satanic Temple and Lucien Greaves Fact Sheet

Grey Faction, Satanic Temple and Lucien Greaves Fact Sheet:

For almost a decade Douglas Misicko using several aliases (including Douglas Mesner and Lucien Greaves) has harassed groups helping child abuse, rape and trauma survivors. He has also harassed groups providing research in support of child abuse, rape and trauma survivors.

In 2013, he and others created a group called the Satanic Temple. One part of this group is called the Grey Faction. The Grey Faction states they “invade” conferences. These conferences are provided to help and educate child abuse, rape and trauma survivors and their helpers.

Their representatives that invade these conferences misrepresent their reasons for attending these conferences. They film people at these conferences without permission and publish these films without the permission of those filmed. The Grey Faction repeatedly misrepresents the research and statements of the people at these conferences. It uses repeated ad hominem attacks against child abuse and trauma researchers without rebutting their research or stories.

His organization uses propaganda techniques in its articles, movies and social media pages to manipulate readers’ opinions. They continue to repeat inaccurate information, even though it has been clearly rebutted in several of the articles listed below.

Douglas Mesner/Lucien Greaves has continued using insults and attacks against survivors of ritual abuse and the professionals that work with them. He has harassed and followed survivors and survivor advocates around the Internet for several years. Aliases have been used adding additional insults and name calling against survivors.

This page is a synopsis of critiques of the Grey Faction’s misinformation. Additional links have been added rebutting their statements about trauma, abuse and dissociation.  It also contains information critiquing The Satanic Temple and Douglas Mesner/Lucien Greaves.

Critiques of The Satanic Temple by Satanists and Satanic Groups:

religion: a master and slave relationship by Shane Bugbee http://www.shanebugbee.com/?p=2161
“I’ll try to explain why I have such a disdain for The Satanic Temple, a practical joke turned religion and could be cult, and the reasons behind my need to make that disdain public, as there is seldom one reason.”
“Then Doug told me his main motivation for The Satanic Temple was profit, to create a “substantial income”, that was enough for me to want to cease helping in any way, and to question the true intent of this project. While I am all for profit, I want nothing to do with a cult. Because the people The Satanic Temple wants to extract money from are MY people….”
“I recall Doug Mesner telling me the C.I.A. had asked him to write some private reports for them.”

High Priest Brian Werner resigns from The Satanic Temple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIN4aZ8IMz0
Video Critique of TST and Doug by a former Satanic Temple 
member


The Satanic Temple Is Engulfed in a Civil War Over a Decision to Hire an Attorney With a Stable of Alt-Right Clients – Anna Merlan
https://jezebel.com/the-satanic-temple-is-engulfed-in-a-civil-war-over-a-de-1828130997
“In the intervening months, the decision to sue Twitter has grown into part of a controversy that’s engulfed the organization and recently led one of the Temple’s major chapters, the Satanic Temple Los Angeles, to leave the group entirely. The breaking point, according to a statement issued by the former TST Los Angeles, is the attorney representing Greaves: Marc Randazza, a First Amendment lawyer who currently represents a major neo-Nazi publisher, several key alt-right figures, and Alex Jones.”

“Ali DiPasquale was one of the two chapter heads of TST Los Angeles. In a phone interview, she told us that all 30 people in the chapter voted unanimously to leave the Satanic Temple. DiPasquale alleges that in the nearly five years she’s been a TST member, the organization has become more hierarchical in a way she found unsettling.
“It went from where all the chapters were very autonomous but worked in a larger network,” she said, “to this national council and executive ministry who pretty much appointed themselves.” DiPasquale alleges, too, that the executive leadership was largely white and male, a decision that didn’t sit particularly well with her.”

