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Return of the Furies: An Investigation Into Recovered Memory Therapy

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The bias of the authors rings from every page of this novelistic text. They diminish the potential impact of child abuse, suggesting on the basis of no evidence at all that most of the children are lying. Those who are telling the truth should be left with their abusers for the most part, since the authors believe that many children can be molested or raped without lasting harm. The authors themselves do the most poorly controlled and unscientific studies that I have ever seen. In an interview in a Dutch magazine, the authors have stated that it would be a "good idea" to pair children with pedophiles in a scientific study so that we could see if they are really harmed. Don't reward this kind of thinking by buying this book.

Finally a book that is balanced, thoughtful and scholarly, and makes sense of the madness regarding some of the fantastic claims of child abuse and satanic ritual abuse. It offers understanding to the many victims who have been falsely accused of crimes they never committed, while it never loses sight of the problem of real child abuse in our society. This is a must-read for anyone involved in therapy or counselling.