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Preliminary results are reported from an in-depth survey of 100 qualified therapists with clients who had recently recovered memories in therapy with them. Therapists were questioned about their clients. Around 60% of the recovered memories involved child sexual abuse (CSA), and 40% other traumas. Over half were recovered from total amnesia, with corroborating evidence in 40% of cases. Memories involving CSA took significantly longer to recover than those involving other traumas. Vivid reliving was a common accompaniment, and fear the predominant emotion when memories were recovered.
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Andrews, B. (1997). Forms of Memory Recovery among Adults in Therapy. In: Read, J.D., Lindsay, D.S. (eds) Recollections of Trauma. NATO ASI Series, vol 291. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2672-5_24
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