In 2024-2025 I, Malene, sustained severe trauma and abuse at The Guidance Center in Flagstaff AZ. In my opinion, they broke laws and ethics with impunity and as (I believe) they knew, there was almost no consequences for their atrocious behavior. Between Trust and Trauma was established after this experience both as a way to survive what happened, and eventually, as a way to work on accountability for clinics across the country.

During the worst of it I established a medium blog page to both document what was happening and to allow myself to process through writing, as I was at risk of suicide and needed an outlet.

This is the blog.
With well over 100 articles, I have pulled out some of the better or more relevant writing here.

This is an overview of what happened

Educational Articles:

What does a Suicide Assessment look like

Title 36 in AZ / 72 hour psychiatric holds

The Guidance Centers Defenses are Becoming Visible

Service Dogs in Psychiatric Hospitals

Dr. Zimbardo and Dr. Milgram

Calculated Neglect is real, and The Guidance Center in Flagstaff AZ is what it looks like

Trauma Informed Care Series:

What is Trauma Informed Care?

What Trauma Informed Care Could Have Looked Like

What Trauma Informed Care would have Looked Like after Harm

Trauma Informed Care in Action, Episode 1

Trauma Informed Care in Action, Episode 2

Trauma Informed Care in Action, Episode 3

Trauma Informed Care – This time FMC got it wrong

General Information:

The Guidance Center in Flagstaff, AZ is owned by NARBHA

Mary Jo Gregory’s Voice

Licensing Complaints against Candace Stewart LCSW

Civil Rights are Not Optional

The Silence of Dr. Teresa Bertsch, MD

Open Letters to The Guidance Center and its officers:

Harm, Silencing and a Public Demand for Accountability, 6/8/2025

Open Letter to Dr. Stephanie Babbitt of The Guidance Center in Flagstaff, AZ. 6/16/2025

Open Letter to The Guidance Center Leadership 8/11/2025

Open Letter to Dr. Teresa Bersch, Dr. Jon Perez and Dr. Vincent Berkley

Emotional Processing
– Let me be clear, these articles are written when I was completely coming apart, and as such contain deeply emotional material following abuse. Most of them have aspects of suicidal ideation. Please keep your own capacity in mind before reading.

Saying Good Bye to My Therapist

She Asked for My Trust

Open Letter to My Therapist

Harm!

Two Kinds of Trust

Satire – The Nitwit Series

The Guidance Center: A Boardroom of Nitwits

To Ma Dahling Nitwits, and The Nitwit Brigade

That was Nitwitted

The Nitwit Board of Shame