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Psychogenic Seizures and Childhood Sexual Abuse
Maranville, with extensive experience in sexual trauma and forensics, explains that PNES are physical manifestations of psychological distress, often misdiagnosed as epilepsy, and highlights the lack of societal understanding regarding trauma's long-term physical symptoms. She emphasizes that these seizures are not feigned but are unconscious expressions of trauma the mind cannot articulate, affecting brain pathways and potentially causing permanent changes. The presentation also touches upon common symptoms, the difficulty in medical diagnosis, the importance of belief and empathetic treatment for recovery, and the role of trauma-informed care in addressing this complex issue.
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Melissa Maranville
Instructor, Small Business Owner, problem solver.
Melissa has over 30 years of experience in criminal justice. She began her career as a booking and intake officer cross-trained in crime scene investigations at Knox County Sheriff's Department, where she earned a letter of commendation for intelligence work on an absconded sex offender and a 15-year Criminology Professor. Melissa assisted in training and educating the FBI's Evidence Response Team in crime scene collection of human remains at the "Body Farm." She has also developed and delivered mass fatalities and counter-terrorism education at the Department of Homeland Security training division. She is also an expert speaker at conferences and on panels such as the World Anti-Counterfeiting Week held in Washington, D.C., on cryptocurrency and the dark web. Melissa developed and presented training content for the International IP Crime Investigator's College (IIPCIC), a UL and INTERPOL initiative, on "The Future of the Criminal Mind: Cryptocurrency and the Dark Web," and a separate conference on "Illicit Activity within the Free Trade Zones."