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Hi, Chris. Absolutely! If I can help her or you in any way, either or both of you are welcome to call me Toll Free 1 (877) 426-2780 at COAST Ministry (Courage to Overcome All Sexual Trauma). I work from home and I’m available all day today. I’m just working on my book in between putting away Christmas decorations. I’m sure you know that when girls/women hold in anything that is so devastating and painful in, it can make you really sick and destroy one’s self esteem. When I was at Mayo the first time in 1980, I think I already shared, on the last of 11 days of appointments and tests, the psychiatrist asked me if there was anything else I hadn’t told him. I had told him that I married at 19 and had been in a very difficult marriage for eight years, that I had attempted suicide, that my son died when he was nine days old from encephalitis and that I had a miscarriage the following year. I told him about drug abuse and alcoholism and the rape by a stranger when I was 17 and lived in Tokyo. So I asked him to turn around and please face the wall. I didn’t want him to look at me. It was the very first time in my life that I verbalized the abuse. All I said was, “My father used to touch me and other things.” He slowly turned around to look at me and said, “I happen to be one of the countries leading our team is on sexual abuse and Everett and books. In particular, I specialize in father/daughter incest. You need to go home and begin counseling and talk about this because something like this can make you extremely ill or worse.“ It was both frightening and a relief to have set it out loud. I’ve been in years of counseling with some good and some bad therapists. I found that would help me the most was talking with other women who have been through abuse and not only survive but thrive. It took me many years to finally have victory over the control and oppression of that man. I forgive him for what he did, but I do not like him and have a little association with him. If you would like to talk about this, please give me a call. I have a passion to help other women learn that they can have joy and peace in their lives once again.