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Memory in the Hall of Mirrors: The Experience of "Retractors" in Psychotherapy

Memory in the Hall of Mirrors: The Experience of "Retractors" in Psychotherapy COMMENTARIES Memory in the Hall of Mirrors: The Experience of "Retractors" in Psychotherapy Steven Jay Lynn and Jane Stafford Department of Psychology Binghamton University Peter Malinoski Department of Psychology Ohio University Judith Pintar Department of Sociology University of Illinois De Rivera's article implies that the process of re- to explain puzzling behaviors. Using information from membering is like walking through a hall of mirrors in books, the media, and therapist input that implicates an a fun house, where the reflected view of the self is abusive past in the genesis of current problems, the client imaginatively constructs and embellishes a his- mutable to the point that it is grotesquely distorted if tory of abuse and a new identity as a victim that is at not unrecognizable. In general, the four clients de considerable variance with reality. In short, the client Rivera describes are typical in terms of their histories engages in self-deception. and their problems of anxiety, depression, and feelings De Rivera tested these two models with four retrac- of worthlessness. However, during therapy, memories tors: He invited them to participate in an investigatory of a horrific past emerge and morph to establish a new methodology, the conceptual encounter, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychological Inquiry Taylor & Francis

Memory in the Hall of Mirrors: The Experience of "Retractors" in Psychotherapy

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COMMENTARIES Memory in the Hall of Mirrors: The Experience of "Retractors" in Psychotherapy Steven Jay Lynn and Jane Stafford Department of Psychology Binghamton University Peter Malinoski Department of Psychology Ohio University Judith Pintar Department of Sociology University of Illinois De Rivera's article implies that the process of re- to explain puzzling behaviors. Using information from membering is like walking through a hall of mirrors in books, the media, and therapist input that implicates an a fun house, where the reflected view of the self is abusive past in the genesis of current problems, the client imaginatively constructs and embellishes a his- mutable to the point that it is grotesquely distorted if tory of abuse and a new identity as a victim that is at not unrecognizable. In general, the four clients de considerable variance with reality. In short, the client Rivera describes are typical in terms of their histories engages in self-deception. and their problems of anxiety, depression, and feelings De Rivera tested these two models with four retrac- of worthlessness. However, during therapy, memories tors: He invited them to participate in an investigatory of a horrific past emerge and morph to establish a new methodology, the conceptual encounter,

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Psychological Inquiry – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 1997

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