From the archives: Why Male Survivors Don’t Disclose with Dr. Kelli Palfy

The Trauma Therapist

Guy Crawford Macpherson

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🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Kelli Palfy began her professional career working in adult and youth corrections. Here she noticed a disproportionate number of males in the system. In 1996, she became an RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) officer. She took an interest in investigating sex crimes and went on to specialize in sex crimes committed against children internationally. Here, as she combed through video evidence, she witnessed first-hand the grooming tactics commonly used by sophisticated pedophiles.After retiring from the RCMP, Dr. Palfy obtained her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Alberta. She conducted her doctoral research on the reasons why males don’t commonly disclose sexual abuse. She is now a trained trauma therapist and public speaker on the topic of male sexual abuse.

Dr. Palfy currently runs a small private practice where she works with male survivors of abuse, first responders, and couples using Emotion-Focused and Cognitive Behavioral Approach, plus Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Outside of her professional life, she enjoys hiking, cycling, swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding, and hanging out with friends and her pets.

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1:24.9	Today we have another episode from the Archives with one of my incredible guests, enjoy.
1:34.3	Welcome to the Trauma Thevers podcast, a show about the incredible people dedicated to helping those have experienced trauma.
1:40.3	My name is Guy McPherson and my mission is to raise awareness of trauma and to
1:45.2	inspire each of us to help those around us. All right, Kelly, here we go. So five, four, three, two, and one.
1:55.6	Our folks, welcome back to the trauma therapist podcast. I am very excited to have back, Dr. Kelly,
2:20.2	Palfi. Kelly, welcome. Thank you. It's great to be here. Awesome. So Kelly began a professional career working in adult and youth corrections. Here she noticed a disproportionate number of males in the system. In 1996, she became an RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer.
2:24.6	She took an interest in investigating sex crimes and went on to specialize in sex crimes committed against children internationally.
2:27.6	Here, as she combed through video evidence, she witnessed firsthand the grooming tactics
2:31.7	commonly used by sophisticated pedophiles.
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