“If all of this weren’t enough drama roiling the Satanic Temple, in a separate controversy that somehow also took place over the past week, one of the group’s international chapters has decided to leave. The Satanic Temple London & UK announced their departure last week; they subsequently renamed themselves Satanic Temple International.
In a statement, Zeke Apollyon, STI’s founder and High Cardinal, told us in part that TST was unable to adequately represent the priorities of Satanists abroad:
Our decision to leave came from our needs for decentralised bureaucracy and freedom from governance that was culturally isolated. The issues in the EU and around the world are different to the US. For example, some of our governments are theocratic and freedom of speech isnt a luxury afforded to citizens in many parts of the world. “

Jex Blackmore Aug 6
“The Struggle for Justice is Ongoing”
https://medium.com/@JexBlackmore/the-struggle-for-justice-is-ongoing-6df38f8893db

On my departure from The Satanic Temple
“My role as a visible female voice in the organization seemed vital—after all, on multiple occasions, leadership exclusively invited men to speak on women’s reproductive rights campaigns. A decision I strongly oppose.

In February of 2018, the Temple asked me to step away from my role as a spokesperson due to the content of one of my personal performance pieces in which I called on people to sabotage and execute “the president”. The language I used was considered offensive by a few unnamed members in the Temple, and out of consideration for their discomfort, I stepped down. I stand by my words.
My departure was mutually agreed upon, but it was also business as usual—a small group of individuals with no accountability to the organization they represent asserting a paternalistic need to put a woman in her place, gain control, and undermine her autonomous power. I will not compromise the content of my creative work to satisfy the fears and complacency of others. The Satanic Temple that I joined years ago, when it was full of potential and courage, no longer exists and I cannot allow my voice, however controversial, to be silenced.”

“Over the years, members and chapter heads have requested and proposed the implementation of a gender, sexual, and racial diversity policy to ensure equity within TST leadership and alignment to the mission. The demand was not simply ignored but completely dismissed.”
“Likewise, while they have a mission “against the exclusion of other voices,” there has been no effort to create a diverse membership or rid the organization of a culture of racism and sexism. TST continues this hypocritic legacy to this day. The Salem Gallery regularly hosts whitewashed panels and art exhibitions.”


The Satanic Temple Fact Sheet https://www.churchofsatan.com/the-satanic-temple-fact-sheet.php
““The Satanic Temple” is a registered Trademark of United Federation of Churches LLC, which is listed as registered to Douglas Misicko (at).... Reason Alliance LTD is a religious non-profit also registered to Douglas Misicko at the same address.
Reason Alliance LTD paid bills for, and provided 501c3 documentation in support of, TST’s After School Satan Club in Seattle, however their own website claims they do not believe religious organizations should be tax exempt.
Original TST “High Priest” Brian Werner states in his 2014 resignation video that TST is a political organization that has nothing to do with Satanism. Werner claims the actual people behind TST have no interest in or connection with Satanism, a claim echoed by Bugbee.”

Doug Mesner aka Lucien Greaves, Truth About The Satanic Monument https://churchofahriman.net/2014/08/13/doug-mesner-aka-lucien-greaves-truth-about-the-satanic-monument/
“The Satanic Temple’s spokes man Doug Mesner aka Lucien Greaves, just stabbed us in the back.”

Critiques of Doug Mesner/Lucien Greaves for his attacks on child abuse survivors:

Exposing Doug Mesner/Lucien Greaves – co-founder of the Satanic Temple and Grey Faction presenter https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/exposing-doug-mesnerlucien-greaves-co-founder-of-the-satanic-temple-and-grey-faction-presenter/
This page was created to let people know the other side of Doug Mesner/Lucien Greaves’ work.

Harvard can do better than give a platform to a “Black Mass” promoter who ridicules sex abuse victims http://www.patheos.com/blogs/feastofeden/2014/05/harvard-can-do-better-than-give-a-platform-to-a-black-mass-promoter-who-ridicules-sex-abuse-victims/
“he (Lucien Greaves) has a long Internet trail, which in this case shows quite a bit of vituperation (defined as “bitter and abusive language”) directed at child sex-abuse victims and those who support them.)”
patheos.com/…/harvard-can-do-better-than-give-a-platform-to-a-black-mass-promoter-who-ridicules-sex-abuse-victims

