Bringing Awareness to the issue of Abusive Therapists, Doctors,
​and The Abuse of Power

"I survived."
That is the first and foremost thing I say when I choose to talk about my experience of being exploited by a therapist. The damage done by therapists who transgress these boundaries is devastating. Many people do not survive. It has taken me twelve years to talk.

The second thing I say is that it is imperative
that our social systems change so that
therapists who exploit their clients and female offenders are held accountable.

Why?

Because few people are listening to victims of therapeutic abuse.
And when you add that your exploitative therapist was female
that number reduces to practically nil.

So, I am talking.
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Bernadine Fox

​Coming to Voice: Surviving an Abusive Therapist

CBC Dec 16 2019: A very pernicious system': After decades of inaction, could psychotherapy finally be regulated in BC? Bethany Lindsay interviews Bernadine Fox about her experience of exploitation by Pamela Sleeth as is outlined in her memoir Coming to Voice: Surviving an Abusive Therapist.  
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CBC Dec 16 2019: The need for regulating therapists and counsellors in BC.  Early Edition - Stephen Quin .(Bernadine is quoted about halfway through) 

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Coming to Voice:
Surviving an AbusiveTherapist
​by Bernadine Fox

$8.99
​Ms. Sleeth was a well-known expert around child sexual abuse working with some of the most profoundly traumatized survivors.  
​Emma was one of Pam’s clients.
 
In October of 2015, a year after her death, a women’s sexual assault center in Vancouver BC announced an event to honor Sleeth's feminist work to end violence against women. Pamela had, at one point, saved Emma's life. She had also transformed into one of Emma's worst predators. 
 
The space between Pamela’s impressive contributions and Emma’s experience of her is this memoir.

Foreword by Dr. Colin Ross
​Introduction by Dr. Sue Penfold
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Bernadine is a #Artist, #Writer, #SocialActivist, #MentalHealthAdvocate #Momma, and #Nana

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