RE: Recovered Memories

[Trisha Leahy <LeahyT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kym,
A book that I have found useful is edited by Williams and Banyard, or
Banyard and Williams,  - can't remember who comes first. I am also in
Australia so if you would like to, please feel free to give me a call
tommorow(02-6214-1286)and I can give you the exact ref.(the book is at home
and I am in the office at the moment). The first chapter or couple of
chapters provide a very balanced overview of the the literature and
controversies.
I am also interested in how you see the therapist in the role of granting
credibility to someone's memories. I'm not sure how one could do that
without assuming an investigative role, which I would see as outside the
therapeutic role.
Trisha Leahy
Senior Psychologist
Australian Sports Commission
-----Original Message-----
From: Kym Kilpatrick [mailto:kkilpatr@metz.une.edu.au]
Sent: Thursday, 15 February 2001 10:27 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Recovered Memories


Hello all,
	I've been asked to provide a lecture to sexual assault counsellors
re recovered/repressed memories and am interested in any recent scientific
papers or well-researched case-histories. My approach basically is that
this area therapeutically needs to be treated with extreme caution and the
risk is great that more harm than good  can be done in granting
non-critical credability to such 'memories'.

Regards,

Kym.

Kym Kilpatrick, Ph.D.,                     e-mail: kkilpatr@metz.une.edu.au
Psychology Department,             phone: + 61 67 73-2568
University of New England,         fax:   + 61 67 73-3820
Armidale NSW 2351, Australia