How to stop the OKC “Black Mass” for now http://www.patheos.com/blogs/feastofeden/2014/07/how-to-stop-the-black-mass-for-now/
“I am not encouraged by the fact that Greaves is close with registered sex offender…, who, along with his wife, run a Satanic worship center in….. Look up …..in the national sex offender registry and you will see that he was convicted of sexual battery in 2009”

The Urban Legends of Those Attacking Ritual Abuse Theories and the False Logic of False Memory Proponents and Their Occultist Supporters – Presentation by Neil Brick https://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2016-conference/the-urban-legends-of-those-attacking-ritual-abuse-theories/
“My license to practice therapy has been threatened with filed licensing complaints by people connected to a group called the Grey Faction, a part of the Satanic Temple. My job as a therapist has nothing to do with my advocacy efforts to stop child abuse and I have very clear professional and private boundaries that I maintain to ensure this continues to occur. Yet, the Grey Faction associates keep harassing me and others in the field. Their attacks are factually inaccurate and meritless.” “I believe that the work of the Grey Faction is meant to purposefully dehumanize and insult ideological opponents, so our ideas are derided and not believed.”

Reply to the Satanic Temple’s Grey Faction online guest post https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/reply-to-the-satanic-temples-grey-faction-online-guest-post/
“In conclusion, the guest post by the Satanic Temple’s Grey Faction criticizes the strong research and theories of ritual abuse survivors and those with years of research, experience and education in the trauma field. (The members of the Grey Faction have unknown credentials and may not have the experience to accurately determine trauma theory and research.) The guest post by the Satanic Temple’s Grey Faction presents inaccurate arguments, which are refuted in this article.”
“The Grey Faction claims they are combating pseudoscience with rational inquiry, but this rational inquiry is actually predetermined opinion, bolstered by name calling, ad hominem attacks and insults. There is no real rational inquiry because there is no evidence that all of the facts were looked at neutrally to derive a conclusion. It appears the only facts considered were the ones that back their arguments. In its articles, the Grey Faction hides behind the name of science and rationality, when in reality it appears it is an advocacy organization used to discredit ritual abuse survivors realities’ and their resources.”

Reply to the Grey Faction’s Petition to Revoke the License of Neil Brick https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/reply-to-the-grey-factions-petition-to-revoke-the-license-of-neil-brick/
“The petition states that The Allied Board of Health Professionals licensure division, having previously received a complaint…did nothing. The fact is that no violations were found and no disciplinary actions were taken (against Neil Brick after a one year investigation). We believe that this new letter is part of the continued actions of harassment against Neil Brick and those that help child and ritual abuse survivors.”
“The (Grey Faction) petition states “While we are not privy to records that indicate methods of treatment employed in Neil Brick’s practice.”….There is no evidence there are any problems with any methods of treatment Neil uses.” (Note: The Grey Faction continues to publish misinformation regarding Neil Brick in continued ad hominem attacks on his research.)

Douglas Misicko alias Douglas Mesner update 7 – Radio Interview Rebuttal https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner-update-7-radio-interview-rebuttal/
“Doug Mesner has continued his attacks on Neil Brick and other ritual abuse survivors. He continues his use of name calling and insults against ritual abuse survivors and their helpers. He repeats the same misstatements about the conference we have rebutted in earlier articles on this website. He calls those he has ideological disagreements with as having delusions and paranoia.”
“In a radio interview…, Mesner states “The organization S.M.A.R.T is run by this little shit named Neil Brick, he’s actually when I first saw him, he’s this staggering little moron with this greasy comb over and thick glasses, and he’s very short and very frail.” (Note: These descriptions are inaccurate and show continued personal attacks on those supporting child abuse survivors.)

