What made them falsely accuse their dads of sex abuse? | Daily Mail Online

Since becoming popular in the U.S. in the Eighties, this therapy has been largely discredited because of its persistent association with what has been described as ‘false memory syndrome’, in which patients make untrue allegations — usually against their parents and involving sexual or physical abuse.

‘Sadly, some psychotherapists are still using these dangerous techniques,’ says Chris French, a psychology professor specialising in memory, at Goldsmiths, University of London.

‘Society finds it easy to accept the idea that a victim of abuse has repressed the memory and that a skilled therapist can bring it to the surface.

‘But there is little evidence to support the idea that a traumatic experience will be pushed into the unconscious mind. You are far more likely to remember a traumatic event than forget it.’

What made them falsely accuse their dads of sex abuse? | Daily Mail Online