The Orpheus Project

A Novel

by Valerie Sinason

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Pub Date Nov 29 2022 | Archive Date Jan 09 2025

Sphinx Books

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

A page-turning, gripping, harrowing story of abuse, privilege and trauma written by leading, highly regarded psychotherapist Valerie Sinason.

It's Christmas Eve, and a young woman with Down's syndrome has just disclosed abuse by two men. The problem is she is a member of the British aristocracy and the men she accuses are a top politician and a rock star. How does a national health team struggle with the situation of alleged abuse by the elite and super rich? Despite a traitor in their midst, the team uncovers the appalling reality of the abusive international cult known as The Orpheus Project with its mysterious American spokesperson and powerful connections. This is the world of conspiracy theories; the Orpheus Project and the secret society that surrounds it seek to offer a form of immortality through deliberately installed dissociative disorders.

At the core of this powerful novel is the story of a mother and daughter who find a way of reuniting, and the long-term consequences of childhood trauma.

A page-turning, gripping, harrowing story of abuse, privilege and trauma written by leading, highly regarded psychotherapist Valerie Sinason.

It's Christmas Eve, and a young woman with Down's...

A Note From the Publisher

Dr Valerie Sinason is a widely published poet, writer, child and adolescent Psychoanalytic psychotherapist (retired) and adult psychoanalyst. She has specialised in trauma and disability for over forty years and lectures nationally and internationally. Founder and now Patron for the Clinic for Dissociative Studies UK, President of the Institute for Psychotherapy and Disability, she is also on the Board of the ISSTD and received their 2017 lifetime Achievement Award and the British Psychoanalytic council Innovation Excellence award 2022. She is an Honorary Consultant Psychotherapist at the Cape
Town Child Guidance Clinic and Acting Chair of the Bushmen Heritage Centre, South Africa.

Dr Valerie Sinason is a widely published poet, writer, child and adolescent Psychoanalytic psychotherapist (retired) and adult psychoanalyst. She has specialised in trauma and disability for over...

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A Note From the Publisher

Dr Valerie Sinason is a widely published poet, writer, child and adolescent Psychoanalytic psychotherapist (retired) and adult psychoanalyst. She has specialised in trauma and disability for over forty years and lectures nationally and internationally. Founder and now Patron for the Clinic for Dissociative Studies UK, President of the Institute for Psychotherapy and Disability, she is also on the Board of the ISSTD and received their 2017 lifetime Achievement Award and the British Psychoanalytic council Innovation Excellence award 2022. She is an Honorary Consultant Psychotherapist at the Cape
Town Child Guidance Clinic and Acting Chair of the Bushmen Heritage Centre, South Africa.

Advance Praise

https://www.abuseadvice4survivors.co.uk/the-orpheus-project-by-dr-valerie-sinason-a-review/

"The book is a real insight into the shocking and, at times, unbelievable world of ritual and satanic abuse. It gets important messages across through the use of fiction and hammers home the way in which the rich and powerful can use their influence to get away with murder, literally. A very clever use of the medium of the novel to highlight conflict within professionals and cover-ups at the highest level."

https://www.whatwereading.com/an-interview-with-valerie-sinason/

"Valerie Sinason is the accomplished author behind The Orpheus Project. A gripping exploration into love, trauma, abuse, privilege and conspiracy, Valerie taps into forty years’ worth of therapeutic experience to paint a tale that is as gripping as it is potent. What We Reading sat down with Valerie to talk about everything from the motivators and inspiration behind The Orpheus Project to her love for Oliver Twist!"

https://www.abuseadvice4survivors.co.uk/the-orpheus-project-by-dr-valerie-sinason-a-review/

"The book is a real insight into the shocking and, at times, unbelievable world of ritual and satanic...