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Monthly Archives February 2008

Caveat Emptor: A Message for the Parents

DAY 4. Fellow survivors found: 0 Many thanks to everyone who has helped promote this site–over 1,000 hits in 3 days is nothing to sneeze at. I’ll be updating frequently, if not daily, so please check back often, there’s a Herculean amount of content and information to be made public! This post is dedicated to [...]

Posted 29 February 2008 § adoption § attachment parenting § following the money § foster childhood § pharmacracy § pseudoscience § torture tapes ‡ Comments (0) °

Darkness Visible

This is what I’m able to piece together so far… I’m not sure how to best go about explaining my attachment therapy sessions to other people, but imagine, if you will, that you’re a child of about twelve. You don’t have much body weight, especially when compared to any one of the several adults who [...]

Posted 28 February 2008 § memory § sociopathy § survivors ‡ Comments (31) °

Clarion Call

When I was about 12 years old, my adoptive mother sent me to an attachment center in Colorado, where I underwent the same form of “therapy” that killed Candace Newmaker. After a two-week intensive session, I was made to stay on for periodic treatments while living with AT-approved foster parents (much like Andrea Swenson). I [...]

Posted 27 February 2008 § Candace Newmaker § adoption § survivors ‡ Comments (0) °

In Memoriam

Andrea Swenson (??? 1977 – November 9, 1990) Sent by her adoptive mother to the Attachment Center at Evergreen (ACE), Andrea was put through the usual “two-week intensive,” but then diagnosed as so “damaged” that she had to stay on for periodic treatments at ACE, and live with AT-trained therapeutic foster parents (TFPs), at a [...]

Posted 26 February 2008 § Candace Newmaker § fatalities ‡ Comments (29) °

Void

Feels like I’m screaming into a void. This is not a test.

Posted 26 February 2008 § survivors ‡ Comments (1) °