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The Orpheus Project Paperback – November 29, 2022

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A harrowing story of sexual abuse, privilege and trauma. 

It's Christmas Eve, and a young woman with Down's syndrome has just disclosed abuse by two men. The problem is she is a member of the British aristocracy and the men she accuses are a top politician and a rock star. How does a national health team struggle with the situation of alleged abuse by the elite and super rich? Despite a traitor in their midst, the team uncovers the appalling reality of the abusive international cult known as The Orpheus Project with its mysterious American spokesperson and powerful connections. This is the world of conspiracy theories; the Orpheus Project and the secret society that surrounds it seek to offer a form of immortality through deliberately installed dissociative disorders.

At the core of this powerful novel is the story of a mother and daughter who find a way of reuniting, and the longterm consequences of childhood trauma.

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    396 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Sphinx
  4. Publication date
    November 29, 2022
  5. Dimensions
    5.98 x 0.9 x 9.02 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1912573717
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1912573714
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‘Valerie Sinason’s The Orpheus Project is an engaging novel which is hard to put down, full of intrigue and mystery while addressing some very serious issues. The novel encompasses the secretive world of child abuse by the upper classes, trauma, dissociative identity disorder, disability, mind control and ritual abuse. The novel gives us an insight into the life of Lady Rose, rejected by her mother due to her disability..The way in which Valerie described how they eventually were able to find a closeness and union together, was very moving and beautifully told.

We also get a glimpse of what life is like for adults in care and for those working with them and how professionals deal with disclosures of abuse.Their job is in effect made harder by the way the system works when the perpetrators come from the upper classes and are well known in society.

It is evident from what is written that Valerie has a wealth of experience and knowledge of these issues and for those of us who work with survivors of child abuse, we know how difficult this can be to address and how hard it is for survivors to have a voice, to be heard, and to be believed, as too often they are dismissed.

I feel through this novel, Valerie is in effect giving a voice to survivors as although written as fiction, the sad reality is that abuse takes place by all sections of society with too often the upper classes protected when survivors disclose. Valerie has to be applauded for raising awareness of something that is too often hidden and kept underground.

I very much look forward to a sequel to this excellent captivating novel.’

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Dr Valerie Sinason PhD PGTC MACP M Inst Psychoanal is a poet, writer, child psychotherapist and adult psychoanalyst. She was Founder Director of the Clinic for Dissociative Studies, until her retirement from long-term clinical work in December 2016. Dr Sinason specialised in work with abused, abusing and dissociative patients, including those with a learning disability, and has been used as an expert witness in court cases. Dr Sinason was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ISSTD (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation) in April 2016. She continues with writing, supervising and short term assessments.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sphinx (November 29, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 396 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1912573717
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1912573714
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.9 x 9.02 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Valerie Sinason PhD, born in 1946, is a poet, writer and child psychotherapist and adult psychoanalyst (retired) . She is the granddaughter of refugees . She is President of the Institute for Psychotherapy and Disability , Founder and Patron of the Clinic for Dissociative Studies, Hon Consultant Psychoanalyst at the University of Cape Town Child Guidance Clinic, on the Board of the ISSTD, the editorial team of the ESTD and chair of the trustees for the Bushman Heritage Centre. She was a former consultant at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trusts, the Anna Freud Centre and St George’s Hospital Medical School.

She has specialised on trauma, disability, dissociation and torture all her working life and her maternal grandmother was illiterate and had a mild intellectual disability due to trauma. Before Covid she lectured in person nationally and internationally - particularly South Africa, America and Scandinavia. She has published over 400 poems, papers and chapters and written or co-edited 18 books.

Having retired from clinical work at 70 she devotes more time to writing now- chapters, poems, work books and her first novel due in April from Aeon books.

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Michele Jowett
5.0 out of 5 stars A compulsory read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2023
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I can’t commend the author enough for writing what is a very timely, deeply needed and confronting novel. In a society that dissociates from the horrors of organised ritual abuse which does not discriminate against class or intellect, it is an opportunity for the world to associate to a horror that devastates innocent lives and leaves an irreparable, deeply entrenched scar. That the narrative is fiction does not detract from the inconceivable truths that it communicates, nor does it buffer the extremity of it. The fact it is written by a distinguished clinician in the field whose knowledge, expertise and experience in the field of trauma and dissociation and additionally, learning disability, makes the implausible plausible. To weave VIP abuse rings into the story leaves no stone unturned and ensures celebrity does not make one immune to depravity or accountability. The novel does not delude the reader into thinking that justice will be served as such perpetration invariably isn’t and leaves the reader demanding reformation in a system that is unseeing. The Orpheus Project is a gift to the uninitiated, a tribute to every remarkable survivor and a testament to the incredible, exhaustive work of those who treat them. Thank you, Valerie, for giving a voice to the voiceless and bringing a heinous crime into the public arena in a manner that makes the unthinkable, thinkable. I look forward to the sequel!
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L S
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling, dark, ultimately hopeful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2023
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A confronting and compelling story of organised extreme abuse, trauma and mind control. Inspired by the author’s successful career supporting abused, dissociative and learning disabled clients, the story introduces believable characters, (survivors, professionals and perpetrators) in an expose of the dark motivations that drive organised extreme abuse. Power, lust, privilege and spiritual fervour and societal avoidance create toxic conditions; compassion, courage, skill and determination overcome.
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Patricia
5.0 out of 5 stars A vital novel
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2023
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This novel by Valerie Sinason fuses fact into fiction by utilising her knowledge into the ever growing understanding of Dissociative/Multiple Identities and how these can be installed by extreme techniques. This, alongside poetic license makes for a truly compelling, moving and extremely interesting read. The characters are believable and the story jumps from the page. I have read this book from cover to cover in a day, despite its length and detail. I hope this is the first of many novels from Sinason, incorporating extremely important topics such as disability, trauma and the societal response. I highly recommend this book.
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