Inside "Glass Castles," Parents Betray Their Children
I'm Holli Kenley. I work in the field of psychology as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am the author of four books on BETRAYAL, and I consider myself a thought-leader on BETRAYAL Trauma and how to recover from it. My TED Talk BETRAYAL: The Loss No One Is Talking About was recently released. When we think of BETRAYAL, for most of us our minds go to issues of infidelity. Sadly, it has been my experience that one of the most common forms of BETRAYAL is not infidelity -- it is Parental Betrayal. Currently in my private practice, all my adult clients have been victims of Parental Betrayal - p rimary caregivers (parents or guardians) who were encharged with loving and protecting their children and who failed to do so. In fact, for most of my clients their caregivers are the perpetrators -- individuals who inflicted harm and abuse upon them. Or, caregivers were aware of their children being abused by a family member or relative (or other individuals), and they did not