Dear All
Just a little email to say a big thank you to so many of you for emailing to co-sign the 'Rape Clause' letter. We've sent it to the Guardian and the DWP. The letter with 75 signatures - yes! - is
below. Hopefully, the next time you hear from me it will be with a link to circulate.
Have a lovely weekend all
Jay and Danny
As
Psychologists,
we
work
with
women
who
are
survivors
of
rape.
We
see
the
devastation
to
mental
health
that
these
crimes
cause
and
as
a
result
are
deeply
concerned
at
the
introduction
of
a ‘rape
clause’
to
the
family
welfare
cap (‘Government
under
fire
over
new
child
tax
credit
form
for
rape
victims’,
Guardian, 6th
April)
this
week.
We
strongly
believe
that
the
way
in
which
this
rape
clause
is
to
be
administered
will
cause
significant
psychological
harm.
Given
that
a
major
reason
survivors
of
rape
do
not
come
forward
is
because
of
a
legitimate
fear
of
not
being
believed,
it
is
unhelpful
that
the
new
process
will
ask
women
to
provide
evidence
to
support
their
claim.
It
forces
women
to
disclose
details
of
their
history
to
professionals
for
administrative
reasons.
This
may
cause
flashbacks,
renewed
shame
and
emotional
turmoil,
and
consequently
affect
how
mothers
bond
with
their
children.
In
addition,
we
also
work
with
children
and
adults
who
have
been
born
of
rape.
Finding
this
out
and
managing
the
identity
crisis
it
can
cause
carries
significant
psychological
risks.
In
being
asked
to
name
children
born
in
this
way,
this
policy
takes
any
control
over
disclosure
away
from
parents
and
denies
children
the
right
to
privacy.
Most
mothers
who
have
children
as
a
result
of
a
rape
manage,
admirably,
to
have
a
bond
equal
to
that
with
children
conceived
by
choice.
To
force
mothers
to
remember
the
circumstances
of
conception
for
administrative
reasons
is
unethical
and
potentially
damaging
to
both
mother
and
child.
Dr
Danny
Taggart
Clinical
Psychologist,
University
of
Essex
Dr
Jay
Watts
Clinical
Psychologist,
Queen
Mary,
University
of
London
Scott
Bartle
Trainee
Clinical
Psychologist,
UEL
Dr
Andrew
Beck
Consultant
Clinical
Psychologist,
ELCAS
Dr
Gabriel
Bes,
Counselling
Psychologist,
Brighton
Dr
Sarah
Blainey
Clinical
Psychologist,
South
London
&
Maudsley
NHS
Trust
Dr
Caroline
Bradley
Tavistock
&
Portman
NHS
Trust
Dr
Naomi
Bright
Clinical
Psychologist,
Lincolnshire
Partnership
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Rhona
Brown
Clinical
Psychologist,
Greater
Manchester
Mental
Health
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Angela
Byrne
Clinical
Psychologist,
East
London
NHS
Trust
Dr
John
Cheetham
Clinical
Psychologist,
South
London
and
Maudsley
NHS
Trust
Dr
Samantha
Cole
Kent
and
Medway
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Louise
Conlan
Clinical
Psychologist,
Hertfordshire
Partnership
University
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Harriet
Conniff
Clinical
Psychologist,
Guys
and
St
Thomas'
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Kate
Danvers
Chartered
Clinical
Psychologist,
Barnet,
Enfield
&
Haringey
Mental
Health
Trust
Dr
Hannah
Darrell-Berry
Clinical
Psychologist,
Greater
Manchester
Mental
Health
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Sarah
Davidson,
Clinical
Psychologist,
Merseycare
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Lynda
Durell
DClinPsy,
CPsychol,
BSc.
Cwm
Taf
health
board
Dr
Anna
Duxbury
Clinical
Psychologist,
Mersey
Care
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Romana
Farooq
Clinical
Psychologist,
Norfolk
&
Suffolk
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Gabrielle
Farran
Clinical
Psychologist,
NHS
Child
and
Adolescent
Mental
Health
services
Dr
Andrea
Flood
Clinical
Teacher,
DClin
Programme,
University
of
Liverpool
Gemma
Forshaw
Trainee
Clinical
Psychologist
Dr
Danielle
Gaynor
Clinical
Psychologist,
NHS
Shannon
Gorman
Student,
Leeds
Beckett
University
Dr
Sophie
Gosling
Clinical
Psychologist
and
Clinical
Lead,
Recolo
Uk
ltd
Dr
Sharen
Hayre
Clinical
Psychologist,
Barts
Health
Emma
Hickey
Consultant
Clinical
Psychologist,
North
West
Boroughs
Healthcare
NHS
Trust
Dr
Hayley
Higson
Clinical
Psychologist
Dr
Lisa
Ingleby
Clinical
Psychologist,
Worcestershire
Health
&
Care
Trust
Dr
Charlotte
Ingham
Clinical
Psychologist,
Lancashire
Care
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Hannah
Istead
Clinical
Psychologist, 2gether
NHS
Trust
Dr
Lucy
Johnstone
Clinical
Psychologist,
Independent
Trainer,
Bristol
Sophie
Jones
Trainee
Clinical
Psychologist,
University
of
East
London
Dr
Joe
Judge
Glasgow
Dr
Sarah
Kildea
Clinical
Psychologist,
Camhs,
CNWL
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Peter
Kinderman
Professor
of
Clinical
Psychology,
University
of
Liverpool
and
President,
British
Psychological
Society
Julie
Lloyd
Clinical
Psychologist,
NHS
Dr
Fiona
MacLeod
Clinical
Psychologist
and
Cognitive
Behavioural
Therapist,
Brighton
and
Hove
Child
and
Adolescent
Mental
Health
Service
Professor
Martin
Milton
Professor
of
Counselling
Psychology,
Regents University London and Consultant Counselling Psychologist
Valeska
Matziol
Equalities
Research
Coordinator,
LGBT
Foundation
&
Manchester
Rape
Crisis
volunteer
Dr
Steven
Mayers
Clinical
Psychologist,
Greater
Manchester
Mental
Health
