Help, Healing, Research, Education and Advocacy
by Theresa Karminski Burke, Ph.D., & David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Experts agree that during past the 25 years the rate of child abuse has increased dramatically. Between 1976 and 1987, alone, there was a 330% increase in the reported cases of child abuse. While a portion of this increase is due to better reporting, experts […]
Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 1998 Download Issue (pdf format) Contents: When the Doll Breaks Psychotherapist Dr. Theresa Karminski Burke uses the example of a college friend to decode the common anti-child behavior in our society. Abortion Trauma and Child Abuse Book Review Deeply Damaged: An Explanation for the Profound Problems Arising from Aborting Babies […]
Case Study: “Peggy Brue” I had just graduated from high school and got in with the wrong crowd. There was just so much pressure at that time to be accepted in some kind of social group. I was quite a rebellious teenager and so people that did weird things (drugs, hippies, LSD era) really attracted […]
by Vincent M. Rue, Ph.D. Abortion is a profoundly human and complex issue. Because it is such an intensely personal experience, it carries serious and significant consequences for both the individual and society. The choice of abortion confronts moral reasoning, beliefs about human development, personal identity, family structure and functions, role conflicts in relationships and […]
Why do women have abortions? Most women — at least 70% — say they believe abortion is immoral.1 But they choose against their conscience because of pressure from others and their circumstances. They choose abortion out of fear– fear of not being able to raise a child, fear of losing their partner if they do […]