Josh - FSC International Symposium SEP 2024

'My mother emotionally and psychologically abused me in a way that I fully, 100 per cent, believed that I hated my dad, that I didn't want to see him, that I didn't want to have anything to do with him. She would make me physically ill to a schedule so that I would miss visitation.'

Josh is now 25 and about to start training as a social worker. He was removed from the care of his mother at the age of 11 due to psychological harm caused by factitious illness. Josh grew up believing that his father had made him sick and that his anxiety and lack of social development were the result of this. Instead, it was found that his mother's overprotective and intrusive parenting had caused him serious harm. With the help of the Family Separation Clinic and his Local Authority social worker, Josh was moved to live with his father, with whom he now has a strong and enduring relationship.

Josh talked about his experiences at the Family Separation Clinic International Symposium, co-hosted with CCRT, at Cambridge University, on 12 September 2024.
www.familyseparationclinic.com/symposium/