Childhood Sexual Abuse Pt.2: The Role Of Mothers In The Healing Journey

April 4, 2026

Psychologist Dr. Frank Putnam continues to detail the physical and mental impact of childhood sexual abuse. He also discusses his personal experience uncovering a child trafficking ring led by a coworker at the National Institutes of Health.

Guest Information:

Dr. Frank Putnam, child & adolescent psychiatrist, professor of clinical psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, author, Old Before Their Time

Dr. Frank Putnam thinks it could be coming from a place of people-pleasing, but also recognizes that much of this reaction could be a product of dissociation.