We help you heal from a lifetime of parental bullying and full on family rejection.
Mary Toolan founded Scapegoat Child Recovery Ltd to provide effective tools and support to heal from the taboo trauma of decades of emotional violence within the dysfunctional family unit.
Mary Toolan works with people across the globe to facilitate their recovery from childhood and adulthood parental bullying and family mobbing.
Her E-book on the subject of dysfunctional families has been downloaded by thousands of people worldwide, has received 5-star reviews, and since 2020 has been used as a study aid for a 12-step recovery group in Mexico.

She’s regularly invited to speak on various podcasts and online healing summits.
In October 2023, Mary launched and led a transformational global online retreat that drew over 1,700 participants from around the world. Over the course of one week, she guided the Scapegoat Child Recovery community through powerful teachings and healing experiences, sparking deep emotional breakthroughs and a profound sense of connection for survivors of family abuse.
Her specialist knowledge on this taboo abuse comes not from textbooks—but from her own lived experience as the family scapegoat. She studied complex childhood trauma with the world’s leading experts, then carved a path beyond their models to name and address the hidden, taboo dynamics specific to scapegoat abuse.
The result is a grounded, original body of work that now forms the foundation of her unique approach to Scapegoat Child Recovery—offered through both group and individual programs. These have been described as ‘life-changing,’ delivering results with ‘warp speed.’
“I have been through all kinds of teachings, schools, psychological maps and what Mary goes through in her book, and also in her YouTube material (and guest appearances on the platform) is, bottom line, the most foundational and illuminating for a person who has been scapegoated.
The dysfunction in our society is immense, almost nobody is talking about it and Mary nails it on the head. Lots of appreciation, Mary!”
Zapryan Hizhev
