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Martial Arts Topics / Trauma Debriefing Countereffective?
« on: November 03, 2003, 02:20:31 AM »
A brilliant article. There is so much pseudosciense in psychology that it is a joy to see "hard" science applied to the subject. I was able to access the journal article through www.psychologicalscience.org and then entering "debriefing" in the search box. It is a 35 page pdf file.
Debriefing reminds me of catharsis(?) therapy.
I remember a celebrity interview about 30 years ago in which the individual talked about how, over a period of months, her therapists was able to take a supposed childhood memory (it may have been the celebrity's birth) and relive and build upon it. Success was achieved when the actress was repeatedly reduced to a screaming, crying, shaking emotionally overwhelmed state; catharsis(?).
Whenever I learn of a flock of "healers" descending upon the victims of a tragedy I relive the memory of this interview. Now that I think about it, I find this very upsetting; I shall seek out help in dealing with this terrible memory.
Debriefing reminds me of catharsis(?) therapy.
I remember a celebrity interview about 30 years ago in which the individual talked about how, over a period of months, her therapists was able to take a supposed childhood memory (it may have been the celebrity's birth) and relive and build upon it. Success was achieved when the actress was repeatedly reduced to a screaming, crying, shaking emotionally overwhelmed state; catharsis(?).
Whenever I learn of a flock of "healers" descending upon the victims of a tragedy I relive the memory of this interview. Now that I think about it, I find this very upsetting; I shall seek out help in dealing with this terrible memory.