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Amber Gonzalez, LPC
Trauma Therapist | Mom of 4
Breaking the cycle of child SA one video at a time
Helping families talk about what most avoid
šŸ“š Books for prevention & healing ↓
dayonetherapynj.com/store Qualifications:
Years in Practice: 11 Years
License: New Jersey /37AC00325300 & Georgia : LPC013499
School: Wilmington University
Year Graduated: 2011
Certified Nurtured Heart Trainer
Certified Trauma Therapist

03/10/2026

As a trauma therapist, I’ll say it:
Families shouldn’t be paying to heal from someone else’s crime.

03/10/2026

PDFs who SA children should be responsible for every therapy bill that follows. Period. šŸ¤šŸ½

03/10/2026

When children test safety, they watch how adults respond.

Minimizing concerns can shut down the conversation before the truth ever comes out.

Parents — protecting kids sometimes means taking concerns seriously.

šŸ“š The ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch
šŸ“š The ABCs of ā€œIt Happened to Meā€

Books in my bookstore: under profile pic

03/09/2026

Unpopular opinion…
Young kids should not be going into public bathrooms alone.

Predators study routines.

Parents need prevention conversations early.

šŸ“š The ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch
šŸ“š The ABCs of ā€œIt Happened to Meā€

Available here:

If this resonates with you, this is work I specialize in as a trauma therapist.Healing from religious trauma and spiritu...
03/07/2026

If this resonates with you, this is work I specialize in as a trauma therapist.

Healing from religious trauma and spiritual manipulation is possible. I’m a trauma therapist and I see this pattern more often than people realize.

Some environments teach people to:

• obey leadership
• avoid questioning authority
• suppress discomfort
• interpret doubt as ā€œlack of faithā€

And when that happens, something dangerous can grow.

Abuse thrives in systems where questioning leadership is discouraged.

Because if people feel unsafe asking questions…

they also feel unsafe reporting harm.

Healthy faith should never require:

• silence
• fear
• manipulation
• blind loyalty

Healthy faith allows questions.

Healthy faith allows accountability.

And healthy faith protects the vulnerable.

If you’re someone who loves your faith but is untangling religious trauma, manipulation, or spiritual abuse, you’re not alone.

That healing work is real.

03/05/2026

I’m a trauma therapist and a mom of four, and this case has stayed with me.

A 6-year-old was assaulted after a predator watched the way her mom knocked on the bathroom door.

The next thing… he copied the knock.

The child thought it was safe.

Predators often study routines, trust, and familiarity before targeting children. That’s the part many parents don’t realize.

And as a parent myself, that’s terrifying.

Which raises a hard question:

How do we teach children that something can look familiar… but still be unsafe?

That’s one of the reasons I created my children’s safety books:

šŸ“š The ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch – helping parents start body safety conversations early
šŸ“š The ABCs of ā€œIt Happened to Meā€ – helping children begin to process and heal after unsafe touch

Because silence and avoidance don’t protect children.

Education does.

Parents, I’m curious:

What safety conversations are you already having with your kids?

03/04/2026

I’m a trauma therapist and I have a serious question for parents.
If you’re concerned your child may have been SA… why would you pull them out of therapy?
That’s not protection. That can be silencing.

03/03/2026

Yes, it weird and illegal!!!!!!!!!! Someone let them know in chat! This is why I need these people to read the ABCs of safe and Unsafe touch!

03/02/2026

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If you can’t see them, why do you assume they’re safe… especially when most harm happens in private?

I get it.

You trust your child.
You trust the other parents.
You don’t want to think something could happen.

But unsafe moments don’t usually happen in the middle of the yard.

They happen:
• in blind spots
• in garages
• in tree houses
• when supervision fades
• when older and younger kids mix

This isn’t about fear.

It’s about prevention.

If you can’t see them, it’s not a hard yes.

Prevention > assumption.

02/24/2026

If your kids play in garages or tree houses… we need to talk.

I’ll explain why tomorrow.

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02/23/2026

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This is what prevention looks like in real life.

She recognized it.
She spoke up.
Because she was prepared.

We don’t wait for something to happen.

We teach safe touch from Day One.

šŸ“˜ ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch
Trusted by 500+ families worldwide.
šŸ“šunder my profile picture.

02/19/2026

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Why do parents bet everything on
ā€œmy child would tell meā€
instead of teaching prevention?

Most kids don’t stay silent because they don’t love their parents.

They stay silent because:
• they didn’t understand what was happening
• they were manipulated or threatened
• they didn’t have the language
• they were scared of the reaction

Prevention isn’t paranoia.
It’s preparation.

šŸ“˜ ABCs of Safe & Unsafe Touch
šŸ“˜ It Happened to Me

Trusted by 500+ families worldwide.

ā¬‡ļø Books are linked right under my profile picture.

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