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Alison Miller

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Dr Alison Miller is a Canadian Psychologist. She developed the LIFE (Living in Families Effectively) Seminars for parent education. Since 1990 she has specialized in treating survivors of organized criminal abuse.

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Alison Miller It is more the understanding of what this abuse is about that therapists have had to study in private, not the techniques we use. There are many tried…moreIt is more the understanding of what this abuse is about that therapists have had to study in private, not the techniques we use. There are many tried and proven trauma therapy techniques which are effective with such survivors, such as EMDR and fractionated abreaction. As we share information with one another, we are gaining understanding of these abuses. As we gain understanding of dissociative disorders, we learn how to work with complex personality systems. The Top DD study is assessing the effectiveness of such work.

Pretty well all sound schools of therapy teach us not to use suggestive techniques, so we work with what our clients provide to us; we don't tell them what they have experienced. It is up to the survivor or client to determine whether what is coming into his or her mind is real, not up to the therapist. (less)

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Your recent books are excellent and really lift the lid on how abusive groups use attachment, manipulation, lies and torture to control othes. Do you have plans to produce a second edition of Healing the Unimaginable, perhaps with an improved index? And do you have plans to write about healing from cult abuse which does not begin in childhood or involve complex dissociative states?

Alison Miller I was upset by the poor index, and sent the publisher all the terms I wanted in the index for the next printing. I think it should be out by now.

I don…moreI was upset by the poor index, and sent the publisher all the terms I wanted in the index for the next printing. I think it should be out by now.

I don't have enough experience with cult abuse which does not begin in childhood. I don't even know whether it exists.(less)

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	Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control by Alison Miller (Goodreads Author), Valerie Sinason (Forward), E. Sue Blume (Preface) 4.54 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse 4.50 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Trenches: A Victim and Therapist Talk about Mind Control and Ritual Abuse by Wendy Hoffman, Alison Miller (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Demystifying Mind Control and Ritual Abuse: A Manual for Therapists it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sidestepping the Power Struggle by Alison Miller (Goodreads Author), Allison Rees 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Parent Child Connection by Alison Miller (Goodreads Author), Allison Rees 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jenseits des Vorstellbaren: Therapie bei Ritueller Gewalt und Mind Control 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Punishments include such things as flashbacks, flooding of unbearable emotions, painful body memories, flooding of memories in which the survivor perpetrated against others, self-harm, and suicide attempts.”
― Alison Miller, Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control

“Denial is commonly found among persons with dissociative disorders. My favorite quotation from such a client is, "We are not multiple, we made it all up." I have heard this from several different clients. When I hear it, I politely inquire, "And who is we?”
― Alison Miller, Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control

tags: child-abuse, child-sexual-abuse, childhood-abuse, ddnos, denial, dissociation, dissociative-disorders, dissociative-identity-disorder, multiple-personality-disorder, split-personality

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“Because the problem of ritual abuse and mind control has not gone away - the survivors are still there - many more therapists have learnt about it. Survivors have spoken out and written their stories, and therapists have learnt a great deal from those brave survivors who have discovered what was done to them. There is a large special interest group on Ritual Abuse and Mind Control within the International Society for the Study of Dissociation. Those therapists who have learnt in isolation or in small private online forums are once again sharing their knowledge widely, and books such as this one are beginning to be published again. The work is still very difficult and challenging, but we now know so much more than we did. We know that there is not one massive Satanic cult, but many different interrelated groups, including religious, military/political, and organized crime, using mind control on children and adult survivors. We know that there are effective treatments. We know that many of the paralyzing beliefs our clients lived by are the results of lies and tricks perpetrated by their abusers. And we know that, as therapists, we can combat this evil with wise and compassionate therapy.”
― Alison Miller, Healing the Unimaginable: Treating Ritual Abuse and Mind Control