The man who cries out against evil men but does not pray for them will never know the grace of God. Saint Silouan the Athonite In 1874, nine-year old Mary Ellen Wilson was living in Hell’s Kitchen, the underbelly of New York City where she was beaten, neglected, and frequently chained to her bed.…
I pondered the truth of the message. Lord over beasts? Do they fornicate with their young? Do they beat, burn, starve, mutilate, and suffocate their loved ones? Lord, recreate us anew, like the animals we strive to be different from. Julia W. Burns, MD No patient had ever hurt me and that was a…
The man who cries out against evil men but does not pray for them will never know the grace of God. Saint Silouan the Athonite BECAUSE WE STRUGGLE WITH HOW TO NAME AND ANALYZE ABUSE, TO RECONCILE OURSELVES TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMEONE WE LOVE MIGHT ALSO BRUTALIZE CHILDREN, WE TOO OFTEN ALLOW ABUSE TO…
In Songs for the Forgotten: A Psychiatrist’s Record, I take you into the world of White Pines, a three hundred child welfare agency, where we will listen to patient’s stories of trauma and by listening and believing, create healing and wholeness. I weave my own story in with those of my patients, showing how I…
Jeffrey Epstein Take II Filthy Rich, the new documentary on Jeffrey Epstein and his exploits into sex trafficking falls short—covering the illegal and immoral activities of this man and his accomplices is where it ends. The documentary explains how the sex pyramid is formed primarily by Ghislaine Maxwell as she recruits young girls to bring…
This article was not written by me. It is taken directly from PEOPLE magazine, March 6, 2020. The Times they are a changing! Woody Allen's Controversial Memoir Dropped by Publisher Amid ProtestsWoody Allen‘s memoir was dropped by Hachette Book Group. The company had decided to drop the controversial director’s autobiography, Apropos of Nothing, just four…
I have heard it said that when a woman tells a story, she becomes both mother and child, teller and listener, curator and ticket holder, to this event that catalogues her life and destiny. It is true that each of us has a destiny to fulfill which may be assigned at birth. Believing that is true,…
Songs for the Forgotten: A Psychiatrist’s Record of Truth is a memoir that combines pivotal moments from my Southern upbringing in the ‘70s with case histories accumulated through thirty-five years of treating psychiatric patients, particularly those drowning in the cultural epidemic of child abuse. This book tells their stories and mine as I struggled…
Frequently, the case is made that a comprehensive intervention program for childhood trauma would not make a significant impact. Others believe that the problem can be solved. This story proves that if people stand up and speak out loud, fewer people will be victims. According to CBSSports, former Olympic doctor, Dr. Bill Moreau says he…
2/24/2020 11;18am Jessica Simpson was approached about writing her memoir several years ago. The publisher asked her to show readers, “how you became your best self, how you transformed into a successful singer, wife, mother and creator of a billion-dollar clothing empire.” This request stopped her in her tracks. She had many secrets and instead…