Welcome

We have been researching the impact of The Dorey Method™ Program of Integrative Study (formerly The Freedom Legacy) on an individual’s emotional-social functioning since 2012 with great success. The targeted group populations that have been included in this research have been inter- and intra-personal violence (IIPV) victims in several relational environments, such as domestic/family violence, sexual assault, violent crime, and human-trafficked victims. In the future, we hope to take #TheDoreyMethod into the environments of incarceration and recently paroled to research the abusers, male and female, of IIPV.

We believe that IIPV can be broken.

Partnership: Liberty University and MHS, Inc. 

Location: Northeastern United States

Dates: February 2025 – June 2025

Subject Pool: Female sex-trafficked victims, 18+ years of age

Below is the abstract of the conducted research to be published May 2026 –

Trauma bonding was studied in a convergent mixed methods single-subject multiple-baseline experiment research design that captured the lived experiences of two female sex-trafficked victims. The relationship between the transtheoretical treatment program as the independent variable and the dependent variables of trauma bonding, the ESI framework of EQ, creative problem-solving, Christian doctrine, and the creative environment were investigated. 

While the moderated mediation Hayes Model 89 statistical program initially was proposed to analyze quantitative data, the study design was revised to reflect the N = 2 subject pool. 

The TBRP–A, EQi® 2.0, SAI, and PEFSC were used as quantitative instruments, along with their related qualitative questionnaires of the BPSS, EQ, EQ Problem Solving, SAI, and PEFSC. A pragmatic worldview to research is shared. A background, statement, and purpose of the problem and its significance to this study are presented; along with an epilogue to Chapter 3 to reflect the single-subject multiple-baseline design. The quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research questions are included. 

A literature review is presented that includes the problem of trauma bonding and sex trafficking with its related complex symptomatology factors and predictors. Theoretical and historical conceptual frameworks are included. Related literature on trauma bonding definitions, factors, predictors, prevalence rates, and treatment approaches are included. Meta-inferences from data integration with future directions are presented.

Partnership: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and MHS, Inc. 

Location: Mercy Seed Outreach – Bamenda, Cameroon (AFRICA)

Dates: 2019 – 2020

Subject Pool: Human trafficked and/or internally displaced female persons