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The danger of false memories, common work gestalt psychotherapists

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We leave a fragment of Regressions age of Wikipedia, which refers to the dangers of false memory and its dubious effectiveness because memory is a dynamic process and is based on perception:

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Criticism and false memories

In the 80 and 90 are opened, especially in the U.S., Britain and Australia, a real confrontation between "experts" advocating opposing positions with respect to the goodness or otherwise of the regressions. In more recent years the discussion has become even more controversial and has attracted interest from major international media due to the introduction of new court cases. [40]

A number of factors have underpinned this controversy, but two of them took a clean sweep Media:

First, the large number of cases of alleged childhood sexual abuse that appeared in some therapy sessions regressive. Alleged sexual abuse in many cases ended up in the courts. Even this led to the creation of false memory syndrome or false memories. People affected by this syndrome mainly described cases of alleged sexual abuse. There is criticism that the recovered memory therapy (MRT) (in: Recovered memory therapy), aimed at the patient regains consciousness the memory of former sexual trauma and repressed memories could cause injury just the opposite: to induce the installation of false memories in the patient's memory. [41]

The second trigger was the publication of the book Communion: A True Story by Whitley Strieber, [42] followed by another written by the psychiatrist and professor at Harvard University, John E. Mack, Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens. [43] In both cases there was talk of abduction, alleged cases of more or less traumatic contact with extraterrestrials, and surfaced in regressive sessions [44].

Both events, plus the own academic controversy, triggered what is called "war of memories" or "false memory debate" , which was reproduced in both courts, in articles and books and in the mass media. For a time, in some countries, particularly whites, the data provided in regressions could be considered evidence in the courts, if the therapist had an official title. But in the wake of several cases in which proved the falsity of those data (in general cases sexual abuse) and the next scandal, rejecting the contribution of these tests, retiring in many U.S. states and falling in others, in Britain and Australia as a source of information to corroborate, and also being used with great caution. [ 45]

The "false memory debate" revolved around three key issues remain in full force today:

* The traumatic memories can be locked and would be possible to find a way to retrieve them. [46] [47] But not always can be shown that come to light as the events in his day. Memory is a dynamic process and is based on subjective perceptions. Because of the subjective nature and suggestible, you can also change the memories, whether intentionally or not. Also be altered by the passage of time, as new experiences are constantly emerging that can affect the above, and dressed out in symbols and archetypes. [48] [49] [50] "no objective evidence to support a memory no known technology to determine its veracity. "[51]

* The same techniques used in the search, location and memory retrieval, may contaminate or distort those memories. [52] Even these techniques could be harmful in some cases. For example, some therapists Rebirthing in USA, have had trouble with the law by using his techniques. The most famous case, given the worldwide media coverage is that of Elizabeth Candace Newmaker (en: Candace Newmaker), 10 year old girl who died in 2000 of asphyxiation, during a session. [53]

* therapists or even the patients themselves, can create false memories, as these have proved very receptive to internal or external influence, is called "conspiracy." [54] The therapist can create a memory for undue suggestion. A problem with all methods including guided imagery is that the therapist can encourage the development of fantasies that are not taken as such, or by the client or the therapist. And the same patient, also unconsciously because of the emotional charge which is subject, may distort, modify and even create new memories. [55] [56] [57]

Some of the specialties mentioned, try to solve these problems using different methods. In typically takes to avoid, where possible, direct suggestions, questions aimed, the imposition by the therapist of their own beliefs, transforming the symbols and archetypes that may arise, certainly not to anything that has the patient in the first instance, etc. .

But some of these therapies, are imbued with strong metaphysical and philosophical beliefs, which ultimately may condition the same therapists, patients and therefore the same practice of such therapies. (...)

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