The Repressed Memory Epidemic How It Happened and What We Need to Le
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the concept of repressed memories. It provides a history and context that documents key events that have had an effect on the way that modern psychology and psychotherapy have developed. Chapters provide an ove
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Mark Pendergrast
The Repressed Memory Epidemic
Mark Pendergrast
The Repressed Memory Epidemic How It Happened and What We Need to Learn from It
Mark Pendergrast Colchester, VT, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-63374-9 ISBN 978-3-319-63375-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63375-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017949178 © The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
Reading this book could save your finances, your sanity, your family, and your life. That’s an unusual thing to say about a book, but in the case of Mark Pendergrast’s professional academic text, it is tragically true. Unknown to many, if you seek mental health treatment in the US health care system, you are at serious risk of being harmed by reckless methods based on dangerous junk science theories and practices. If you are a young person—or older, for that matter—and you seek counseling for any problems in life, you are actually at risk of retrieving illusory memories of childhood sexual abuse that could rip your life apart, convincing you that your parents, or others who were supposed to take care of you, had instead committed unspeakable acts upon you, perhaps as part of an international abuse cult. It all depends on what your therapist believes, and all too many therapists still believe in so-called “repressed memories” of abuse. As Professor Walter Mischel, former President of the Association for Psychological Science, recently noted: “The disconnect between much of clinical practice and the advances in psychological science is an unconscionable embarrassment.” Over the past century, the psychotherapy industry has posed a wide variet
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