Rebecca C Mandeville MFT
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Rebecca C Mandeville MFT

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Rebecca C. Mandeville, LMFT, CCTP, coined the now globally recognized, peer-reviewed supported term 'Family Scapegoating Abuse' (FSA). Details: Rebecca is a licensed Clinician and Researcher, Certified Complex Trauma Treatment Professional, and Family Scapegoat expert whose pioneering research on the abusive aspects of family scapegoating is recognized in clinical and academic settings worldwide. Her book, 'Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed: Help and Hope for Adults in the Family Scapegoat Role', is the first book to define and describe 'Family Scapegoating Abuse' (FSA), a term she coined during the course of her original Family Systems research while serving as Core Faculty at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Her qualitative research on FSA confirmed that this form of systemic psycho-emotional abuse often results in the development of Complex Trauma symptoms, along with Betrayal Trauma and the experience of chronic 'toxic' shame. In 2024, she co-authored the first peer-reviewed (published) quantitative research study on FSA with Research Fellow / MD Dr. Kartheek R. Balapala- an important step in further validating the experiences of FSA adult survivors. A second peer-reviewed quantitative study on FSA was published in late 2025 in both public health and medical journals in Europe and Asia. Rebecca writes for various Mental Health organizations and publishes regularly on her popular Substack site for FSA adult survivors and interested clinicians. Learn more about FSA by visiting her 'scapegoatrecovery dot com' website and visiting her YouTube channel, 'Beyond Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA)'. Receive Rebecca's latest public articles on FSA for free by joining her community for FSA survivors, 'Healing the Scapegoat Wound E-Publication'.
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