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During the last decade, increasing attention has been given to the long-term sequelae of incestuous and sadistic early childhood abuse and, more specifically, the dissociative symptomatology that results (e.g., Courtois, 1988; Herman, 1992; Kluft, 1985, 1990; Loewenstein, 1991; McCann & Pearlman, 1990; Putnam, 1989; Ross, 1989). A body of research has grown to complement the observations of practitioners and their eminent predecessors, such as Janet and Prince, regarding the variform trauma in young children and the development of chronic posttraumatic dissociation (Boon & Draijer, 1993; Herman, Perry, & van der Kolk, 1989; Loewenstein, 1993; Putnam, 1991).
Art must venture into areas of experience that are not yet clearly understood and perhaps never will be.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1978)
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Cohen, B.M. (1996). Art and the Dissociative Paracosm. In: Michelson, L.K., Ray, W.J. (eds) Handbook of Dissociation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0310-5_25
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