RUTH’S story is that of a young woman tormented by the terrible events of her childhood. She called the Echo Action Line when we launched our campaign against child abuse-Can You Head Our Children Weeping? It was a desperate plea for help. That help came from Mike Whitenburgh, a psychoanalyst. JENNY PALMER reports.

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You will read and agree the journalist and writer of this article has an exceptional perception. She used the pen name Jenny Palmer and is the celebrated author and scholar Moira Martingale. My thanks to Moira for her written agreement for this story to be used and her request for her identity to be revealed.