• £299

The Scapegoat's Journey - Full Course - Modules 1-8

  • Course
  • 8 Lessons

The full course for family black sheep. From recognising the signs and understanding the mechanics of family scapegoating abuse, to practical exit strategies and how to rebuild your life once you're outside the family system. The course ends with a powerful message of transformation as you understand the archetypal story you're living through and what it means for your personal power. Eight videos over 2.5 hours.

Course author

Richard Lewis MNCPS

I’m an NCPS-accredited counsellor and psychotherapist. I help clients with complex trauma and PTSD. I also have an IARTT-certification as a Rewind Trauma therapist.

Scapegoating within dysfunctional or narcissistic families is one of the most insidious forms of domestic abuse I have encountered in my practice, because of the way it robs both identity and destiny from some of our most empathic and gifted people.

I designed this course to arm and equip family black sheep and outsiders with all the resources necessary not just to escape the abuse but to reclaim their own destinies.

If the full course is a lot all at once, you can try out the various modules individually, below—although it works out cheaper to buy the bundle.

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  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 1 - Recognition.

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

This is a foundational 20-minute video in which you'll learn the mechanics of family scapegoating abuse. You'll learn the patterns to look for, understand how the scapegoat is chosen, the role they perform in a dysfunctional family. By the end, you'll have language for what happened to you and you'll understand why it was not your fault. You'll also receive pointers for how to heal.

  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 2 - Validation

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

What happens after you recognise you were the target of scapegoating abuse in your family? This 20-minute module looks more deeply at the implications, why certain families need scapegoats, how the scapegoat is selected and helps you recognise why there was nothing you could do. We also look at ways to move forward without abandoning who you are.

  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 3 - Mapping the System

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

Now you know it wasn't your fault, but how exactly does scapegoating work? This 20-minute module reveals the hidden rules and patterns that create and maintain the scapegoat role in a dysfunctional family.

  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 4 - Protection

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

This module is about learning how to move in silence. You may now understand the system, but you're still living in it. This 20-minute module offers practical psychological and emotional protection strategies to put into place immediately to protect your peace and your energy while you plan your exit.

  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 5 - Building Your Escape Fund

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

Freedom has a price tag. Leaving an abusive system requires resources: money, planning and time. Financial independence is emotional independence from toxic systems. This 10-minute module helps you develop a checklist and start to plan.

  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 6 - The Practical Exit

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

Who are you without them? Freedom can feel disorienting after a lifetime of survival model and reacting to dysfunction. This 10-minute module helps you discover your authentic self and rebuild your identity

  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 7 - Life Outside the Family System

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

Who are you without them? Freedom can feel disorienting after a lifetime of reacting to dysfunction. This 20-minute module helps you discover your authentic self and rebuild your identity.

  • £45

The Scapegoat's Journey. Module 8 - The Seer's Return

  • Course
  • 1 Lesson

This module helps you understand your experience in the context of historical archetypal patterns. There's a reason communities based on denial create and exile scapegoats. This 20 minute module helps you alchemise your experience from personal wound to universal calling.

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