Recovered Memory Therapy

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A controversial therapeutic approach from the 1980s and 1990s, where therapists sometimes led patients to believe they had repressed memories of abuse, later found to be largely unfounded and harmful.

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#130 - Carol Tavris, Ph.D. & Elliot Aronson, Ph.D.: Recognizing and overcoming cognitive dissonance

#130 - Carol Tavris, Ph.D. & Elliot Aronson, Ph.D.: Recognizing and overcoming cognitive dissonance

Peter Attia MD

A controversial therapeutic approach from the 1980s and 1990s, where therapists sometimes led patients to believe they had repressed memories of abuse, later found to be largely unfounded and harmful.