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 I went to a therapist that said my memories of sexual abuse are just fantasies. Is he correct?
"Unfortunately, your experience is far from unique. Many women have been seriously harmed by narrow-minded therapists who refuse to accept today's reality that a large number of children have been and still are victims of sexual abuse and incest.
Most of these therapist follow the teachings of Sigmund Freud, the Viennese founder of psychoanalytic theory. Freud decided that those patients who claimed they had been sexually molested as children, were only fantasizing as a defense against their own sexual desires for their innocent parents. The majority of therapists, whether social workers, psychiatrists, or psychologists, now recognize that children almost never make up stories of sexual abuse.
For those of you who have been subjected to the cruelty of these stubborn Freudians, I can only urge you to try another therapist. My bias is to avoid therapists who are strictly Freudian because you may get one who does not believe in child sexual abuse and also because this psychoanalytical therapy is unnecessarily long and costly.
Whatever your choice, if your therapist tells you that a memory of abuse you believe to be true is a
fantasy or says that your experience is not real, get a second opinion. Trust your own instincts; do not ever take someone else's word as gospel just because he/she has a degree. And find another therapist if yours does not believe you."
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