Columbia psychiatry professor Robert Spitzer believes that very few
memories recovered in therapy can be genuine.
"My impression is that
most of [the] therapists are not familiar with the most elementary principle of scientific investigation, which is that you have to be cautious and skeptical," he says. "You can't take on face value people's
supposed memories unless there is corroboration."
And not just any sort of corroboration will serve as conclusive evidence since those who go to hypnotists and then develop memories of past lives or of ufo visitations believe they have corroboration for their "memories."
Dr. Spitzer views eagerness by some therapists to guide patients toward the repressed-memory explanation of their troubles as a disservice to the patients, who may have suffered genuine trauma but will probably never be able to pin it to such memories.
Robert Baker, a University of Kentucky psychologist says, "When you hypnotize people, you're turning on their imagination. And when you turn on your imagination, all things are possible. These experiences seem very real. If they didn't seem real, they wouldn't believe hallucinations."
"...the therapeutic state, begun with the noblest of concepts, can readily become a
tyranny."
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"I want to announce publicly that as a firm believer of the 'Believe The Children' movement of the 1980's, that started with the McMartin trials in CA, I now am convinced that I was terribly wrong... and many innocent people were convicted and went to prison as a result....and I am equally positive (the) 'Repressed Memory Therapy Movement' is also a bunch of CRAP..."
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