Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control

329 Pages·2011·1.1 MB·English

by  Alison Miller

HEALING THE UNIMAGINABLE

HEALING THE UNIMAGINABLE
Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control
Alison Miller
First published in 2012 by
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
ABOUTTHEAUTHOR xi
PREFACEby E. Sue Blume xiii
FOREWORDby Valerie Sinason xv
INTRODUCTION xix
CHAPTER ONE
Atherapist’s first experience with ritual abuse and mind control 1
(with thanks to “Lorraine”, “Teresa”, “Tony”, and “Jennifer”)
CHAPTER TWO
Ritual abuse and mind control: the definition evolves 9
CHAPTER THREE
The basics of therapy 19
CHAPTER FOUR
Markers of mind control and ritual abuse 45
CHAPTER FIVE
“Ritual” abuse: religious and creed-based abuses 57
with contributions by:
Old Lady: “The special child’s spiritual training” 58
Adriana Green: “The strangers’ house” 68
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CHAPTER SIX
Military, political, and commercial uses of mind control 73
with contributions by:
Trish Fotheringham: “Mind control as I experienced it” 74
Jeannie Riseman: “A1940s system of programming” 86
CHAPTER SEVEN
Areversed Kabbalah trainer speaks 91
contributed by Stella Katz
CHAPTER EIGHT
The programming: indoctrination, lies, and tricks 119
CHAPTER NINE
Understanding and working with alters’ jobs and hierarchies 131
with a contribution by:
LisaBri: “When therapists make mistakes” 136
CHAPTER TEN
Dealing with programming: alternative strategies 155
with contributions by:
Jeannie Riseman: “Programming: taking the wind out of its sails” 163
Robin Morgan: “Dismantling my inner structures” 169
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“Stabilization” takes on a new meaning 173
CHAPTER TWELVE
“Maybe I made it up” 193
with contributions by:
LisaBri: “Honesty and denial” 198
Carol Rutz: “Validating my mind control memories” 202
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Boundaries and bonds: the therapeutic relationship 209
with contributions by:
Stella Katz: “For Miranda” 211
LisaBri: “Asurvivor in therapy” 216
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Treating programmed pedophilia 225
(with thanks to “Jennifer”)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
The unimaginable 235
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Working with the traumatic memories 251
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Successful resolution: co-consciousness or integration 267
with contributions by:
Jen Callow: Part 1: “To integrate or not to integrate” 268
Jen Callow: Part 2: “Building inner community” 272
Stella Katz: “Reclaiming me” 275
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Ritual abuse and mind control treatment: 283
greater than the sum of its parts
APPENDIX 1: Resources (books and websites) 287
APPENDIX 2: Satanic calendar 291
REFERENCES 295
INDEX 299
This book is dedicated to the many courageous therapists who have
taken on the challenge of facing the unimaginable with their clients.
Only the small secrets need to be protected. The big ones are kept secret by public incredulity.
Marshall McCluhan
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,
to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet & Novelist
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
Mohandas Gandhi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First of all, I want to thank all the clients who, over the past twenty years, have shared with me
their painful stories of ritual abuse and mind control. They have been my most important teach-
ers, and without them I would not have been able to even conceive of writing such a book.
Some of them will recognize themselves in these pages, and I know it will be important to them
to know they have contributed to the knowledge and skills of many therapists.
Beyond that, words cannot express how grateful I am to those courageous survivors who
contributed to this book: Old Lady, Adriana Green, Trish Fotheringham, Jeannie Riseman, Stella
Katz, LisaBri, Robin Morgan, Carol Rutz, and Jen Callow. Their bravery in facing their experi-
ences, their hard-won internal cooperation and maturity, and their willingness to speak up
constitute a unique contribution to our understanding both of these abuses and to their heal-
ing process.
I want to express my appreciation to my local friend, Adrienne Carter, who uses her vaca-
tions to work with trauma survivors in disaster areas all over the planet. She has been my
support for many years in facing my clients’ difficult memories and recovery issues.
Over the years of my learning, many online friends and colleagues have been an ongoing
support system, as we all struggle together to understand and deal with these monstrosities. I
particularly appreciate the contributions of Eroca Shaler and Jeannie Riseman in reading some
early chapters of this book and giving me feedback, as well as all the “critters” with whom I have
had dialogue over the years. (They will know what that message means, and who they are.)
There is one person without whom this book would never have come to fruition: my online
friend, author and therapist E. Sue Blume, whom I have never met in person. She has
supported me, insisted on the importance of my book, criticized my writing, found synonyms,
sorted out my paragraphs, told me what is missing, and been the most creative and practical
editor anyone can imagine, all before my publisher, Karnac Books, became involved. Thank you
so much, E. Sue.
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