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Wanda Karriker, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist who spent a career working with survivors of extreme abuse. She is author of the novel, “Morning, Come Quickly,” co-developer of the Extreme Abuse Survey Project and former editor of Survivorship. Her topic is: The Ritual Abuse Controversy: A Personal Perspective.

Carmen Yana Holiday is a survivor of extreme domestic violence, human trafficking, child pornography, ritual abuse-torture and mind control. She has been an advocate for other survivors since 2001, developing and facilitating trauma recovery workshops and presenting as a survivor of RA-MC for several organizations.

A transcript of this talk can be seen here:

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2010-conference/survivors-of-extreme-abuse-the-awful-rowing-toward-social-emancipation/

Neil Brick is a survivor of Masonic based Ritual Abuse and MK-ULTRA. He is the editor of S.M.A.R.T. – A Ritual Abuse Newsletter. His topic is: Fighting the Spin : The Truth about Child Abuse Cases.

In the last 20 years, many child abuse and ritual abuse cases have been made public. Almost all of these have been subjected to media campaigns and spin by organizations and researchers skeptical of the existence of ritual abuse. These groups have done whatever they can to make sure that only their view on the topic is heard and that ours is not allowed to be made public.

We discuss this at our website on a page called “False memory syndrome proponents tactics”:

http://ritualabuse.us/research/memory-fms/false-memory-syndrome-proponents-tactics/

This presentation will briefly review some of the more famous child abuse cases and present the perspective of the victims of these crimes, not the perspectives of the alleged or convicted perpetrators or those defending them...[Click link below to read full text of this talk]

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2010-conference/fighting-the-spin-the-truth-about-child-abuse-cases/

Neil Brick is a survivor of Masonic based Ritual Abuse and MK-ULTRA. He is the editor of S.M.A.R.T. – A Ritual Abuse Newsletter. His topics today is “The Move from Blame the Victim to Blame the Helper.”

Historically speaking, the credibility of the accounts of child abuse and trauma victims stories have been attacked in various ways. Untrue statements were made that rape victims asked for the abuse or that children somehow deserved to be abused or were attracting abusers. Children and women were seen as property or lower in status. Now most people know these ideas are false and that child abuse and rape do exist.

This presentation will highlight some of the major attacks on those defending child abuse survivors. I myself have been attacked, but I have decided to fight those attacking me for the sake of making sure that child abuse in all its forms is stopped.
I will detail four of the most famous attacks on clinicians in the last 20 years, those of Bennett Braun, Judith Peterson, David Calof and Anna Salter. There have been many others....[For full text of this talk click below]

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2010-conference/the-move-from-blame-the-victim-to-blame-the-helper/

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.

A transcript of this talk can be found here:

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2009-conference/dissociation-and-time-management/

Dr. Routley first spoke at the 2006 SMART Conference on the topic:

"What is a Normal Mind Like? How is Mine Different? or What Survivors Have Taught Me Over the Last Thirty Years."

http://coreintegrity.net/images/The_Normal_Mind-SMARTConf2006.pdf

Then again in 2007:

“Using the Cognitive Compass on the Healing Journey to Core Integrity.”

and in 2008:

”Am I “Real Me” or Am I “Memorex, y, z”?” also featured here:

http://smart-talks.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-10-26T14_19_55-07_00

Dr. Lowell Routley partnered with Jim McCarthy M.A. in founding Heartland Initiative in 1997. It teaches the methodology and theory behind:

Finding Core Integrity After Life's Trauma- Training and Consultation Programs of Heartland Initiative.

Heartland Initiative exists to serve survivors of traumatic experiences through education programs that establish effective treatment, consultation services that facilitate therapeutic progress, research resources that document trauma contexts and phenomenology, and fundraising programs that create affordable services.

http://www.coreintegrity.org/

The Routley Center for Solution-Focused Counseling, PC, exists primarily to promote emotional and spiritual health in individuals and to strengthen the institutions of marriage, family, and church. It is to that end that we provide counseling, coaching, consultations, and education. We seek to achieve this mission with the highest regard for the human being and his/her emotional, intellectual, and spiritual welfare.

http://www.routleycenter.net/

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.

Hal Pepinsky, Ph.D., J.D.

Professor of Criminal Justice at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, Hal is the author of many books, including "The Geometry of Violence and Democracy" (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991) and "A Criminologist's Quest for Peace" (2000). He is co-editor with Richard Quinney of "Criminology as Peacemaking."

Hal's special areas of concern are: criminology and criminal justice, peacemaking, violence against children, and healing processes.

Hal is on the board of directors of the North American Freedom Foundation (NAFF)

NAFF was created to serve the following purposes:

1) To bring attention to the existence of governmental and non-governmental mind control; slavery; and torture perpetrated in the United States and Canada.

2) To educate the public about the special recovery needs of victims and survivors.

3) To develop and maintain a living memorial garden - the Garden of Healing - to honor victims' and survivors' traumas and strengths, and to honor those who support them in their recovery processes.

http://naffoundation.org/About_NAFF.htm

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.

A written transcript of this talk can be found here:

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2009-conference/life-as-a-onesie-making-a-difference/

DeJoly has written two books:

Diary Of A Survivor In Art And Poetry

http://www.amazon.com/Diary-survivor-poetry-deJoly-LaBrier/dp/0937025089/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259376214&sr=1-2

and

All Together Now, A Multiple's Story of Hope & Healing.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/144863833X/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0962387983&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=14PB023HZBV30MZTD6QK

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.

Shamai's Tri-Therapy Website:

http://www.hourglass.net/tritherapy/shamai.html

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.

