Dr. Lacter - 2010 Annual Ritual Abuse  Conference                           
        

_http://www.endritualabuse.org/SMART2010.htm_ 
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Dr. Lacter will be speaking at the following conference: 

The  2010 Annual Ritual Abuse, Secretive Organizations and Mind Control 
Conference  (2010 SMART Conference)

August 6 – 8, 2010

DoubleTree Hotel near  Bradley International Airport
16 Ella Grasso Turnpike
Windsor Locks,  Connecticut, USA

Internet conference information: _http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/_ 
(http://ritualabuse.us/smart-conference/)      

Conference Goals
- To help stop future occurrences of ritual  abuse
- To help survivors of ritual abuse
- To name the groups that have  participated in alleged illegal activities
- To unite those working  to stop ritual abuse

Conference Schedule
There will be a small  get together, deli dinner, dessert and early 
registration for pre-registered  attendees only, on August 6, Friday evening. 
The 
conference will be all day on  Saturday August 7 and Sunday August 8. Please 
check our conference home page for  the latest conference schedule 
information. Some presentations will also be  recorded.

Speakers and Biographies
Please note: Listing of these  speakers does not necessarily constitute our 
endorsement of them. They are  speaking at our conference for educational 
value only and some may be  heavy for survivors.  Listening to the speakers 
at the conference may or  may not help your recovery process, so use caution 
when listening to any speaker  or contacting any resource mentioned in this 
brochure.  These descriptions  may be heavy for survivors to read.

Neil Brick is a survivor of Masonic  based Ritual Abuse and MK-ULTRA. He is 
the editor of S.M.A.R.T. – A Ritual Abuse  Newsletter. His topics  are: 
Fighting the Spin : The Truth about Child  Abuse Cases and The Move from Blame 
the Victim to Blame the Helper.

Nick  Bryant’s writing has recurrently focused on the plight of 
disadvantaged children  in the United States, and he’s been published in 
numerous 
national journals,  including the Journal of Professional Ethics, Journal of 
Applied Developmental  Psychology, Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 
Journal of Health Care  for the Poor and Underserved, and Journal of School 
Health. He is the co-author  of America’s Children: Triumph of Tragedy, 
addressing the medical and  developmental problems of lower socioeconomic 
children in America. His topic is:  Lessons learned from Franklin

Carmen Yana Holiday is a survivor of  extreme domestic violence, human 
trafficking, child pornography, ritual  abuse-torture and mind control. She has 
been an advocate for other survivors  since 2001, developing and 
facilitating trauma recovery workshops and presenting  as a survivor of RA-MC 
for 
several organizations. Her topic is:  Survivors  of Extreme Abuse: The Awful 
Rowing Toward Social Emancipation

Lynn  Schirmer is an artist and survivor of ritual abuse-torture and trauma 
based mind  control. She mounts frequent exhibits where she engages 
audiences about the  reality of extreme abuse and tax funded exploitation of 
children and adults. Her  work has been exhibited the US and France. Her topic 
is: 
Art & Activism:  Finding Effective Waysto Tell

Mary Keats RN BA wife, mother, grandmother,  working in social services, is 
a survivor of Ritual Abuse Torture.  She is  a spiritual person who enjoys 
life to the fullest. Her energy and enthusiasm are  infectious. She refuses 
to be muzzled, decided early on in her recovery to break  the silence, so 
others could be helped. Her topic is:  Hope after the  Darkness

Wanda Karriker, Ph.D. is a retired psychologist who spent a  career working 
with survivors of extreme abuse. She is author of the novel,  “Morning, 
Come Quickly,” co-developer of the Extreme Abuse Survey Project and  former 
editor of Survivorship. Her topic is:  The Ritual Abuse Controversy:  A 
Personal Perspective.

Julaine has spent over 21 years on this journey.  As the daughter of a 
career military man, working in “intelligence”, she was  turned over for 
government experimentation prior to the formal designations like  Artichoke and 
MKUltra. A former polyfragmented woman, she has employed many  approaches and 
therapies to heal, and is here today to talk about things she  learned as 
she walked this journey. Her topic is: Looking Back: Lessons from the  Healing 
Journey

Suzie Burke, R.N., Ph.D. is the pen name of a real woman  who is a 
registered nurse and licensed professional counselor with a doctorate  in 
psychology. Suzie is the author of “Wholeness, my healing journey from ritual  
abuse.”
  Her 10-year path to recovery was a result of a savvy counselor,  her own 
determination not to let her perpetrators “win,” plus a family that  never 
wavered. Suzie Burke is now thriving. Info on her and her book is at  
http://www.suzieburke.com Her topic is:  Wholeness: My healing journey from  
ritual abuse, and what you can learn from it.

Ellen Lacter, Ph.D. has  been a clinical psychologist in San Diego, 
California, USA, for 24 years and  specializes in the treatment of dissociative 
disorders and ritual abuse and mind  control trauma in both children and 
adults. She has a number of published  chapters in edited books on the subjects 
of 
ritual abuse and mind control. Her  topics are her DVD Interview of Trish 
Fotheringham and “A Coloring Book of  Healing Images for Child Abuse 
Survivors.” Her website  is http://www.endritualabuse.org/

S.M.A.R.T. 2010 Conference  Schedule 
(This schedule may be subject to change.  Please write us for  the latest 
schedule, at: smartn...@aol.com  http://ritualabuse.us/)



Friday 
7 – 9:00 PM – Deli Dinner and  Dessert Buffet for Prepaid Registered 
Attendees


Saturday
9 – 10 AM  – Neil Brick -  “ Fighting the Spin : The Truth about Child 
Abuse Cases  .”

10:30 – 11:30 AM – Nick Bryant – “Lessons learned from  Franklin”

12:00 – 1:00  Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 PM  – Carmen  Yana Holiday – “Survivors of Extreme Abuse: The 
Awful Rowing Toward Social  Emancipation.”

2:30 – 3:30 PM – Suzie Burke, R.N., Ph.D. – “Wholeness: My  healing 
journey from ritual abuse, and what you can learn from it.”

4:00  – 5:00 PM – Wanda Karriker, Ph.D. - “The Ritual Abuse Controversy: A 
Personal  Perspective.”

7:30 PM-  Ellen Lacter, Ph.D., her DVD Interview of  Survivor, Trish 
Fotheringham

8:00 PM-  Ellen Lacter, Ph.D., “A  Coloring Book of Healing Images for 
Child Abuse  Survivors”

Sunday

9:00 – 10:00 AM – Mary Keats RN BA – “Hope after  the Darkness.”

10:30 – 11:30 AM – Neil Brick “The Move from Blame the  Victim to Blame 
the Helper.”

12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 PM  – Julaine – “Looking Back: Lessons from the Healing 
Journey”

2:30 – 3:30  PM – Lynn Schirmer – “Art & Activism: Finding Effective Ways 
to  Tell”

4:00 – 5:00 PM  speaker panel discussion and  closing



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