I
congratulate you on your courage to give a voice and bring justice to the
victims of these atrocities. I can only imagine the backlash you got and
are still getting from exposing these sociopaths in power positions.
While
growing up in Portugal in the seventies, my older sisters took me to see Dr.
Julio Machado Vaz. He was a young doctor
then, and his methods of treatment left me worse off.
In the
years 2000 and 2004, I was in Portugal, and I tried to contact the media there to
raise awareness about how most doctors and most people in the helping professions
who have not faced their own childhood repression can cause more damage to
their patients under the guise of help. I never heard back from the media,
so when I returned to the United States, I began thinking about writing a
book.
Last
summer, I published my book about how to recover from childhood trauma, using
my own experiences growing up poor in rural Portugal, being sexually abused by
Dr. Julio Machado Vaz, working as a topless dancer, and discovering the
groundbreaking works of psychologist Alice Miller. My book, A Dance to Freedom, is part memoir and part self-help, and I’m proud
to say it’s touched many people around the world.
Working on
this book was a labor of love for me. I’m not a wealthy person, but I managed
to save and raise (through the crowdfunding site Indiegogo) the money I needed
to get the book out into the world. It took me five years and four ghostwriters
to get it right, but it’s all been worth it.
If you
think you can help me get my story told in Portugal, I’d really appreciate it.
I am
enclosing a copy of my book, and thanks so much for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Sylvie
Imelda Shene
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