Recollections of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Principles and Guidelines

Author: Christine A. CourtoisPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPaperback:ISBN 10: 0393703975ISBN 13: 978-0393703979Hardcover:ISBN 10: 0393702812ISBN 13: 978-0393702811Provides clinicians with treatment guidelines for working with delayed/repressed memories of sexual abuse. This book has a two-fold purpose: (1) to provide the practicing clinician with information about the controversy surrounding delayed/repressed memory of sexual abuse and (2) to provide treatment principles and guidelines for working with these issues.Since the eruption of the recovered memory controversy in 1992, the treatment of adults who report abuse as children (whether their memory has been relatively continuous or has been recovered) has become a high-risk area, as numerous lawsuits have been filed alleging false memory of abuse due to suggestive therapeutic practices. In this climate, clinicians have become fearful, cautious, and confused about how to practice responsibly with this population.Since a large