Episode 9
“A Mother's Tale”
At 15, her daughter revealed she’d been sexually assaulted by a beloved uncle—only to be met with denial, blame, and demands to apologize for “ruining his life.” Her father sided with his family; her grandfather hurled abuse. Shattered, the girl stopped eating, her body failing until she was hospitalized with anorexia. Though she survived, she withdrew from school and friends, later numbing her pain with drugs. Now an adult, she carries deep sorrow beneath her laughter. Her mother’s story lays bare a harsh truth: families often protect abusers, not children—and one betrayal can fracture a life forever. “She could have been such a different thing,” her mother says. But the world moved on as if nothing broke.
Narrator Anne Lambert (centre) & Producers Zoe Carides & Tanya Lee
Anne Lambert - Actress
After a long and notable career as an actress appearing in film, television and theatre, Anne followed a lifelong fascination with the human condition and studied to become a psychotherapist at the Jansen Newman Institute.
Soon after graduation she established Creative Counsel, a private practice specialising in working with performers and practitioners from across the Arts - actors, singers, dancers, writers, musicians, composers, choreographers, directors, producers, who valued her unique lived experience and understanding of the creative process.
In her positions at Detour House and then at South Pacific Private, Anne gained extensive experience in working therapeutically with addiction and the effects of childhood developmental trauma.
A skilled communicator, she has presented workshops and taught on mindfulness, addiction and creativity.
She is currently Senior Therapist and Family Program Therapist at Byron Private Treatment Centre facilitating processes for the healing of clients and their families, whose lives have been impacted by addiction, mental illness and trauma.
She also works in private practice in the Northern Rivers area where she has lived for six years.
BA C&HC, PACFA clinical member.