Memory matters contexts for understanding sexual abuse recollections

This book is grounded in the debates of the 1980s and 1990s that surrounded recollections of childhood sexual abuse, particularly those that emerged in the context of psychotherapy. When growing numbers of therapists claimed that they were recovering deeply repressed memories of early sexual violati...

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Other Authors: Haaken, Janice, 1947- (-), Reavey, Paula
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Sussex ; New York, NY : Routledge 2010.
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:This book is grounded in the debates of the 1980s and 1990s that surrounded recollections of childhood sexual abuse, particularly those that emerged in the context of psychotherapy. When growing numbers of therapists claimed that they were recovering deeply repressed memories of early sexual violations in their female clients, a wave of alarmed critics countered that therapists were implanting the very memories they were discovering. In looking back at this volatile and heated controversy, Memory Matters takes up disturbing questions that linger concerning memory, sexuality, and ch
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (249 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135256005
9781135256012
9781282234352
9786612234354
9780203873632