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Foster Care *Trigger Warning*

I was born in Bristol City, England UK in 1979, after my parents relocated to Bristol in the early 1970s. Most of my childhood was spent growing up during the 1980s and 90s. Bristol has a rich complex history, and … Continue reading

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CSA: From a legal perspective.

To be clear from the start. When looking at your experience from a legal perspective, the therapeutic side does not really come into it. Legal and therapy are too different entities that have too different jobs to do. In blunt … Continue reading

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The Interrelation of CSA and Personal Circumstance.

Child sexual abuse affects every survivor differently — but the outcomes are not shaped by trauma alone. Class, race, gender, economics, and family systems interrelate with how survivors experience abuse, how they are responded to, and how they recover. Drawing … Continue reading

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BOOK – Child Sexual Abuse in Protective Custody: From a Lived Perspective.

I am writing a book based on my own lived experience within the Bristol City Care system. It is a book broken down into subsections and parts. That include Life Circumstance, Police, Courts & Legislation, Mental Health & Well-Being, and … Continue reading

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The Character Assassination of Foster Children: A Hidden Truth Within the UK Care System

By a survivor of the Bristol City Council care system (1980s–1990s) A Silent Injustice Hidden in Plain Sight The character assassination of foster children is one of society’s most uncomfortable secrets. It rarely enters public debate because it forces us … Continue reading

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Child Sexual Abuse, being a foster child, and Justice

When one thinks of CSA and Justice, they think of a criminal process of arrest, sentencing and remedy. In the world of CSA, that is anything but the truth.. In CSA there are many hurdles to get over. The first … Continue reading

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