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Developing Coping Strategies for Trauma Recovery for Scam Victims – 2024
Developing Coping Strategies for Trauma Recovery for Scam Victims Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Developing coping strategies for trauma recovery is essential for scam victims Read More ...
Self-Hate In Scam Victims And Its Impact From Psychological Trauma – 2024
Self-Hate in Scam Victims and Its Impact from Psychological Trauma Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. • Read More ...
How Scammers Hijack and Manipulate the Brain’s Construction of Self – 2024
How Scammers Hijack and Manipulate the Brain's Construction of Self The Mechanics of Brain Manipulation and Control of a Person's 'Self' Principal Category: Psychology of Scams Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Read More ...
Decision Making Test For Scam Victims
[raw] Decision-Making Self-Assessment Test Decision-Making Self-Assessment Test For Scam Victims · 14 Questions across 2 Sections Your Privacy Is Protected We never see your answers Your responses are processed entirely within your browser. The SCARS Institute has no access to what you enter during this assessment. Nothing is stored or Read More ...
How A Scam Victim Can Evaluate The Effectiveness Of Therapy In Their Recovery & Psychology – 2024
How a Scam Victim Can Evaluate the Effectiveness of Therapy in Their Recovery & Psychology Helping Scam Victims Understand What a Therapist Can Do and if it is Effective in Supporting Them! Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Author: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Read More ...
The Role Of A Therapist In Helping Scam Victims To Recover – 2024
The Role of a Therapist in Helping Scam Victims to Recover Helping Scam Victims Understand What a Therapist Will Do to Support Them! Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Author: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Read More ...
Why Do You Need A Therapist? What Relationship Scams Do To Scam Victims Psychologically – 2024
Why Do You Need A Therapist? What Relationship Scams Do To Scam Victims Psychologically Helping Scam Victims Understand Why They Need a Therapist to Support Them! Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Author: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Read More ...
Visiting A Therapist For The First Time For Scam Victims – 2024
Visiting A Therapist For The First Time For Scam Victims A Guide to Help Scam Victims Begin Their Interaction with Their Therapist to Support Them! Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Author: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Read More ...
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The Brain’s Endocannabinoid System and its Role in Facilitating Scams & Deception – 2024
Endocannabinoid System and its Role in Facilitating Scams & Deception The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and its Role in Scam Victim Vulnerability, Retaining Victims in Scams, and Challenges During Recovery Principal Category: Authors: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Read More ...
Neurology: The Anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) and Scam Victims – 2024
The Anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) and Scam Victims The Neurology of Scams Victims: Anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) and the Surprising Relationship with Trauma Principal Category: Scam Victims Neurology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel Read More ...
Why Scam Fraud and Cybercrime Awareness Campaigns Fail and It Becomes Another Form of Scam Victim Blaming – 2024
Why Scam Fraud and Cybercrime Awareness Campaigns Fail and It Becomes Another Form of Scam Victim Blaming - 2024 In Reality, Almost All Awareness Education and Awareness Programs will Fail in Stopping Scams, Fraud, and Cybercrime, and it becomes just Another Form of Scam Victim-Blaming Principal Category: Psychology of Read More ...
Relationship Scams and Other Forms of Addiction – Recovery Psychology Overview – 2024
Relationship Scams and Other Forms of Addiction Understanding the Differences Between Relationship Scam Victims' Addiction and Other Forms of Addiction Principal Category: Addiction - Recovery Psychology Overview Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Read More ...
Compersion: Psychological Feeling of Joy One Experiences from Witnessing Another Person’s Happiness – 2024
Compersion: Psychological Feeling of Joy One Experiences from Witnessing Another Person’s Happiness Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Compersion, the feeling of joy derived from witnessing Read More ...
Selective Attention and Perception Filtering in Scam Victims – 2024
Selective Attention and Perception Filtering in Scam Victims Principal Category: Scam Victim Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. Read More ...
Self-Authoring Self-Help Therapy for Traumatized Scam Victims – 2024
Self-Authoring Self-Therapy for Traumatized Scam Victims Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Self-authoring may be a transformative tool for scam victims, helping them process trauma, understand the Read More ...
The Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy and Its Role in Scam Victimization – A Logical Fallacy – 2024
The Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy and Its Role in Scam Victimization - A Logical Fallacy Principal Category: Logical Fallacy Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. The Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy, which suggests Read More ...
