Beware of Voodoo Therapy for kids with attachment disorders ...
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Woman is suing Cascade center
By Michael N. Westley
The Salt Lake Tribune
A Salt Lake County woman is suing the Cascade Center for Family Growth, alleging that the Orem care facility from which she sought counseling caused her irreparable harm.
Cascade made headlines in May 2003 when 4-year-old Cassandra Killpack died after her parents allegedly forced her to drink a lethal amount of water. The parents said the treatment was recommended by Cascade therapists.
In the latest case, Cheryl Denise Ely Haws says she went to Cascade in January 1998 seeking marital counseling and treatment for depression.
Haws alleges in her 3rd District Court suit that the coercive-restraint, trauma-based holding therapy she endured at Cascade led her to believe she was homosexual and had been the victim of ritualistic satanic sexual abuse when she was young.
Haws claims that before going to Cascade, she and her husband of 20 years had been active in their church and community and good parents to their seven children, according to the suit. But after more than 100 visits to Cascade during a two-year period, Haws attempted suicide and reported that her marriage had failed, state the court documents.
During her months of treatment, the suit alleges, Haws was restrained with sheets in which she was wrapped and forced to lay on the floor while members of Cascade's staff thrust fingers, palms, elbows and fists into her abdomen, thighs, buttocks, arms and chest despite her repeated requests to stop.
The suit accuses Cascade's owners of failing to make appropriate referrals for outside resources or to advise Haws of the risks related to the holding therapy. She also claims that Cascade violated confidentiality rules by telling others of her attempted suicide.
Haws' suit names Cascade, along with Lawrence Lee VanBloem, Jennie Murdock-Gwilliam and Kerry Max Park. It seeks compensation for pain and suffering, emotional distress and unspecified economic damages.
The water therapy recommended as a form of discipline to the parents of Cassandra Killpack, was also advised to Haws, state the court documents.
