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PSYCHOANALYTIC MONOGRAPH No.2 R E C O V E R ED M E M O R I ES OF A B U SE True or False? Edited by Joseph Sandler and Peter Fonagy Foreword by Phil Mollon Monograph Series of The Psychoanalysis Unit of University College, London and The Anna Freud Centre, London Series Editors: Joseph Sandler and Peter Fonagy KARNACBOOKS RECOVERED MEMORIES OF ABUSE: TRUE OR FALSE? Monograph Series of The Psychoanalysis Unit of University College London and The Anna Freud Centre Series Editors Joseph Sandler & Peter Fonagy 1 J. Sandler, A. Holder, C. Dare, & A. U. Dreher, Freud's Models of the Mind: An Introduction P S Y C H O A N A L Y T IC M O N O G R A P HS No. 2 RECOVERED MEMORIES OF ABUSE: TRUE OR FALSE? edited by Joseph Sandler and Peter Fonagy contributors Alan D. Baddeley Arnon Bentovim Christopher Cordess Peter Fonagy Brendan MacCarthy John Morton Susie Orbach Eric Rayner Anne-Marie Sandler Joseph Sandler Hanna Segal Valerie Sinason Mary Target Judith Trowell Lawrence Weiskrantz Foreword by Phil Mollon London KARNAC BOOKS First published in 1997 by H. Karnac (Books) Ltd, 118 Finchley Road, London NW3 5HT Copyright © 1997 Joseph Sandler and Peter Fonagy Foreword copyright © 1997 Phil Mollon The rights of the contributors to be identified as authors of this work have been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Memory of abuse 1. Child sexual abuse — Psychological aspects 2. Sexually abused children — Psychology L Sandler, Joseph 616.8'5836'0651 ISBN 1 978 1 85575 166 8 Edited, designed, and produced by Communication Crafts Printed in Great Britain by BPC Wheatons Ltd, Exeter 10987654321 ^ THE PSYCHOANALYSIS UNIT AT UNIVERSITY j/HU COLLEGE LONDON was founded by Joseph Sandler in ^JBHHLta^ 1984, when he was appointed to the Freud Memorial T//^TT Chair of Psychoanalysis in the University of London H^J^_^j II (which replaced the annual Freud Memorial Visiting A ^^5255M Professorship at UCL). The Unit is based in the Psychol ogy Department, arguably the strongest, and certainly the broadest, department of psychology in the United Kingdom. The Unit quickly became a thriving centre for academic psychoanalysis and established a busy doctoral programme in psychoanalytic research. A weekly programme of lectures was organized, and several highly successful psychoanalytic conferences have been held each year. Through the Unit psychoanalysis began to occupy a central place in the intellectual life of University College London. The Unit initiated close collaboration with the International Psycho analytical Association. Major scientific meetings of the Association were held in conjunction with the Unit, including the annual IPA Conference in Psychoanalytic Research and an IPA Conference on Psychoanalysis and Literature. In addition to fostering these important links between international psychoanalysis and the British university, the Unit maintains close ties with the British Psycho-Analytical Society. It collaborates regularly with the major theoretical groups within the Society in offering an academic platform for presenting and discussing their views. In 1992 Peter Fonagy succeeded Joseph Sandler in the Freud Chair, with Professor Sandler remaining as a Co-director of the Unit. The Unit's focus on post-graduate education has continued, with now over a dozen Ph.D. students at any one time. In collaboration with the British Psycho-Analytical Society, the Unit has created a Master of Science degree in Theoretical Psychoanalytic Studies (non-clinical). Over the years, the strength of the link between the Unit and other psychoanalytic organizations has increased, with academic members of the staff of The Anna Freud Centre becoming affiliated to the University via the Psychoanalysis Unit. The Unit's original links to the Psychology Department have been maintained and developed, with Professor Fonagy assuming the headship of the Sub-Department of Clinical Health Psychology on its inception in 1994. The international influence of the Unit continues to increase, and in 1995 it organized and hosted th efirst research training programme for psychoanalysts sponsored by the International Psycho-Analytical Association. As part of this development, leading psychoanalytic researchers became visiting professors of the Unit; these have included Professors Robert Emde, Horst Kachele, Wilma Bucci, Otto Kernberg, and Peter Hobson. The mission of the Unit remains the integration of psychoanalytic ideas with academic pursuits across a range of disciplines—literature, medicine, the social sciences, the arts. The Unit frequently consults with leading academics from those disciplines who seek advice on psycho analytic aspects of their work. It has become a national and international centre for psychoanalytic research and scholarship. THE ANNA FREUD CENTRE was founded by Anna Freud in 1940 as the Hampstead War Nurseries, which provided a home for children who had lost their own homes or were separated from their parents in some other way in the Blitz. After the war, Anna Freud responded to the urgent demand for greater expertise in child mental health and the childhood disorders by founding The Hampstead Child Therapy Course and the Clinic, which, after Anna Freud's death, was renamed in 1984 as The Anna Freud Centre. Since its inception, The Hampstead Child Therapy Course has provided high-level, intensive training in all aspects of child psycho analysis and psychotherapy. Training at the Centre has received formal accreditation from the International Association for Child Psycho analysis, and many of the child psychoanalysts and psychotherapists trained at the Centre are currently practicing in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. After the untimely death in 1992 of the Director, George Moran, Rose Edgcumbe functioned as Acting Director until 1993, when Anne-Marie Sandler was appointed to the Directorship. After her retirement in 1996, Julia Fabricius was appointed to the post. In addition to combining therapy, training, and research, the Centre provides a psychiatric assessment and advisory service for children and young adults, long term therapy and young adults' consultation and preventive services, and an internationally recognized and highly esteemed programme of research. In an important collaboration with University College London, the Centre offers a Master of Science degree in Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology. This unique course reflects the extension and accreditation of the Centre's well-established teaching programme. CONTENTS PREFACE Xi FOREWORD by Phil Mollon xv CONTRIBUTORS xvii PART I 1 Memories of abuse, or abuse of memories? Lawrence Weiskrantz 3 Discussion / Judith Trowell 22 General discussion 26 2 Cognitive perspectives on recovered memories John Morton 39 Discussion / Christopher Cordess 64 General discussion 70 3 Remembering in therapy Valerie Sinason 81 Discussion / Susie Orbach 100 General discussion 109 ix
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