Smart-Talk Excerpt:

"I will be focusing on why the support of the existence of ritual abuse by all the child abuse movement is crucial to the protection of the child abuse movement as a whole. Ritual abuse crimes are often the most difficult to believe because of the extreme nature of these crimes. Societies have a tendency in general to not want to believe that horrible things can happen right next door or down the street from them. Many of the atrocities that have happen throughout history have occurred in populated areas. Yet members of societies have stated after the fact that they did not know that anything was going on or that any atrocities were committed. This denial is at times encouraged by those that may have a vested interest in society maintaining a high level of denial or they may simply have trouble cognitively having an accurate world view, possibly due to their own psychodynamic issues."

The full text of this talk can be found here: 

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/2009-conference/ritual-abuse-the-trenches-of-the-stopping-child-abuse-movement/

2008 SMART conference presentation:

Jennie P. is a lawyer, a librarian, and a poet, presently working as a contractor in the biotech industry while completing her first book, “Happy Girl: From the Basements to the Rooftops, A Memoir and Guide to Healing From Trauma.” After years of struggle, she has successfully healed from satanic ritual abuse.

Jennie P. is currently seeking a publisher for her book. Excerpts can be read here:

http://jenniep.org/BookExcerpts.html

Jennie P. Consulting offers writing workshops and book coaching for trauma survivors. Jennie P. is also available for speaking engagements and for consultations upon request.

http://jenniep.org/default.html

A written transcript of this presentation can be found here:

http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/conf08/from-despair-to-joy/

Smart Conference Presenation 2008:

Lowell Routley is a therapist in the Midwest who helps survivors of extreme trauma. Lowell has listened to survivors to find what works, what doesn’t and why. As director of Heartland Initiative, he actively trains therapists and consults with client and therapist to resolve impasses in healing. His topic is ”Am I “Real Me” or Am I “Memorex, y, z”?”

Dr. Routley first spoke at the 2006 SMART Conference on the topic:

"What is a Normal Mind Like? How is Mine Different? or What Survivors Have Taught Me Over the Last Thirty Years."

http://coreintegrity.net/images/The_Normal_Mind-SMARTConf2006.pdf

Then again in 2007:

“Using the Cognitive Compass on the Healing Journey to Core Integrity.”

Dr. Lowell Routley partnered with Jim McCarthy M.A. in founding Heartland Initiative in 1997. It teaches the methodology and theory behind:

Finding Core Integrity After Life's Trauma- Training and Consultation Programs of Heartland Initiative.

Heartland Initiative exists to serve survivors of traumatic experiences through education programs that establish effective treatment, consultation services that facilitate therapeutic progress, research resources that document trauma contexts and phenomenology, and fundraising programs that create affordable services.

http://www.coreintegrity.org/

Lowell Routley, Ph.D., PC- Over 30 years of compassionate counsel for real life problems

http://www.routleycenter.net/

Leslie was born in 1954 in Detroit, Michigan. She was raised in a multi-generational cult and used in mind control training. Desperately struggling with the effects of being traumatized all her life, she finally found help that has transformed her life.

Dr. Katherine Glenn is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist in private practice in Greensboro, North Carolina. She specializes in trauma and addictions, and belongs to the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and RA Survivor Support. She has worked with survivors for 16 years.

Eileen Schrader LCSW, BA is a therapist and a journalist 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 Beyond --the obvious and subtler effects of mind control in survivors of ritual abuse and mind control."

Eileen recently was a presenter at the 13th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, held September 17, 2008, in San Diego, CA along with Wanda Karriker, Ph.D., Randy Noblitt, Ph.D., and Ellen P. Lacter, PhD. Their presentation was entitled: Torture-Based mind Control: Empirical Research, Programmer Methods, Effects & Treatment.

Here is an outstanding quote by Eileen from a very active Wall Street Journal Blog discussion followed by a link to that article and discussion:

"I would like to believe that the horrible, torturous abuses I have heard from brave clients over the years are just imaginary.

I would like to believe that.

I would like to believe that their are no Satanic Cults, no Child Pornography rings, no drug-trafficking, no selling of children to pedophile groups, governments and intelligence agencies.

I would like to believe that.

I would like to believe that the world is only filled with good and loving people who would never hurt a child, and never sell a child, or rape a child, or try to control a child’s mind.

I would like to believe that.

I look at the history of the world, replete with these offenses committed en masse for generations–rapes, wars, the murders of men, women and children and the insatiable quest for power and money and control….

I would like to believe these things don’t occur now–that they are a distant remnant of more savage ancestors.

I would like to believe that no adult would ever sexually abuse their own child today, never sell them for profit today, never put them in pornography today, never give them over to the hands of those who would torture them and mistreat them to the point of near death today.

I would like to believe that.

But….I cannot believe that.

I cannot believe that because I was extremely abused as a child. Of course I would like to believe it never happened.
“It never happened.” That’s what they used to tell me when they were finished abusing me sexually and filming me and torturing me to see how much pain I could withstand.

“It never happened,” they would say. Then they would put electrodes on my body and shock me.

But it did happen. Now I would like the opportunity to continue to treat others who have suffered similarly, to consult with esteemed colleagues, to have civilized dialogue about all these issues, without the threat of lawsuits being paraded out regularly by organizations who allegedly have perpetrators as their own founders!

I am grateful to every poster and to the Wall Street Journal for one of the best dialogues on this subject I have seen in 20 years.

In journalism school I was taught that the defense against libel was the truth.

If a child can face such a sad truth, indeed can live through the torturous pain of that truth, we, as adults, can bear that truth, certainly.

I fervently hope that the treatment for trauma and dissociative disorders continues to flourish and save lives as it did mine."

Comment by Eileen P. Schrader, LCSW, BA, Journalism - November 9, 2007 at 2:16 am

http://blogs.wsj.com/informedreader/2007/10/11/when-the-psychiatric-cure-is-the-disease/