Douglas Mesner and the Lucien Greaves Satanic Temple Connection https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-mesner-and-the-lucien-greaves-satanic-temple-connection
“The Satanic Temple’s website stated: In 2012, Neil Bricke, raised in a multigenerational Satanic Temple tradition of worship, decided, with the blessings of his fellow Satanic devotees, to officially found the Satanic Temple.
SMART believes that this was meant to be an attack on Neil Brick, the founder of SMART.”
(Note: Unfortunately this false story was carried by several media outfits. Most never issued any corrections or retractions.)
“In another article at vice.com (also covered in other Internet articles) about Satanists turning the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church’s deceased mother “gay,” the article describes “Lucien Greaves” performing a “Pink Mass” over the grave of the Westboro Baptist Church founder’s mother. The article states that the Pink Mass is a Satanic ritual performed after death that will turn a deceased person’s straight spirit into a homosexual one. This event was covered on many other news pages also. The Satanic Temple states it eschews supernaturalism, yet performs rituals over a dead person’s grave.” “There were also pictures of Lucien Greaves on the Internet of him pulling his penis while rubbing his scrotum on the gravestone. In the state of Mississippi, where this ritual occurred, “Lucien Greaves” was charged by the police with desecration of a grave according to a vice.com article and other articles on the Internet.”

Critiques of Doug Mesner/Lucien Greaves by others:

Doug Mesner/Lucien Greaves:…behind the Harvard Black Mass http://www.tinfoilhattime.com/2014/05/20/doug-mesnerlucien-greaves-the-huckster-behind-the-harvard-black-mass-and-similar-shams/

Petition to Stop Attacks Against Child Abuse/Ritual Abuse Survivors and Neil Brick. https://www.change.org/p/protect-child-abuse-survivors-petition-to-stop-attacks-against-child-abuse-and-ritual-abuse-survivors-and-neil-brick

“We are asking everyone to sign this petition and let others know about it. Let’s stop the attacks against child abuse survivors and their helpers.”
“Recently vicious online attacks have been published by The Satanic Temple’s Grey Faction and Douglas Mesner/Lucien Greaves.”

Additional Information on Douglas Mesner and SMART:

https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner-update-6-examiner-com-article/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner-update-5/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner-update-4/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner-update-3/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner-update-2/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner-update/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/douglas-misicko-alias-douglas-mesner/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/harassment-by-false-memory-proponents/ https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/rebuttal-to-the-report-from-the-smart-2009-conference/

Research showing the veracity of child abuse, ritual abuse, trauma and dissociation research:
(Note: These are only a few of the hundreds of webpages at the ritualabuse.us and other websites verifying our claims and rebutting the information by the Grey Faction and Lucien Greaves.)

Stop Mind Control and Ritual Abuse Today https://ritualabuse.us/
We publish scientific information about ritual abuse and trauma crimes.

Proof That Ritual Abuse Exists https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/

Large List of Ritual Abuse and Child Abuse References https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/studies/satanic-ritual-abuse-evidence-with-information-on-the-mcmartin-preschool-case/

Research and Information on Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder) https://ritualabuse.us/research/did/

Day Care and Child Abuse Cases https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/day-care-and-child-abuse-cases/
Data rebutting the skeptical viewpoints of these cases.

Scientific Evidence that Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD) is caused by Childhood Trauma https://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/evidence-that-dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder-or-mpd-is-caused-by-childhood-trauma/

False memory syndrome proponents tactics https://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/false-memory-syndrome-proponents-tactics/
“False memory syndrome proponents have done the following to try and ensure that only their point of view is in the public view. Harassing debate opponents, misrepresenting the data in the field and controlling the media.”
(Note: This article shows the long history of the harassment of child abuse survivors.)

Recovered memory corroboration rates https://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/recovered-memory-corroboration-rates/
“There are many studies that show fairly high corroboration rates for recovered memories.:

An Interview With the Author of Hell Minus One https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/survivor-stories/interview-with-the-author-of-hell-minus-one/

Hell Minus One https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/survivor-stories/hell-minus-one-signed-verified-confessions-of-satanic-ritual-abuse/ “Signed verified confessions of satanic ritual abuse – Anne’s parents confessed their atrocities – both in writing and verbally.”

False allegations of child sexual abuse by children are rare https://ritualabuse.us/research/false-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse-by-children-are-rare/
“allegations made by child victims match closely with confessions of pedophiles” “The evidence indicates that very few (children) lied originally.” “children tend to minimize and deny abuse, not exaggerate or over-report such incidents”

Copied with permission from: https://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/grey-faction-satanic-temple-and-lucien-greaves-fact-sheet/ 

 

Survivorship Webinar - How to get through the holidays - December 14, 2013

Saturday, December 14, 2013
12:00 noon Pacific Time
Presenter: Neil Brick
How to get through the holidays using different approaches.

