NYC Psychotherapy Blog: scapegoating

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Children's Roles in Dysfunctional Families

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Children of dysfunctional families are often placed in rigid roles by parents to meet the parents' narcissistic needs. These roles don...

Monday, February 22, 2016

Being the Different One in Your Family

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In a prior article, The Role of the Family Scapegoat in Dysfunctional Families , I discussed how the family scapegoat is usually made to f...

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Why Is It That It's Often the Healthiest Person in a Dysfunctional Family Who Goes to Therapy?

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It's not unusual for the one person who comes to therapy from a dysfunctional family to get scapegoated by the family into feeling like ...

Friday, February 22, 2013

The Role of the Family Scapegoat in Dysfunctional Families

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The role of the child who is designated as the family scapegoat in dysfunctional families is to serve as the identified "problem" ...

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Josephine Ferraro, LCSW: I am a licensed NYC psychotherapist, EMDR therapist, Somatic Experiencing (SE) therapist, hypnotherapist, and certified sex therapist in private practice specializing in individual and couples therapy. Specialties include: depression, anxiety, relationships, sex therapy, career issues (including performance enhancement), posttraumatic stress disorder, bereavement, sexual abuse, gay, lesbian, bisexual issues, and major life changes. Treatment in a supportive and empathic environment. Graduate of Fordham Graduate School (MSW), advanced postgraduate training in psychoanalysis at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, advanced training in clinical hypnosis, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing. By appointment only. For more information: http://josephineferrarotherapy.com. Call (917) 742-2624 or send an email: josephineferraro@iCloud.com

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