“Memories recovered in therapy are not trustworthy"
“It is impossible to ascertain whether memories recovered in therapy accurately portray past events.” - Alexander Bodkin, in the FMSF Newsletter. [1]
“Families whose members had memories ‘recovered in therapy -- memories that had no basis in reality’ There are still people languishing in prison, convicted on the basis of memories that were created by invasive psychotherapeutic intervention.” - David Canter, in the FMSF Newsletter. [2]
Refutation
Citations
[1] Bodkin, Alexander. (1994, October). Is It Worth The Risk? FMS Foundation Newsletter. 3(9), 7.
[2] Canter, D. (2003). Yes, I remember it well. New Scientist 178(2399) p. 54. [Review of Remembering Trauma by Richard McNally].
Cited in Sidebar (2003, July/August) FMS Foundation Newsletter. 15(5), 6.
[3] Dalenberg, C. J. (1996). Accuracy, timing and circumstances of disclosure in therapy of recovered and continuous memories of abuse. Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 24(2), 229–275.
[4] Leavitt, F. (1999). Suggestibility and treatment as key variables in the recovered memory debate. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 17, 5-18.
[5] McCartan, M. (1991, February 17). 'Daddy Hurts Me'... The Horror of Incest. Des Moines Register.
[6] Tamaki, Julie. (1994, May 15). Abuse Case to Challenge New Law on Limitations. Los Angeles Times, B1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-11-me-2979-story.html)
[7] Geraerts, E., et al., (2007). The Reality of Recovered Memories: Corroborating Continuous and Discontinuous Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Psychological Science, 18(7), 564–568.
[8] Doe, Jane (1991, Summer). How Could This Happen? Coping with A False Accusation of Incest and Rape. Issues In Child Abuse Accusations, 3(3).
Author identified in Freyd, Pamela. (1991, November 15). I am “Jane Doe.” Letter to Carole Roscielny.
[9] Heaney, K. (2021, January 6). The Memory War Jennifer Freyd accused her father of sexual abuse. Her parents’ attempt to discredit her created a defense for countless sex offenders. The Cut. https://www.thecut.com/article/false-memory-syndrome-controversy.html