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Emma
McGibbon
Clinical
Psychologist,
Great
Ormond
St
Hospital
NHS
Trust
Rosie
McLoughlin
Trainee
Clinical
Psychologist,
NHS
Fife/University
of
Edinburgh
Annie
Mitchell
Newton
Abbot,
NHS
Clinical
Psychologist;
Associate
Professor
Dr
Lucy
Morris
Clinical
Psychologist
Merseycare
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr Aayesha Mulla
Clinical Psychologist, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Dr
Lucie
Nalletamby
Clinical
Psychologist,
CNWL
Dr
David
O’Halloran
Senior
Clinical
Psychologist,
South
West
Yorkshire
Partnership
Foundation
NHS
Trust
Dr
Donna
Oxley
Clinical
Psychologist,
SLAM
NHS
Trust
Dr
Gillian
Proctor
Clinical
Psychologist
and
Lecturer
at
University
of
Leeds
James
Randall-James
Trainee
Clinical
Psychologist,
University
of
Hertfordshire
Dr
Melanie
Rendall
Homerton
University
Hospital
NHS
Trust
Dr
Lana
Renny
Clinical
Psychologist
NHS
Dr
Christina
Richards
Nottinghamshire
Healthcare
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Aaron
Roberts,
Clinical
Psychologist,
Oxleas
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Bethan
Roberts
Clinical
Psychologist,
North
West
Boroughs
NHS
Trust
Helena
Rose
Clinical
Psychologist,
North
West
Boroughs
Healthcare
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Khadj
Rouf
Consultant
Clinical
Psychologist,
Oxford
Health
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Glorianne
Said
Trainee
Clinical
Psychologist,
UCL
Dr
Catherine
Sholl
West
London
Mental
Health
Trust
Tim
Siggs
Clinical
Psychologist,
Derbyshire
Healthcare
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Sarah
Simmonds
Clinical
Psychologist
Leicestershire
Partnership
NHS
Trust
Jane
Street
Consultant
Clinical
Psychologist.
South
West
London
and
St
Georges
NHS
MH
Trust
Dr
Simon
Stuart
Clinical
Psychologist,
NHS
Lanarkshire,
Scotland
Dr
Nikki
Swan,
Clinical
Psychologist,
Devon
Partnership
NHS
Trust
Dr
Pippa
Sweeney
Clinical
Psychologist,
Camden
&
Islington
Foundation
Trust
Dr
Victoria
Tew
Clinical
Psychologist,
Sheffield
Dr
Ross
Turner,
Glasgow
Dr
Shreena
Unadkat
Guy's
and
St
Thomas'
NHS
Trust
Dr
Jane
Vinnicombe
Clinical
Psychologist,
NHS
KMPT(Kent)
Genevieve
Wallace
Trainee
Clinical
Psychologist,
University
of
East
London
Dr
Jo
Walkley,
Clinical
Psychologist,
Dorset
Healthcare
Trust
Dr
Damian
Wilde,
Clinical
Psychologist,
Cheshire
and
Wirral
Partnership
NHS
Foundation
Trust
Sarah
Wolfe
Clinical
Psychologist
in
Training
University
of
Liverpool
Dear All
Danny Taggart and I have written a letter against the new Rape Clause which threatens to cause such psychological damage to survivors of rape and their children. You can read more about the Rape Clause here
http://tinyurl.com/k9496fg and view the letter below.
tinyurl.com
Form requiring rape victims to declare they do not live with attacker called ‘inhumane and barbaric’ and a ‘vile policy’
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tinyurl.com
Form requiring rape victims to declare they do not live with attacker called ‘inhumane and barbaric’ and a ‘vile policy’
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We want it to be co-signed by as many psychologists as we can muster. If you wish to be signator, please could you email me Jay on
[log in to unmask] by noon tomorrow (Saturday) stating
- your name (with title/s if applicable)
- your organisation (e.g. a uni, NHS service, vol org or private practice)
In the subject heading ideally!
Thank you so much and have a lovely weekend
Jay Watts
THE LETTER
As psychologists, we work with women who are survivors of rape. We see the devastation to mental health that these crimes cause and as a result are deeply concerned at the introduction of a ‘rape clause’ to the family welfare cap (‘Government under fire over
new child tax credit form for rape victims’, Guardian, 6th April) this week. We strongly believe that the way in which this rape clause is to be administered will cause significant psychological harm. Given that a major reason survivors of rape do not come
forward is because of a legitimate fear of not being believed, it is unhelpful that the new process will ask women to provide evidence to support their claim. It forces women to disclose details of their history to professionals for administrative reasons.
This may cause flashbacks, renewed shame and emotional turmoil, and consequently effect how mothers bond with their children.
In addition, we also work with children and adults who have been born of rape. Finding this out and managing the identity crisis it can cause carries significant psychological risks. In being asked to name children born in this way, this policy takes any control
over disclosure away from parents and denies children the right to privacy. Most mothers who have children as a result of a rape manage, admirably, to have a bond equal to that with children conceived by choice. To force mothers to remember the circumstances
of conception for administrative reasons is unethical and potentially damaging to both mother and child.
Dr Danny Taggart, Clinical Psychologist, University of Essex
Dr Jay Watts, Clinical Psychologist, Queen Mary, University of London
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