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SCARS Institute Trauma Explorer – Psychological Simulator For Scam Victims/Survivors
SCARS Institute Trauma Explorer Psychological Simulator For Scam Victims/Survivors
Recognizing Depression Risk in Traumatized Scam Victims – 2026
Recognizing Depression Risk in Traumatized Scam Victims Depression After a Scam's Betrayal Trauma: A Practical Guide to Recognizing Risk, Evaluating Symptoms, and Starting Care Principal Category: Scam Victim Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Read More ...
The Many Types of Trauma – Their Effects on Scam Victims – 2026
A SCARS Institute Special Report: The Many Types of Trauma Psychological Trauma Does Not Have One Universally Accepted Master List Principal Category: Psychology / Recoverology™ Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Read More ...
Gestalt Therapy Overview and Potential Applicability to Scam Victims – 2026
Gestalt Therapy Overview and Potential Applicability to Scam Victims Gestalt Therapy: Understanding the Whole Person Through Awareness, Experience, and the Present Moment Principal Category: Psychology / Therapy / Recoverology Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Read More ...
Assumed Continuity Bias – A Cognitive Bias – 2026
Assumed Continuity Bias - A Cognitive Bias Principal Category: Cognitive Biases Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Abstract Assumed Continuity Bias describes the tendency to believe that a relationship, resource, opportunity, service, or Read More ...
REBT – Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Scam Victim Recovery – 2026
REBT - Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Scam Victim Recovery A SCARS Institute Scam Victim/Survivor Self-Help Guide Principal Category: Psychology / Therapy / Recovery / Recoverology Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Read More ...
Status Quo Bias – Cognitive Bias – 2026
Status Quo Bias Principal Category: Cognitive Biases Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Abstract Status Quo Bias is the tendency to prefer an existing condition, habit, belief, relationship, or arrangement because it is Read More ...
Belief Perseverance Cognitive Bias – 2026
Belief Perseverance Cognitive Bias - 2026 Principal Category: Cognitive Biases Authors: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Abstract Belief Perseverance is the tendency to maintain an established belief after credible evidence has weakened or Read More ...
Psychology Articles
SCARS Institute Trauma Explorer – Psychological Simulator For Scam Victims/Survivors
SCARS Institute Trauma Explorer Psychological Simulator For Scam Victims/Survivors
Whole Person Healing & Recovery Inventory – v3
[raw] SCARS Institute Whole-Person Recovery Inventory Personality, Trauma, Vulnerability, Recovery, Functioning, and Safety · 200 Statements in 20 Sections Your Privacy Is Protected We never see your identity Your responses are processed in your browser and your email. Only you see any identifying information about you. The name or identifier Read More ...
Recognizing Depression Risk in Traumatized Scam Victims – 2026
Recognizing Depression Risk in Traumatized Scam Victims Depression After a Scam's Betrayal Trauma: A Practical Guide to Recognizing Risk, Evaluating Symptoms, and Starting Care Principal Category: Scam Victim Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Read More ...
Scam Victim/Survivor Recovery Self-Assessment
[raw] Scam Recovery Self-Assessment Test Where You Are on Your Healing Path · 50 Questions Your Privacy Is Protected We never see your identity Your responses are processed in your browser and your email. Only you see any identifying information about you. De-identified data supports research With your permission and Read More ...
The Many Types of Trauma – Their Effects on Scam Victims – 2026
A SCARS Institute Special Report: The Many Types of Trauma Psychological Trauma Does Not Have One Universally Accepted Master List Principal Category: Psychology / Recoverology™ Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Read More ...
Traumatic Injury Catalog Self-Assessent – v10
[raw] V10 SCARS Institute Naming What Was Lost · a reflection worksheet Naming what was lost A scam is not one injury. It is many. This worksheet gives you space to name them — the betrayals, the broken attachments, the ways you were made to feel unsafe, and the griefs Read More ...
