Positive use of a traumatic reawakening. Therapy with incest survivors.
A wide range of triggers can reawaken long suppressed memories of childhood sexual abuse. Analytic psychotherapy can bring such memories out into the open, often enabling clients to reassess both their past and present relationships.
McMahon
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*