Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)

Tonight's special guest is Laurie Purcell from Bay Shore, New York, a returning NAASCA family member from Long Island. Her abuse was severe .. physical, sexual and emotional.  She says, "I was born into a family of severely mentally ill people, who weren't medicated." Jack, her father, was a violent pedophile. Gilda, her mother, was psychotic and violent to Laurie and her brother, Andrew, was brai...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host is Dr Jamie Romo ~~ On these episodes we welcome various co-hosts, survivor-professionals who'll assist in fielding questions and lead a variety of topics suggested by our c...

Tonight's special guest is Lynn M Griesemer from Tampa, Florida, an anti p*rn advocate and author of an exciting new just published book, ' Free: How to Decrease the Demand for P*rngraphy'. Lynn is the author of books on public speaking, marriage and childbirth, most available on Amazon. One day she vows to write fiction, but Lynn says the theme tonight might be: 'How We Can Create a P*rn Free Soc...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host is Cherie White ~~ On these episodes we welcome various co-hosts, survivor-professionals who'll assist in fielding questions and lead a variety of topics suggested by our ca...

Tonight's special guest is Kelly Wallace from Portland, Oregon, a survivor and an employment consultant. She's a frequent podcast guest speaking about her experience as a child sexual abuse survivor and Kelly is at work on a memoir about her experience as an adult survivor of CSA. We'll want to discuss the new book. Her chosen career may have helped with Kelly's recovery, and no doubt she brings h...

Tonight's special guest is Darlene J Clark from Pulaski, Tennessee, a NAASCA family member. She's a survivor of severe child abuse and author of 'Born In A Living Hell,' about her tortuous childhood, and has recently written a second book, 'Shattered Innocence'. But Darlene isn't here tonight to tell her story, which she's told on our show many times (see SCAN 2906, 4/25/22). She's here tonight to...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest is Jo from Florida, a date rape survivor, a psychologist and an ordained Christian minister. Tonight she'll be telling her story for the first time. Jo says, "I studied psycholo...

Tonight's special guest will be Jennie Delreeve from Wales, UK. She helps women around the globe who have experienced trauma from sexual abuse and are challenged with pelvic organ prolapse and urinary stress incontinence. "I have been a holistic health practitioner, life coach and law of attraction mentor for 16 years," she says. "I was abused several times by family members and various teenage bo...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight's special guest will be Felisha Johnson from Miami, Florida, who has an incredible story of transformation. She was physically and sexually abused, taken from her family, and placed in the fost...

Tonight's special guest is Dgirl from Savannah, Georgia and the Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, area. She says, "My story is one that few would believe. It started with abuse that begin when I was only two. I was diagnosed with a very rare cancer and my parents gave permission to the United States and the national institutes of health for me to become a test subject and to be experimented on due to the...

Tonight's special guest is Aaron McGonigal from Idaho, who says, "I am a survivor/thriver of childhood sex abuse. I was NOT abused by my parent's however I was abused by a cousin of my dad's from the age of 5 until I started growing pubic hair (age 11). I am also a survivor of being bullied by multiple kid's when I was younger and growing up I was picked on by most of my uncles." Aaron reports, "I...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Michelle Bless from Cincinnati, a survivor of severe child abuse who's now a Minister and Chaplain. She'll appear on the 1st Thursday of each month and is the author...

Tonight's special guest is Barbara Joy Hansen (Bobbie Joy) from Milford, Massachusetts, a child abuse survivor, activist and author. She's the International Award-Winning Author of 'Listen to the Cry of the Child', which gives a face and much insight into her world of violence that brings abuse into the light which is the first step to freedom & soul healing. Victimized from 2-8 by her grandfa...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Rev Henry (Hank) McGrath from Caroga Lake, New York, a child abuse survivor, author and NAASCA volunteer. Hank began life in a poor Irish family with 4 siblings in N...

Tonight's special guest is AmyAnna Soto from Modesto, California, a survivor of severe childhood trauma and a professional Somatic Mindful Guided Imagery® (SMGI®) guide. "My trauma includes childhood sexual abuse, physical and mental abuse, rape and long-term stalking. Growing up the adults in my life were self-labeled sadists. My world was a place of nightmares and terror, which turned darker whe...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professionals Carol Levine and Michelle Bless, using an OPEN MIKE forum. Anyone can call in! We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Those who call in will form a discussion panel. ~~ On these episodes we welcome various co-hosts, survivors and professionals. who'll assist in fiel...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Bill Murray from Los Angeles, our founder. Bill's recovery is 12 Step-based and spans over 3 and a half decades. Sexually abused by numerous clerics, all men, betwee...

Tonight's special guest is Carol C. Boyce from Sacramento, California, a child abuse survivor and an accomplished author, child advocate, and speaker. Her passions for child abuse prevention. Carol's book is, 'First, I Believe You; A True Story of Healing from Hidden Memories'. She has written about her resiliency and courageous battle to learn the truth of her past, ending her traumatic amnesia a...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Pastor Deborah Schleich, who grew up all over the world in a military family where her mother was mentally ill, and is now a survivor-professional. Living in Pensaco...

Tonight's special guest is Victoria Kelly from Minneapolis, Minnesota, a returning guest. Victoria will soon be helping with Hosting these SCAN shows. She's also putting together a special event in Oct for Domestic Violence awareness in her home state. A child abuse survivor and long-time NAASCA family member / volunteer, Victoria was abused almost from birth in nearly every way imaginable even as...

Tonight's special guest is Daria Heller from Middletown, Ohio, who works as a volunteer at the HopeHouse Homeless Shelter for Women. Her emphasis is on teaching life skills to facilitate women’s re-entry into the world, to create good life choices and to rise above their broken past. Daria said, “I understand what it's like to be broken and afflicted just like the women I serve because I am surviv...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Monica Boglin from Puyallup, Washington, a survivor of sexual, physical, and emotional child abuse. Her preditors were all family members, and her parents were inten...

Tonight's special guest is Teresa Joyce from the UK, a returning NAASCA family member, author of 'There's a Fine Line', available as a free eBook which she says is a true story that ranges over a period of many years. Teresa explains the book, "covers the first married years of my mother's life, and the abuse she received from my now deceased father." Sadly, hardship just seemed to follow her arou...

Q & A call-in discussion with a survivor-professional, using an OPEN MIKE forum. We'll feature a survivor-professional co-host who'll field topics brought to the episode by you, the listener. ~~ Tonight the special co-host will be Cherie White from Covington, Tennessee, an anti bullying advocate and author of three books who uses her own story of being bullied and gaslighted to help those endu...

Tonight's special guest will be Wilsdaryon (Wil) Presche from Houston, Texas, a survivor of child abuse and trauma. At seven years old he was placed into the foster care system due to trauma and abuse. He spent the next few years bouncing from foster home to foster home. Then, at twelve, Wil was placed with loving people who would eventually become his adoptive family. As Wil grew older, he develo...