Empowerment is something that happens throughout your…

“In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. Secrecy and silence are the perpetrator’s…

— Judith Lewis Herman

“We propose that use of the term “false memory” to describe errors in memory for details directly contributes to removing the social context of…

— Jennifer J. Freyd

“Women involved in out-patient treatment for substance abuse were interviewed to examine their recollections of childhood sexual abuse. Overall, 54% of the 105 women…

— Elizabeth F. Loftus

“Although the terminology implies scientific endorsement, false memory syndrome is not currently an accepted diagnostic label by the APA and is not included in…

— Michelle Rae Hebl

“from: The Portrayal of Child Sexual Assault in Introductory Psychology Textbooks - Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Tonya C. Lewis One of the central questions surrounding…

— Michelle Rae Hebl

“It is therefore perfectly plausible that memories of childhood sexual abuse could be buried for years and then recalled, and that motivated forgetting, dissociative…

— Moheb Costandi

“Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33 Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement on this…

— David L. Calof

“In the specific case of the use of the term “false memory” to describe errors in details in laboratory tasks (e.g., in word-learning tasks),…

— Jennifer J. Freyd

“The child who attends school does not remember the abuse that happens at home or via the family; those memories are held in another part…

— Alison Miller

“There is a much greater skepticism toward the memories of those who claim abuse than toward the memories of those who deny it.”

— Sue Campbell

“Treating Abuse Today 3(4) pp. 26-33 TAT: I want to move back to an area that I'm not real comfortable asking you about, but…

— David L. Calof

“In general, the more dysfunctional the family the more inappropriate their response to disclosure. Never expect a sane response from an insane system.”

— Renee Fredrickson

“Besides stage magic props and settings, ritually abusing groups use technology, such as that described by Katz and Fotheringham. Military/political groups have the most…

— Alison Miller

“I want to remember my past To see before my eyes The image of my parents The house in which I grew up The…

— Itta Benhaiem-Keller

“Not knowing trauma or experiencing or remembering it in a dissociative way is not a passive shutdown of perception or of memory. Not knowing…

— Dori Laub