Elizabeth Thomas might still be struggling with conflicted feelings about the high school teacher who allegedly abducted her, a psychologist who survived child sex abuse tells People.
Last week, Elizabeth, now 16, gave an interview to the Columbia Daily Herald, saying, “I don’t regret it, nor do I say it was the right thing to do. It was an experience I’ll have to live with the rest of my life.”
According to psychologist and author Dr. Michelle Stevens, sexual crime victims often are ambivalent about their abusers. Elizabeth, she says, might feel a range of emotions toward suspect Tad Cummins,...
Last week, Elizabeth, now 16, gave an interview to the Columbia Daily Herald, saying, “I don’t regret it, nor do I say it was the right thing to do. It was an experience I’ll have to live with the rest of my life.”
According to psychologist and author Dr. Michelle Stevens, sexual crime victims often are ambivalent about their abusers. Elizabeth, she says, might feel a range of emotions toward suspect Tad Cummins,...
- 9/27/2017
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
Elizabeth Thomas — who authorities allege was kidnapped by her 50-year-old high school teacher last month — is only at the beginning of her recovery after being reunited with her family in Tennessee on Friday.
But as her relatives tell People, she has the help of “some of the best in the country” and, more importantly, she is surrounded by love.
“And she needs love over anything else. Love is what’s going to heal her,” says Elizabeth’s older sister Kat Bozeman, one of her nine siblings. “We’re going to show her we love her unconditionally.”
“That’s another thing...
But as her relatives tell People, she has the help of “some of the best in the country” and, more importantly, she is surrounded by love.
“And she needs love over anything else. Love is what’s going to heal her,” says Elizabeth’s older sister Kat Bozeman, one of her nine siblings. “We’re going to show her we love her unconditionally.”
“That’s another thing...
- 4/26/2017
- by Adam Carlson and Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
As Elizabeth Thomas acclimates back home in Tennessee after her alleged 38-day abduction by her teacher, she faces a long and emotional healing process, a psychologist and expert in child sex abuse tells People.
Elizabeth’s teacher, 50-year-old Tad Cummins, allegedly “groomed” her for months prior to the pair vanishing on March 13, which launched a weeks-long Amber Alert.
“She’s going to be very confused, because she was brainwashed by this guy and she doesn’t quite understand why everyone is acting like it’s a kidnapping,” says Dr. Michelle Stevens, a California-based psychologist who recently wrote a book about...
Elizabeth’s teacher, 50-year-old Tad Cummins, allegedly “groomed” her for months prior to the pair vanishing on March 13, which launched a weeks-long Amber Alert.
“She’s going to be very confused, because she was brainwashed by this guy and she doesn’t quite understand why everyone is acting like it’s a kidnapping,” says Dr. Michelle Stevens, a California-based psychologist who recently wrote a book about...
- 4/26/2017
- by Elaine Aradillas and Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
For nearly a decade, Michelle Stevens only had hope for her survival, as she longed to be free of the brutal torture and sexual abuse that started when, at 8 years old, she was introduced to her stepfather.
“It was really hard to have hope,” Stevens, now 48, tells People in an interview from her Pasadena, California, home. “I had hope when I was being abused, because I wanted out.”
“Then I was out,” she says, “and I felt so bad and I hated myself so much.”
In the opening pages of her new book, Scared Selfless: My Journey from Abuse and Madness to Surviving and Thriving,...
“It was really hard to have hope,” Stevens, now 48, tells People in an interview from her Pasadena, California, home. “I had hope when I was being abused, because I wanted out.”
“Then I was out,” she says, “and I felt so bad and I hated myself so much.”
In the opening pages of her new book, Scared Selfless: My Journey from Abuse and Madness to Surviving and Thriving,...
- 3/16/2017
- by Elaine Aradillas
- PEOPLE.com
When Michelle Stevens was 8 years old, she was introduced to Gary Lundquist, the man who would become her stepfather — and tormentor.
In the opening pages of her new book, Scared Selfless: My Journey from Abuse and Madness to Surviving and Thriving, out March 21 and excerpted exclusively in this week’s issue of People, Stevens describes the night she was locked in a cage and “trained” to be a sex slave.
“I was badly tortured,” Stevens, now 48, tells People in a interview from her home in Pasadena, California. “I still have flashbacks.”
In the book, Stevens recounts in explicit detail how her stepfather,...
In the opening pages of her new book, Scared Selfless: My Journey from Abuse and Madness to Surviving and Thriving, out March 21 and excerpted exclusively in this week’s issue of People, Stevens describes the night she was locked in a cage and “trained” to be a sex slave.
“I was badly tortured,” Stevens, now 48, tells People in a interview from her home in Pasadena, California. “I still have flashbacks.”
In the book, Stevens recounts in explicit detail how her stepfather,...
- 3/15/2017
- by Elaine Aradillas
- PEOPLE.com
Dr. Michelle Stevens is the author of the upcoming book, Scared Selfless: My Journey from Abuse and Madness to Surviving and Thriving. She is the founder and executive director of Post-Traumatic Success, a nonprofit organization that provides education and inspiration to those affected by psychological trauma.
Dr. M. Night Shyamalan,
According to the box-office results, congratulations are in order. It seems your new movie, Split, is doing gangbusters. That means millions of people all over the world have seen or will soon see your story about a man who is suffering from dissociative identity disorder.
Personally, I think that’s...
Dr. M. Night Shyamalan,
According to the box-office results, congratulations are in order. It seems your new movie, Split, is doing gangbusters. That means millions of people all over the world have seen or will soon see your story about a man who is suffering from dissociative identity disorder.
Personally, I think that’s...
- 2/1/2017
- by Dr. Michelle Stevens
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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