About Healing the Scapegoat Wound
In a world of quick answers and emotionally activating soundbites, I am committed to providing deeply researched insights into the insidious systemic phenomenon I named ‘Family Scapegoating Abuse’ (FSA) while helping survivors reclaim their lives.
Welcome to my Substack. I’m Rebecca C. Mandeville and I’m a licensed Psychotherapist and Clinical Researcher. I’m also a survivor of FSA. Your subscription to the Healing the Scapegoat Wound Substack supports your own journey toward ‘True Self’ reclamation and my mission to bring attention to the clinical reality of FSA while raising global awareness about the devastating effects of FSA on child victims and adult survivors.
📊 The Research
My FSA content is built in the clinical trenches. I’ve spent nearly twenty years mapping the mechanics of systemic projection in dysfunctional and narcissistic families and counseling thousands of scapegoat survivors.
My FSA research findings have been legitimized in peer-reviewed public health and medical journals and are now being adopted by clinicians worldwide—but most importantly, they have been validated by the tens of thousands of survivors who finally found their ‘lived experience’ in my Scapegoat Recovery website, YouTube videos, and my popular research-supported book, Rejected, Shamed, and Blamed.
From “Identified Patient” to Sovereign Self
🌐 The Mission
You may have realized that “traditional” talk therapy and generic support groups aren’t enough to heal the specific, systemic trauma of being the family scapegoat.
I created this Substack to be more than a newsletter; it is also a supportive peer support community space for adult survivors ready to move beyond “just coping” and begin the rigorous work of reclaiming their Inviolate Self.
My mission is to provide you with the forensic data required to dismantle a narrative you didn’t create via my FSA content. True healing from FSA requires more than just “venting”; it demands a structured deconstruction of the projections placed upon you since childhood. By shifting our focus from the symptoms of the abuse to the mechanics of the system itself, we can finally clear the path for identity reclamation and integral transformation.
🔲 The Framework: Sovereignty Is Safer Than Compliance
On my Substack, we don’t just “trauma dump.” We instead focus on removing ourselves from the mechanics of the scapegoating family system so we can begin healing from the Outside-In via:
Forensic Validation: Replacing family lies with peer-reviewed data.
Nervous System Sovereignty: Moving out of “fawn” and “freeze” and into a state of self-governance. This includes focusing on physiological restoration as well.
The Inviolate Self: Reconnecting with the core of your being that the family system was never able to breach.
🔭 What’s Next: New FSA Recovery Platform k)
The research and insights shared here serve as the essential foundation for the new online recovery programs I am currently creating for FSA survivors and the clinicians who treat them. In early 2027, I will be moving my Substack community and educational resources to a dedicated, specialized platform uniquely suited to the deep-dive nature of this work. (I will still publish FSA content here on Substack).
🎓 Specialized Online Curriculum: This transition will coincide with the launch of my 12-course FSA Recovery curriculum, delivered in two 6-course online modular bundles: The Identity Reconstruction Framework™ and The Self Restoration Framework™.
🤝 Integrated Community: This new environment (hosting platform) will feature various interactive capabilities coinciding with each of the courses.
💡 Unique Expertise: The online coursework and community features are tailored to ensure you have direct access to my unique insights as the world’s leading expert on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) as you work through the curriculum.
🔑 Why Subscribe to my Substack?
I plan to continue publishing new FSA content here on indefinitely, and this will still be my community ‘home’ during 2026. When you join my Substack’s Healing the Scapegoat Wound community, you receive:
🔬 Primary Source Insights: Direct access to my latest research on Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) and systemic trauma, delivered from the “clinical trenches.”
📜 Priority Protocol Access: Early notification and priority entry into my free online introductory course, the 7-Day FSA Healing Protocol, before it is officially launched on my new platform in 2026.
💬 Subscriber Commons: Access to my private Substack Chat (for financial supporters). A focused space to connect with fellow survivors who are utilizing my research and frameworks to reclaim their lives.
🔭 Future-Ready Updates: Stay informed on the development of my 12-course FSA Recovery modular curriculum and receive a “first-look” invitation when we transition fully to the new platform in 2027.
I have raised the annual rate to discourage new yearly sign-ups as we prepare for our 2027 community transition off Substack. For full access to my Substack’s archive and community chat space, please select the Monthly option.
You were the family’s “Problem.” Here, you are the Solution. Welcome to a place where we heal together from the Outside-In.
Your financial support is directly funding the development of my new dedicated, FSA-specialized platform and 12-course modular FSA Recovery online curriculum. You will receive “First Look” invitations and priority registration when we transition to this new educational and community space in early 2027.
Rebecca C. Mandeville, MACP, LMFT, CCTP
Founding Researcher of Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA) Education
If you are seeking immediate access to my extensive resources on Family Scapegoating Abuse, you are invited to visit my primary research site at https://www.scapegoatrecovery.com.
🛡️ Intellectual Property & Trademark Notice
© 2014-2025 Rebecca C. Mandeville. All Rights Reserved.
All original research and content, including the trademarked branding terms Family Scapegoating Abuse (FSA)™, The Inviolate Self Project™, and The Identity Reconstruction & Self Restoration Framework™ (including the individual Identity Reconstruction and Self Restoration modules), are the protected intellectual property of the author. This body of work, spanning over a decade of clinical investigation, serves as the foundational research for the upcoming 2027 curriculum launch. Unauthorized use, reproduction, translation, or distribution of these proprietary frameworks is strictly prohibited.
