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 2003 Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.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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