Memory recovery techniques in psychotherapy: problems and pitfalls.

From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Lock, Timothy; Loftus, Elizabeth F.; Lynn, Steven Jay | Copyright information

Memory recovery techniques that are widely used in psychotherapy including hypnosis, age regression, guided imagery, dream interpretation, bibliotherapy, and symptom interpretation can distort or create--rather than reveal--allegedly repressed traumatic memories.

In 1997, Nadean Cool won a $2.4 million malpractice settlement against her therapist in which she alleged that he used a variety of suggestive memory recovery procedures to persuade her that she had suffered hor...

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