Neil Brick is the founder of S.M.A.R.T. (Stop Mind Control and Ritual Abuse Today) at http://ritualabuse.us. He is a survivor of ritual abuse and a survivor advocate. He works on developing supports for survivors and getting information out to the general public about ritual abuse. He runs yearly ritual abuse conferences on the east coast of the United States every year at http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference. Links to his presentation transcripts and research papers are at http://neilbrick.com

Neil will talk about how ritual abuse survivors can deal with the stress of the holidays and how they can deal with difficult dates. The discussion will include ways to build support systems, ways to decrease stress, ways to set emotional boundaries with others and using meditation and relaxation techniques to help deal with stress.

 

REGISTRATION
Registration closes Thursday evening December 12, 2013
 
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You will receive a confirmation email immediately and an invitation link and instructions after the registration closes. Even though you register with Survivorship, please remember to register with the webinar invitation link in order to get all the information you will need.
 
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If you wish to pay by check please send it to: Survivorship, Family Justice Center, 470 27th Street, Oakland, CA 94612.
 

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We strive to present all webinars in our archives, and sometimes, for technical reasons, we are unable to.

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Ritual abuse conference CDs are now available at http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

Ritual abuse conference CDs are now available at http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/ Information on trauma treatment and treating mind control survivors is on these CDs.


CD Order Form for The Twelfth Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control Conference - 2009

Some of the topics discussed on these CDs may be very triggering. These CDs are educational and not intended as therapy or treatment. Statements made on these CDs are the speaker's own statements only and don't necessarily represent the policies or views of conference sponsors, cosponsor, speakers, exhibitors or organizers. Speaker descriptions will follow ordering information.

1) Neil Brick - "Ritual Abuse, the trenches of the stopping child abuse movement."

2) Anne A Johnson Davis - "Hell Minus One: My Recovery From Satanic Ritual Abuse and My Journey To Freedom."

3) Adah Sachs - "The DID RA family: an attachment perspective on a forensic relationship"

4) Julaine - "Generational Abuse - Breaking the Chain"

5) Royal - "Post-Abortive Stress and the RA survivor – Its causes, impact on RA survivors and the healing steps towards freedom."

6) Lowell Routley - "Dissociation and Time Management"

7) deJoly LaBrier - "Life as a Onesie: Making a Diffference"

8) Shamai Currim PhD - "From Victim to Survivor to Advocate"

9) Hal Pepinsky- "Reflections of a Believer"

10) Eileen Schrader - "Programming and Relationships - The Mind Control of Shame"


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Speakers and Biographies

Please note: Listing of these speakers does not necessarily constitute our endorsement of them. They are speaking at our conference for educational value only and some may be triggering. Listening to the speakers at the conference may or may not help your recovery process, so use caution when listening to any speaker or contacting any resource mentioned herein. These descriptions may be triggering. Please use caution while reading.

Neil Brick is a survivor of alleged Masonic Ritual Abuse and MK-ULTRA. He is the editor of S.M.A.R.T. - A Ritual Abuse Newsletter. His topic is : Ritual Abuse, the trenches of the stopping child abuse movement.

deJoly LaBrier has been doing recovery work for 20 yrs. She has spoken publicly about her experiences in a military sex ring, Satanic cult and government experimentation; and is grateful for the serenity and sanity she now experiences. Her topic is: Life as a Onesie: Making a Diffference

Lowell Routley is executive director of Heartland Trauma Initiative, created to serve survivors of extreme trauma. Over his 36 years of clinical experience in the Midwest, Lowell has listened to survivors to find what works, what doesn't, and why. Out of those observations, he developed The Core Integrity Model. Through Heartland Trauma Initiative, Lowell provides training and consultation for therapists and survivors to explore, understand, and resolve impasses in healing. His topic is: Dissociation and Time Management.

