Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN)

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 Barbara Joy Hansen from Milford, Massachusetts, a child abuse survivor and Violence Prevention Expert. Her book, 'Listen to the Cry of the Child,' is where she share...

Tonight's special guest is Joe Maxwel from Aurora, Texas, a child abuse survivor who struggles with depression, anxiety and CPTSD. "I'm currently seeing a therapist who has linked me to a psychiatrist that I'm waiting to see on the waiting list.," Joe says. "During the past few years my childhood has been the center of my mind and has been hard at times to cope." Joe has now found a community of p...

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 be Lori Golden from San Diego, California, a survivor and a private psychotherapist working with other trauma and abuse survivors. Lori shares, “I am a survivor of incest. M...

Tonight's special guest is Ed K from Baltimore, Maryland, a child abuse survivor and artist. Ed is now a 66 year old man, with recovered memories of abandonment and sexual trauma in childhood at roughly 55 years old. He lived with mental health unidentified symptoms of them for 45-49 years. Ed has been exploring numerous avenues of healing for years, including Visual art, songwriting, Buddhism, Ju...

Tonight's special guest is Thomas Gagliano from North Brunswick, New Jersey. Tom specializes in working with parents relating to childhood messages and how one’s experience shapes their world view. He discusses challenging issues from his vast professional background while interweaving his own experiences to crystallize concepts. He's the co-author of the book 'The Problem Was Me' with Dr. Abraham...

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 Rita Mercer, PsyD., from Los Angeles, California, a recent 2019 graduate of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology with a doctorate degree in Clinical Forensic Psychology. Since graduating "I am an online Seeking Safety Support Group facilitator and design content and program collaborator of The Chat series," Rita explains. "This is an online discussion platform t...

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 Carlotta Taylor from Clinton, Mississippi, a survivor of child abuse by her own family and in foster care. After searching for her purpose for years, she learned it...

Tonight's special guest is Sarah Henry from Altamonte Springs, Florida, and Dr. Jaime Romo from San Diego, California. Sarah is the Executive Director of the Child-Friendly Faith Project. Sarah holds a B.A. in Political Science from Lynn University and an M.P.A. with a focus in Nonprofit Management from American University. She is a longtime secular activist who is deeply committed to protecting t...

Tonight's special guest is Dr. Robb Kelly from San Antonio, Texas, an addiction expert, psychologist, TV doctor and author. Based on his own experiences working with addicts and alcoholics over the last 20 years, a PhD in Psychology from Oxford University and as a recovered alcoholic himself – he is a triple threat against the disease of addiction. Dr. Kelly was once the CEO of a thriving telecomm...

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 Felicia L Reed, a trauma-informed Recovery Coach who suffered the entire spectrum of abuses from the age of 5 to 51. That was the point when she started a healing an...

Tonight's special guest is Eunice Nuna from Boston, Massachusetts, a survivor of child abuse. "From growing up with an alcohol dependent parent, to going through sexual abuse, to suffering mental health issues, to being on the brink of suicide, my story is the example of how anybody can overcome the obstacles in their life and achieve greatness," she says. "I am now a psychologist, a mother, Child...

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 Sharyn Higdon Jones, a licensed psychotherapist for over 35 years with individuals, couples and families who have experienced the trauma of abuse. In her words: “The...

Tonight's special guest is Rita Rodriguez from Joshua, Texas, a child abuse and domestic violence survivor. A lot of the child abuse happened at the hands of her step mother, Evelyn. "She would lock me in my room and starve me until she felt like it. She would throw me outside naked with no clothes, take out the hose, wet me with it, and say really nasty things. There was a barn I would sleep in. ...

Tonight's special guest is Patty Rhyne from Antioch, California, a returning NAASCA family member. She's a survivor of sexual, physical and emotional abused by multiple men over the course of her life. "My abuse started when I was only 4 years old. My first abuser began by grooming me," she writes. By 7 his sexual abuse was happening every day. Her mother regularly neglected her. "CPS was called o...

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 Dr Jaime Romo from San Diego, California, an educator, consultant, author, and Commissioned Minister, who promotes healing from abuse and the prevention of child sex...

Tonight's special guest is Muriel Rada from Omaha, Nebraska, a survivor of child abuse who's been in recovery quite a while. "My abuse by child ographers began at age three," Muriel says. It continued until 2nd grade. "I was scared and couldn't ever sleep. I hoped someone else would adopt me." Muriel didn't have any school friends until seventh grade, and then only one. In eighth grade she visited...

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 Patricia (Trish) McKnight from Breese, Illinois, a returning NAASCA family member who says, "Today I am a thousand miles away from the person my parents created in their forced slavery, destructive neglect, and constant violence fueled by mental illness and substance abuse." Trish lived the journey of survival patterns filled with drug use, alcohol, attempted suicide, pa...

Tonight's special guest is Cynthya Hale from Washington DC, a survivor of Domestic Violence with her sons. They were abused for 17 years, had a struggle, lost, and healed through their process and now are helping others. Now Cynthya is the founder and CEO of FFT Helping Others. She also runs the National Domestic Violence Rally, saying, "The United States & International Domestic Violence Rall...

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 co-host, Dr. Debra Warner, Psy. D., is a long time and engaged NAASCA family member who's a Los Angeles based Forensic Psychologist and a professor at the Chicago School of Profession...

Tonight's special guest is Wandra Denice Brown from New York City a survivor of severe violent, physical and sexual abuse. Emotionally she was broken. "I was in the foster care system my whole childhood life," she shares. "I never had a childhood at all." In her youth she was sodomized, buried alive in the backyard, made to on the hot stove, branded. "My foster dad taught me to take pain and don’t...

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 be Lori Golden from San Diego, California, a survivor and a private psychotherapist working with other trauma and abuse survivors. Lori shares, “I am a survivor of incest. M...

Tonight's special guest is Crystal Matey from Hoschton, Georgia, who grew up in poverty with a mother who'd experienced her own abuse and an addict father. "I’ve survived sexual, physical, and emotional abuse," she reports, "beginning around the age of 3 and continuing throughout my childhood." At 6 she told her mother that her paternal grandfather had been sexually abusing her, which forced her m...

Tonight's special guest is Joe Potosi from Dubuque, Iowa, a returning NAASCA family member who's a child abuse survivor, minister, motivational speaker and author of the book 'When The Dust Settled.' At age 3, his father abandoned the family. Over the next 15 years, his mother and stepfather used drugs and alcohol, had a turbulent relationship, and were both physically and emotionally abusive to h...