Betrayal Trauma
This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this phenomenon shows how psychogenic amnesia not only happens but also, if the abuse occurred at the hands of a parent or caregiver, is often necessary for survival.
Print Book, English, 1998
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1998
240 S. 140 x 235 mm 317 g.
9780674068063, 0674068068
1015830897
1. Betrayal Blindness 2. Conceptual Knots 3. Context and Controversy 4. Why Forget? 5. Ways of Forgetting 6. Testable Predictions 7. Creating Connections Afterword References Acknowledgments Index