Non-Fiction Book Video Trailer: "Seduced Into Darkness" by author Carrie Ishee

After many months of work and waiting for the right time, we just released Carrie Ishee's Video Book Trailer for "Seduced Into Darkness: Transcending my Psychiatrist's Sexual Abuse."

The trailer includes clips of my interview with her during the summer of 2019 in Santa Fe, and images of her as the young woman who was abused by her own therapist. The book offers hope and a path forward for survivors as well as education for mental health professionals. Carrie will hold a virtual event on Thursday, November 19 at 7 pm Mountain time. Click to register for this event.

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Seduced Into Darkness: Transcending My Psychiatrist’s Sexual Abuse is a vivid and captivating story of hope for survivors of abuse as well as a case study in a skilled manipulator’s tragic exploitation of his professional power.

This poignant memoir chronicles the traumatic psychological abduction and sexual exploitation of depressed college student Carrie Tansey at the hands of her psychiatrist, Dr. Anthony Romano―thirty-one years her senior. For three years, their secret “affair” was carefully calculated and controlled by Romano, as Carrie’s mental and emotional health continued to deteriorate, bringing her closer and closer to the edge.

Their dual-relationship―clinical and clandestine―finally came to light when Carrie’s suicide attempts landed her in a world-renowned psychiatric hospital. Gradually, she began to reclaim her power, reported Romano to the state licensing board, successfully sued him for malpractice, and testified before the state legislature to help pass a law aimed at curbing such abuses. 

As Carrie tells her tale, it is a journey paralleling that of the mythical archetype Persephone, the naive innocent who was abducted into darkness, reemerged and regenerated herself, then fearlessly returned to the prison she had fled, this time to help free others. Today, Carrie Ishee is a widely respected art therapist and life coach as well as a teacher specializing in the issues of ethics and boundaries for mental health professionals.