Julaine is a victorious survivor of incest, RA, and Govt. MC. She is from a multi-generational family, was the oldest child of a career military man, whose brothers were also govt. intelligence workers. She was a polyfragmented multiple, now integrated. She wishes to share her story, her victories, and stand for the hope of strength and healing for all of us. Her topic is: Generational Abuse--Breaking the Chain

When Anne A Johnson Davis was three, her mother and stepfather began to torture her in the name of Satan until she ran away at 17. Anne's memories were recovered in her late 30's. Her parents confessed - in writing and verbally - to clergymen, and to detectives from the Utah Attorney General's Office. Her book, Hell Minus One, was published in 2008. Her website is http://www.hellminusone.com Her topic is: Hell Minus One: My Recovery From Satanic Ritual Abuse and My Journey To Freedom

Hal Pepinsky reflects on the experience of learning from and teaching with ra/mc survivors and advocates from 1993 until his retirement from criminal justice at Indiana University this past spring, including progress in and around SMART conferences since 1998 in building popular recognition of the reality of ra/mc, and progress in the healing of survivors he has known. His topic is: Reflections of a Believer

Shamai Currim PhD is a healed survivor from a multi-generations SRA family and a therapist working in private practice in CT. She is a member of RA/MC advocate, study, and online groups, has worked with perpetrators in prisons, and has spoken up for injustice in third world countries. Her topic is: From Victim to Survivor to Advocate

Eileen Schrader is a therapist and a survivor of RA/MC, who has the privilege of treating fellow survivors. She wants all survivors to live the best lives possible, and has advocated for them at the United Nations. She is grateful to her husband, Henry, for his humor and dedication. Her topic is : Programming and Relationships - The Mind Control of Shame

Royal is an SRA/DID survivor from a multi-generational satanic family. For twenty-one years she has invested her life to recover from ritual abuse. Today she works at Hosanna Counseling, helping others heal. She also co-founded Freedom Run Ministries created to educate and challenge the Christian church on the topic of ritual abuse. Her topic is: Post-Abortive Stress and the RA survivor – Its causes, impact on RA survivors and the healing steps towards freedom.

Adah Sachs (London, UK) is an Attachment-based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She is a consultant psychotherapist at the Clinic for Dissociative Studies, an NHS provider for people suffering from severe trauma and dissociation. She is a visiting lecturer and a training supervisor at the John Bowlby Centre, the Centre for Child Mental Health and at the Institute for Arts in Psychotherapy and Education, and lectures widely on trauma. Co-edited (2008) Forensic Aspects of Dissociative Identity Disorder, London, Karnac. Her topic is: The DID RA family

ritual abuse conferences, wikipedia blacklisting

Ritual Abuse and Mind Control: The Manipulation of Attachment Needs 9/25- 9/26/09 London Voluntary Sector Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA Joint conference by The Bowlby Centre and The Clinic for Dissociative Studies. Sponsored by the Paracelcus Trust - This conference aims to provide an opportunity to share knowledge and experience from both clinicians and survivors to promote understanding and recovery from organized and ritual abuse, mind control and programming. It will combine clinical presentations, survivors' voices, and research material and will be the first conference in the UK to address the ways in which we can work clinically from the perspective of relational psychotherapy. This is also a unique opportunity to hear Ellen Lacter bring up-to-date knowledge from the US on treatment for the impact of mind control experiments and approaches to deprogramming. Other key speakers include Valerie Sinason. For further details please go to our website http://www.thebowlbycentre.org.uk or e-mail admin@thebowlbycentre.org.uk or telephone 020 7247 9101. http://www.thebowlbycentre.org.uk/documents/Ritualpdf_001.pdf


Ritualabuse.us has been blacklisted from wikipedia with three other sites with evidence of child abuse and ritual abuse crimes against children. http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/ritualabuse-us-blacklisted-by-wikipedia/ We are recommending that people do not use wikipedia as a resource until all four sites are removed from the blacklist. We are also recommending that people write wikipedia and let others know about this.


