Our Mission
Empowers children, teens, and young adult athletes to protect themselves and others from grooming and all types of abuse.
Provide detailed resources and support for parents, and organizations committed to creating safe, healthy environments.
Offer trauma-sensitive consultations and strategic planning for victims of abuse and their families.
Provide expert witness testimony.
Drive systemic change and legislation to prevent abuse.
Raise funds for teams, clubs, and organizations.
Unfortunately, age-appropriate educational materials for teaching children to recognize and prevent abuse are almost non-existent.
ABOUT US
Amy Saltzman M.D.
I am a former competitive gymnast, physician, mindfulness coach, author, victim/sur-thrivor of decades of covert emotional abuse, and expert on protecting children from abuse. I have a knack for translating difficult topics into “kid speak.”
I am passionate about preventing abuse in sports, schools, music programs, religious settings, and community activities. I am honored to serve on the US Soccer Federation Participant Safety Taskforce, created to protect athletes at all levels from abuse. I offer individual support, and group workshops on seeing, stopping, and healing from abuse.
I have created an internationally acclaimed program, three books, and two CDs for teaching mindfulness to children and adolescents to ease stress and difficult emotions. I teach mindfulness to people ages 3 and up.
I also support individual athletes, teams, clubs, high school and college athletic departments, and sports organizations from youth recreational leagues to professional teams in applying mindfulness to enhance physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being; and to achieve peak performance, experience joy, and find flow (or perhaps more accurately letting flow find them).
I offer services in person and via Zoom and am happy to create a program tailored to your needs and intentions.
Contact me to request introductory sessions and comprehensive workshops regarding:
- Preventing abuse
- Supporting athletes in maintaining physical, mental and emotional health and experiencing joy and finding flow
- Training positive, holistic, athlete-centered coaches
ABOUT US
Dr. Amy Saltzman
- Empowers children, teens, and young adult athletes to protect themselves and others from grooming and all types of abuse.
- Provides detailed resources and support for parents, coaches, teams and sports organizations committed to creating safe, healthy sports environments.
- Offers compassionate, trauma-sensitive consultations and strategic planning for victims of abuse and their families.
- Drives systemic change and legislation to prevent abuse.
- Raises funds for teams, clubs, and organizations.
ABOUT US
Dr. Amy Saltzman
Amy Saltzman M.D. is a physician, mother, former competitive gymnast, and victim/sur-thrivor of decades of grooming (aka covert emotional abuse/ coercive control). She is passionate about preventing abuse in sports, schools, music programs, religious settings, and all other contexts.
Dr. Saltzman is an internationally recognized expert who works with victims, families, and organizations to prevent, recognize and respond effectively and compassionately to all types of abuse.
In the wake of the Yates report (which detailed extensive abuse in the National Women’s Soccer League), Dr. Saltzman was appointed to the US Soccer Federation Participant Safety Taskforce. The Taskforce works to protect three million athletes (from youth players to professionals) from all types of abuse.
Dr. Saltzman empowers children, teens and young adults spot and stop the subtle patterns of grooming and the obvious behaviors of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. She is known for her knack for translating difficult topics into “kid speak.”
She offers the following services:
For victims of abuse and their families
- trauma-sensitive consultations
- strategic planning
- expert witness testimony in legal cases regarding grooming and all types of abuse
For institutions
- proactive development of comprehensive abuse prevention policies, including education of participants, parents and staff
- independent trauma-sensitive investigations
- support with making meaningful amends, holding abusers and enablers accountable, and implementing robust preventive measures
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Advisory Board
Marty Greenberg J.D.
Marty Greenberg J.D. is a recognized authority in sports law who founded the National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University Law School. He represents student-athletes in claims of alleged mental, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse and bullying by coaches, as well as institutional complicity by athletic directors and departments at sports clubs, high schools, universities and colleges. He has successfully represented student athletes across the country in sports including basketball, golf, horseback riding, softball, and swimming.
When allegations of abuse are asserted, he encourages the institution to hire an independent investigator.
When abuse has occurred, Mr. Greenberg recommends that institutions dismiss or sanction abusive coaches and institutional enablers, reinstate student scholarships and eligibility, pay the victim’s attorneys fees, and make public apologies for infliction of abuse.
If an institution fails to address his clients concerns, he helps clients find suitable means to bring the matter to the public’s attention (including getting stories picked up by the national news).
To learn more about his practice, click here.
Carla DiMare J.D.
Carla DiMare J.D. is a lawyer who has represented numerous high-profile clients, and handled disputes and cases for victims who lack the financial resources to hire a lawyer. She has handled many complex, high-profile cases involving multimillion-dollar settlements and awards. She has won many jury trials. A trained mediator, she engages in private dispute resolution in her cases whenever possible.
She has experience and success in cases involving sexual harassment and discrimination, assault, abuse (including Title IX sexual abuse) rapes and druggings at schools, colleges, and universities. She has represented survivors and those who have been falsely accused of sexual abuse under Title IX.
Her areas of expertise include the following:
- sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse and Title IX claims.
- employment law, including sexual harassment (for plaintiffs and defendants), discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation
- the False Claims Act (whistleblower claims), including a settlement of more than $1 million
- coercive control and cult abuse
To learn more about her practice, click here.
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