Rape Support Group
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My name is James Landrith and I am a moderator over at Pandora's Aquarium, a message board for male and female survivors of sexual violence with nearly 19,000 members. I'm writing because this weekend, on Sunday the 13th, at 8pm EST, Mike Lew will be a guest speaker for the male survivors on our forum. As Mike is a very influential force within trauma survivor circles, we have decided to extend participation invitations outside of the Pandys membership and are inviting DS members to attend.
The forum at Pandys can be found here:
http://pandys.org/forums/index.php?act=idx
The chat announcement and participation instructions are below:
Mike Lew, M.Ed., a psychotherapist and group therapy leader in the Boston, MA area, is co-director of The Next Step Counseling and Training Center.
http://www.nextstepcounseling.org/
As a cultural anthropologist specializing in the field of Culture and Personality (Psychological Anthropology), he worked with the late Margaret Mead and Colin Turnbull. After further training in Counseling Psychology, he became a leading expert on recovery from sexual child abuse, particularly issues of male survivors.
Mike Lew has worked with thousands of men and women in their healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse and neglect. The development of strategies for recovery from incest and other abuse, particularly for men, has been a major focus of his work as a counselor and group leader.
He conducts public lectures, workshops for survivors, and trainings and consultations for mental health, medical, human service, clergy, law enforcement, and other professionals throughout the United States and Canada and in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Mike has taught at The City College of New York, Quinnipiac College, The College of New Rochelle and University of California at Santa Cruz.
His publications include Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse (Second Edition, Revised and Updated Quill, 2004). The first book written specifically for men recovering from sexual child abuse, Victims No Longer continues to earn praise for both its clinical expertise and compassionate tone, educating survivors and professionals about the recovery process, speaking to the pain, needs, fears and hopes of the adult male survivor.
Mike's second book is Leaping Upon the Mountains (Small Wonder Books and North Atlantic Books, 1999).
Mike Lew has consulted to the National Institute of Mental Health, National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse, Childhelp USA/National Child Abuse Hotline, People Against Sexual Abuse and many other organizations in the United States and abroad. He has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse and the review board of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Please note that this chat is open to male survivors only. Because of space considerations, the chat is limited to 50 participants. Attendance to the chat is free, all that is required is a membership to our board. As long as you register at least 12 hours prior to the chat and contact a moderator to let them know you've registered specifically to attend the chat, you'll be able to attend. You will receive a PM prior to the chat with more information, and you will be given the chance to submit questions both before and during the chat. To see past transcripts, visit the Guest Speaker Chats page at Pandys.
Although this chat is only open to male survivors, the transcript will be posted in the Forums at Pandys. In addition, if you are female and would like to attend a chat with Mr. Lew, please let a Pandys administrator know; if there is enough interest, we will try to schedule him again.
The forum at Pandys can be found here:
http://pandys.org/forums/index.php?act=idx
The chat announcement and participation instructions are below:
Mike Lew, M.Ed., a psychotherapist and group therapy leader in the Boston, MA area, is co-director of The Next Step Counseling and Training Center.
http://www.nextstepcounseling.org/
As a cultural anthropologist specializing in the field of Culture and Personality (Psychological Anthropology), he worked with the late Margaret Mead and Colin Turnbull. After further training in Counseling Psychology, he became a leading expert on recovery from sexual child abuse, particularly issues of male survivors.
Mike Lew has worked with thousands of men and women in their healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse and neglect. The development of strategies for recovery from incest and other abuse, particularly for men, has been a major focus of his work as a counselor and group leader.
He conducts public lectures, workshops for survivors, and trainings and consultations for mental health, medical, human service, clergy, law enforcement, and other professionals throughout the United States and Canada and in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Mike has taught at The City College of New York, Quinnipiac College, The College of New Rochelle and University of California at Santa Cruz.
His publications include Victims No Longer: The Classic Guide for Men Recovering from Sexual Child Abuse (Second Edition, Revised and Updated Quill, 2004). The first book written specifically for men recovering from sexual child abuse, Victims No Longer continues to earn praise for both its clinical expertise and compassionate tone, educating survivors and professionals about the recovery process, speaking to the pain, needs, fears and hopes of the adult male survivor.
Mike's second book is Leaping Upon the Mountains (Small Wonder Books and North Atlantic Books, 1999).
Mike Lew has consulted to the National Institute of Mental Health, National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse, Childhelp USA/National Child Abuse Hotline, People Against Sexual Abuse and many other organizations in the United States and abroad. He has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse and the review board of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Please note that this chat is open to male survivors only. Because of space considerations, the chat is limited to 50 participants. Attendance to the chat is free, all that is required is a membership to our board. As long as you register at least 12 hours prior to the chat and contact a moderator to let them know you've registered specifically to attend the chat, you'll be able to attend. You will receive a PM prior to the chat with more information, and you will be given the chance to submit questions both before and during the chat. To see past transcripts, visit the Guest Speaker Chats page at Pandys.
Although this chat is only open to male survivors, the transcript will be posted in the Forums at Pandys. In addition, if you are female and would like to attend a chat with Mr. Lew, please let a Pandys administrator know; if there is enough interest, we will try to schedule him again.
Thank you.