A conference to help survivors of severe child abuse (ritual abuse) and torture will be held on August 14 - 16, 2009, between 8 - 5 PM Saturday and Sunday at the DoubleTree Hotel near Bradley International Airport, 16 Ella Grasso Turnpike, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (between Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA). This conference will help educate survivors of this abuse and their helpers. Pre-registration is preferred. For information write S.M.A.R.T., P. O Box 1295, Easthampton, MA 01027-1295 E-mail: smartnews@aol.com, conference information is at: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

ritual abuse information and conference

Ritualabuse.us has been blacklisted from wikipedia with three other sites with evidence of child abuse and ritual abuse crimes against children. http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/articles/ritualabuse-us-blacklisted-by-wikipedia/ We are recommending that people do not use wikipedia as a resource until all four sites are removed from the blacklist. We are also recommending that people write wikipedia and let others know about this.


conference press release - please post and forward

A conference to help survivors of severe child abuse (ritual abuse) and torture will be held on August 14 - 16, 2009, between 8 - 5 PM Saturday and Sunday at the DoubleTree Hotel near Bradley International Airport, 16 Ella Grasso Turnpike, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (between Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA). This conference will help educate survivors of this abuse and their helpers. Pre-registration is preferred. For information write S.M.A.R.T., P. O Box 1295, Easthampton, MA 01027-1295 E-mail: smartnews@aol.com, conference information is at: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/


Freedom Run Ministries' primary function is to promote the education & application of the knowledge on the topic of ritual abuse to the Christian Church while challenging and encouraging them to use the knowledge they have learned to help those suffering from this type of trauma. Freedom Runs message is a topic that is often considered taboo in our society as well as the Christian Church. Although this topic may seem heavy in nature, it is a message that we believe the Church body needs to hear. http://www.freedomrunministries.org

ritual abuse conference in August

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=Ritual_Abuse

http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=Dissociative_Identity_Disorder

http://childabusewiki.org/index.php?title=False_Memory_Syndrome


conference press release - please post and forward

A conference to help survivors of severe child abuse (ritual abuse) and torture will be held on August 14 - 16, 2009, between 8 - 5 PM Saturday and Sunday at the DoubleTree Hotel near Bradley International Airport, 16 Ella Grasso Turnpike, Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (between Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA). This conference will help educate survivors of this abuse and their helpers. Pre-registration is preferred. For information write S.M.A.R.T., P. O Box 1295, Easthampton, MA 01027-1295 E-mail: smartnews@aol.com , conference information is at: http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/

Ritual Abuse in the 21st Century at CPPA conference

from http://ritualabuse.us

April is Child Abuse Prevention month and Sexual Abuse Awareness month. In honor of all survivors of child abuse, sexual abuse, and ritual abuse, California Protective Parents Association and Incest Survivors Speakers' Bureau are pleased to present:

The Fifteenth Annual Northern California Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Conference.
The conference will be 4/24 - 4/25/09

Presentations will include :

4/24 - Transforming Treatment: Symptoms, Substances and Axis IV- at the Sierra Health Foundation, 1321 Garden Hwy, Sacramento, CA from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. For information write: CPPA, POB 1903, Davis, CA 95617 or cppa001@aol.com or call 916-233-8381

4/25 - RITUAL ABUSE IN THE 21st CENTURY at the Veterans’ Memorial Center, 203 East 14th Street, Davis, CA, 9:30 - 5:00 pm. No cost, no registration - Speakers include Randy Noblitt, Ph.D., Pamela Perskin Noblitt, who co-edited Ritual Abuse in the 21st Century and co-authored Cult and Ritual Abuse, Jeanne Adams, author of Drawn Swords, Anne A. Johnson Davis, author of Hell Minus One (who has signed confessions from her perpetrators), and survivors of ritual abuse.

Speakers will discuss the evidence of ritual abuse; international research data from over 1,500 survivors; efforts to discredit allegations made by survivors; the psychological, behavioral and physical devastation left by such abuse; and pathways to wellness and recovery.

This conference is co-sponsored by The Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) at Alliant International University. IVAT is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.

Please contact conference coordinators at: cppa001@aol.com or 916-233-8381 for more information.