Wednesday, February 28, 1990

The Treatment of Traumatic Memories: synthesis, realization, and integration.

David Baldwin's Trauma Information, Articles:
Van der Hart, et al (1993)

The Treatment of Traumatic Memories: synthesis, realization, and integration.

Originally published in Dissociation,1993, 6(2/3), 162-180. [Posted here with permission of the authors and Journal Editor.]

Onno van der Hart and colleagues integrate Pierre Janet's dissociation theory with contemporary trauma-based models of therapy. They begin by describing multiple personality disorder (now DID) as a disorder of non-realization, and then explore the nature of traumatic memories and the dissociative reactions they evoke, before presenting a phase-oriented treatment model for trauma-focused therapy with dissociative patients. Their non-abreactive treatment approach is appropriate for resolution of traumatic memories in adult survivors of chronic childhood abuse. 118 references. "
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